Chicago’s KAINA makes dreamy indie R&B songs that serve as affirmations of joy for the Guatamalen-Venezuelan artist. She released her impressive sophomore record It Was a Home back in March, featuring collaborations with Helado Negro, Sleater-Kinney, and Sen Morimoto. She stopped by KEXP over the summer to play a gorgeous set of songs off the record and spoke with Gabriel Teodros about coming up in Chicago’s youth music programs, the role family plays in her new record, and building a home.

As an extra gift, we include a snippet from Sen Morimoto’s KEXP in-studio session from last year featuring KAINA on backing vocals.

Recorded 06/20/2022.
Anybody Can Be In Love
Good Feeling
Friend of Mine
Golden Mirror

Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube

This episode originally aired on November 15, 2022.

Chicago’s KAINA makes dreamy indie R&amp;B songs that serve as affirmations of joy for the Guatamalen-Venezuelan artist. She released her impressive sophomore record It Was a Home back in March, featuring collaborations with Helado Negro, Sleater-Kinney, and Sen Morimoto. She stopped by KEXP over the summer to play a gorgeous set of songs off the record and spoke with Gabriel Teodros about coming up in Chicago’s youth music programs, the role family plays in her new record, and building a home.
As an extra gift, we include a snippet from Sen Morimoto’s KEXP in-studio session from last year featuring KAINA on backing vocals.
Recorded 06/20/2022.
<ol>
<li>Anybody Can Be In Love</li>
<li>Good Feeling</li>
<li>Friend of Mine</li>
<li>Golden Mirror</li>
</ol>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfZcOTBZgm8">Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube</a>
This episode originally aired on November 15, 2022.

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KAINA [Performance & Interview Only] (RE-RELEASE)

On the show this time, it’s the mesmerizing instrumental magic of Circles Around The Sun.

Circles Around The Sun is made up of guitarist John Lee Shannon, bassist Dan Horne, keyboardist Adam MacDougall, and drummer Mark Levy. The band originally formed around guitarist Neil Casal, for the purposes of performing original music written for the intermission of the Grateful Dead’s Fare Thee Well reunion shows. After Neil died in 2019, the band has persevered, and continued to make incredible music - getting back in the studio and embracing experimentation, creativity and trust. Their latest is called 'Language' and is available through Royal Potato Family.

Recorded 10/13/2023.
Away Team
Outer Boroughs
Landline Memories

Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube

On the show this time, it’s the mesmerizing instrumental magic of Circles Around The Sun.
Circles Around The Sun is made up of guitarist John Lee Shannon, bassist Dan Horne, keyboardist Adam MacDougall, and drummer Mark Levy. The band originally formed around guitarist Neil Casal, for the purposes of performing original music written for the intermission of the Grateful Dead’s Fare Thee Well reunion shows. After Neil died in 2019, the band has persevered, and continued to make incredible music - getting back in the studio and embracing experimentation, creativity and trust. Their latest is called 'Language' and is available through Royal Potato Family.
Recorded 10/13/2023.
<ol>
<li>Away Team</li>
<li>Outer Boroughs</li>
<li>Landline Memories</li>
</ol>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rksu_rMkw_M">Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube</a>

Circles Around the Sun [Performance & Interview Only]

Circles Around The Sun

On the show this time, it's the cinematic indie-pop of songwriter Caroline Rose.

Caroline Rose is an uncompromising, ever morphing, creative force. They’ve been putting out music since 2012. Originally it was a folky Americana sound, with acoustic guitar, pedal steel and mandolins - though Caroline’s lyrics were already potent with insight, entanglements, despair or dgaf ennui. Artistic evolution has been de rigeur since, and their latest is polished pop-music, as likely to feature the jitter of electronica as it is to sweep in with Hollywood strings.

Consistently though, the album covers have been…Rose colored. The blood-red kind of roses. The new album cover features a rose-red blindfold. It’s called 'The Art of Forgetting' and is available on New West Records.

Recorded 04/28/2023.
Tell Me What You Want
Love Song For Myself
Everywhere I Go I Bring the Rain
Miami

Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube

On the show this time, it's the cinematic indie-pop of songwriter Caroline Rose.
Caroline Rose is an uncompromising, ever morphing, creative force. They’ve been putting out music since 2012. Originally it was a folky Americana sound, with acoustic guitar, pedal steel and mandolins - though Caroline’s lyrics were already potent with insight, entanglements, despair or dgaf ennui. Artistic evolution has been de rigeur since, and their latest is polished pop-music, as likely to feature the jitter of electronica as it is to sweep in with Hollywood strings.
Consistently though, the album covers have been…Rose colored. The blood-red kind of roses. The new album cover features a rose-red blindfold. It’s called 'The Art of Forgetting' and is available on New West Records.
Recorded 04/28/2023.
<ol>
<li>Tell Me What You Want</li>
<li>Love Song For Myself</li>
<li>Everywhere I Go I Bring the Rain</li>
<li>Miami</li>
</ol>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMW5hd1vvwc">Watch the full Live on KEXP session on YouTube</a>

KAINA [Performance & Interview Only] (RE-RELEASE)

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