Hello! 

From June 1-7 I held a merch fundraiser for Black Mental Health Alliance and the Black Legal Action Centre. After shipping we raised $814.74 USD and $1081 CAD respectively for each organization. YAY! Thank you so much…

Hey all, 

Please help me in supporting these causes. #BlackLivesMatter.

Over and out, 

Kaia

People... people! I know this website is usually all about the music, but I recently tried making these blueberry-apple-cinnamon muffins and I LOVE them. So I thought I'd share the recipe. Muffins are gluten-free, dairy-free, low sugar and they actually…

'Grenades' is long-listed for the Polaris Prize. I am so grateful & moved. Thanks to the musicians who played on the album, my fearless producer Erin Costelo, my family and friends. Check out the list of nominees at https://bit.ly/2Y2mrHw …

Grenades got a nomination for The JUNO Awards in Canada! It takes a lot of people to make a record and I’m so grateful to these folks who helped this album come to life and earn a nomination as…

Hello friends, 

I was recently made aware of a nationwide prison strike in US (and now Canadian) prisons beginning August 21st and ending September 9th.

The strike, organized by Jailhouse Lawyers speak and Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC)…

I am delighted to announce that I have signed with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, and my new album will be released in Canada in partnership with Acronym Records on October 26 (and with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings outside of Canada). I am…

I wanted to let you all know a little bit about what I’ve been up to. A new album is in the works.  I’ve been writing up a storm and will be heading into the studio to record…

I have seen those parts of myself 
Kicked rocks down into the wells where 
bejeweled anger and bitterness 
sit in bearskin coats, rotting together 
maybe like veal gone bad or - 
some old priest with gangrene 

One red bird coasting…

I first heard the news of Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Lit Prize from my taxi driver, who saw I had an acoustic instrument in the trunk. Instead of talking about the weather, we talked about Dylan. I was surprised…