Kaki King, Queen of the Acoustic Guitar
by Liane Hansen
Weekend Edition - Sunday, November 21, 2004 · Acoustic guitarist Kaki King honed
her unusual fingerstyle technique playing in New York City subway stations. She does
amazing things with the simple six-string: she slaps the wood, rubs the strings and
hammers her fingers over the frets. In short, she treats her guitar like a percussion
instrument, creating a sound that one reviewer describes as "somewhere between
funk and flamenco."
She dropped by recently to visit with NPR's Liane Hansen, show off her distinctive
style and talk about her new CD, Legs to Make Us Longer -- produced by another innovative
guitarist, David Torn. And as a bonus, she played an untitled track that hasn't been
released yet. |
