"Originally from Quebec, and now based in Toronto, Kaia Kater also spends extensive time in West Virginia, exploring Appalachian music, dance and culture, and the complex racial history of the mountain traditions that range from eastern Canada to Alabama. Familiar songs like West Virginia Boys are made fresh, while her own compositions are both elegant and eloquent. There are plenty of young artists who have mastered the techniques of traditional music, but few whose original work seems so naturally a part of the traditional continuum ... A remarkably assured debut album".
