Of the guitarists in the vague collection of artists rightly or wrongly dubbed “indie” that are performing interesting, engaging guitar-oriented music, Kaki King is at the very top of the pile. King may be dubbed a singer-songwriter, but it’s her guitar work that thrills and excites the imagination.

Kaki King, “2 O’Clock” from 2008’s Dreaming of Revenge | Download

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Junior, King’s release-in-waiting, is planned for release on April 13 and is her fifth record. It’s being released on Rounder Records, which has been home to a slew of solo releases from bluegrass and jazz musician Béla Fleck.

Read on for King’s tour dates; she launches her tour days after her album hits shelves.

King has been subject to some genuine critical acclaim during her still-short career — her first album hit in 2003, but within four years of its release, she was nominated for a Golden Globe award for her work on the score of the Sean Penn book adaptation project Into the Wild.

In 2008, King collaborated with John Darnielle’s The Mountain Goats to release Black Pear Tree EP, a veritable display of inventive songwriting prowess by one of the great modern lyricists and one of the rising stars of intricate guitar work.

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