Kaki King is quickly solidifying her position in that elite group of musicians that can sit onstage for an hour with nothing but a guitar and keep the crowd entertained. I had managed to stumble upon the end of her set at Wakarusa this summer and was absolutely mesmerized for about ten minutes — and then she was finished. I had seen plenty of artists do a similar gig before that are fantastic: Leo Kottke, Tim Reynolds, Charlie Hunter, Keller Williams — but there was something different about the way that Kaki King performed that made me instantly want to hear more.
As phenomenal as those musicians are, King adds an element that clearly separates her from the pack: she uses the guitar as a percussive instrument. Not to say that
