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Kaia Kater: Tiny Desk Concert

Multi-hyphenate artist Kaia Kater uses the architecture of roots music, which she studied in West Virginia, to establish a simultaneous dialogue with both the present moment and her own past.
Kaia Kater performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Jan. 24, 2019 (Amr Alfiky/NPR).

The expectation upon seeing a banjo hanging is one of rollicking rowdiness, but when Kaia Kater began to strum her five-string, the mood in the office turned plaintive

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