Kaia Kater + Crispin Halcrow – The Crescent York

Please Please You presents
Kaia Kater
Crispin Halcrow
Sunday 12th May, 7.30pm
Tickets are £12 in advance (more on the door) and are available from Earworm Records, the venue in person or online via See Tickets.

A Montreal-born Grenadian-Canadian, Kaia Kater grew up between two worlds: one her family’s deep ties to folk music; the other the years she spent soaking up Appalachian music in West Virginia. Her old-time banjo-picking skills, deft arrangements, and songwriting abilities have landed her in the spotlight in North America and the UK, garnering critical acclaim from outlets such as NPR, CBC Radio, Rolling Stone, BBC Music, and No Depression

Kaia started her career early, crafting her first EP Old Soul (2013) when she was just out of high school. Since then, she’s gone on to release two more albums, Sorrow Bound (2015) and Nine Pin (2016). Her most recent album weaves between hard-hitting songs that touch on social issues like the Black Lives Matter movement (“Rising Down,” “Paradise Fell”) and more personal narratives speaking to life and love in the digital age (“Saint Elizabeth”). Nine Pin won a Canadian Folk Music Award, a Stingray Rising Star Award and sent Kaia on an 18-month touring journey from Ireland to Iowa, including stops at The Kennedy Center, Hillside Festival and London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush. Kaia is currently working on her next album, due for release in October 2018.

‘…plaintive, mesmerizing…writes and performs with the skill of a folk-circuit veteran…’
Rolling Stone

‘Where bluegrass meets Nina Simone’
The Guardian

‘You want some authenticity in your folk music or bluegrass – I give you Kaia Kater.’
No Depression

‘…a minor classic forged from both modern and traditional folk-roots, upgrading the sounds and narratives of rural Appalachia into something vital and fresh.’
9/10 – Uncut Magazine