“…plaintive, mesmerizing…writes and performs with the skill of a folk-circuit veteran…” – Rolling Stone
“One of Americana’s most thoughtful and inventive artists…” – NPR
2025 JUNOS Contemporary Roots Album of the Year Winner
Her Music Award Winner 2025
Polaris Music Prize nominee 2025
International Folk Awards nominee 2025 – Album of the Year Strange Medicine and Artist of the Year
JUNO Award-winning Grenadian-Canadian Kaïa Kater’s jazz-fueled voice and deft songcraft have garnered acclaim from NPR’s Tiny Desk, The Guardian, Rolling Stone and No Depression. Her new album, Strange Medicine (2024), celebrates the power of women and oppressed people, while also sharing meditations on her own life. Through her artful banjo playing and lush songwriting, Kaia draws on influences rooted in Quebec, the Caribbean, and Appalachia, all of which reflect the diversity of her background; her ties to the Canadian folk music scene; her college years spent soaking up Appalachian music in West Virginia, her father’s experience growing up in Grenada, and her recent work in film composition, for which she has won a Canadian Screen Award.
