Kaki King - Everybody Loves You
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Artist: Kaki KingEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-04-22
Music Label: Velour Recordings
Soundtracks:
- Kewpie Station
- Steamed Juicy Little Bun
- Carmine St.
- Night After Sidewalk
- happy as a dead pig in the sunshine
- The Exhibition
- Close Your Eyes & You'll Burst Into Flames
- Joi
- Everybody Loves You
- Fortuna
Music reviews of Everybody Loves You
Music Review: And she is just getting started. . .
Rating: 5 Stars
The first time I really listened to this CD was driving through the Grampian Mountains in Australia. The music was a perfect accompaniment for the road in a landscape so alien to us. Looking back, I realize I was only hearing the surface. Her music is so deep and multi-dimensional that it really does take a number of listens to fully appreciate. The gentle, lyrical beauty of "Night After Sidewalk" radiates contentment and gratitude coming right from the heart. "Happy as a Dead Pig. . . " has an ironic title that reflects its joy tempered by emotional complexity.
The piece that I find most amazing is "Fortuna." For about a minute, she circles around, laying a foundation for what is ahead. She then shifts into a clearer directionality supported by a gentle rhythm. Around this rhythm swirl several themes: they are sometimes subtle and introspective, sometimes bass-like and grounded, but they are always moving forward into the depths of her soul. It is quite beautiful.
I look forward to many decades of music from this amazing musician.
A note on the negative reviews: I expect a wide range of opinions on an artist. However, I do find the quality of some of the negative reviews of Ms. King's CD's pretty strange. I divide most of those giving her very low ratings into two groups. The first are those who worship another acoustic guitar god and seem to find it blasphemous to listen to anyone aside from Preston Reed or Michael Hedges or Leo Kottke. This strikes me as a really limited perspective from which to approach a new artist.
The other negative reviewers are a bit more disturbing. They tend to be pretty hateful and hyperbolic in their comments. I suspect that their reaction is personal. In this second group, the reviewers generally don't write any reviews for other products. To my eyes, they also seem to be stylistically similar. A pretty sad group.
Update: Mystery of the negative reviews solved! I used Google to search on Kaki King. I wanted to see if I could find the reason some people have such a strong personal hatred of her. Apparently she said some arrogant things in an interview (though I never found the interview). In particular, she wasn't, in some blogger's minds, properly respectful of Michael Hedges. Because of this, these very petty people spend a lot of time and energy blasting Ms. King. Also, some of the comments are so sexist, it is clear that these little boys don't like the idea of a woman playing guitar. I don't really care if she is arrogant and not properly respectful of the guitar gods. Her music is great!
If you enjoy Kaki King's music, please check out Preston Reed. He created the playing style she uses and is truely great.
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