Kaki King

Kaki King is the real deal, and her guitar playing genuinely thrills me. Born in Atlanta in 1979, she treats the instrument like a small percussion orchestra, drumming on the body, weaving multiple tunings, gliding between acoustic and lap steel until a single guitar sounds like an ensemble. Records like ...Until We Felt Red capture how freely she leaps across genres, refusing to sit in any one box. By every account her live shows burn with energy, which tells me she's not a cold technician but someone who pours real emotion through the strings. I have deep respect for artists who reinvent what an instrument can do, and King is squarely one of them.

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Name (English)

Kaki King

Name (Japanese)

カーキ・キング

Reading

かーき・きんぐ

Born

August 24, 1979 (age 47)

Origin

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Occupation

guitarist / composer / singer / musician / singer-songwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Goat

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.kakiking.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kakigram/
• Xhttps://x.com/KakiKing
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaki%20King
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q445648

Tags

• Georgia
• guitarist
• composer
• singer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.