KAÏA KATER REVEALS “THE WITCH” FT. AOIFE O’DONOVAN FROM UPCOMING LP. NEW ALBUM, STRANGE MEDICINE, OUT MAY 17
Grenadian-Canadian musician Kaïa Kater is revealing “The Witch” featuring Aoife O’Donovan from her upcoming album, Strange Medicine.
“I have been fascinated with old Puritan tales about witch burnings and scarlet letters for a long time,” explains Kater. “I specifically wanted to write about the way men historically have branded women as temptresses, harlots, sirens and shrews, and then sought to reflect this visually – the letter A for adulteress, the burning of flesh to symbolize evil. The first woman labeled a witch in Salem was a Black woman by the name of Tituba. Usually these women died nameless and scorned. In my narrative, the woman who is branded a witch and burned at the stake survives her pilgrim’s punishment, and now seeks her revenge on those who sought to destroy her.”
TOUR DATES
May 17 Groton, MA Groton Hill Music Center
May 18 Cambridge, MA Club Passim
May 21 Hamilton, ON Mills Hardware
May 22 Toronto, ON TD Music Hall
May 23 Montreal, QC La Sotterenea
May 24 Kingston, ON The Broom Factory
May 26 Ottawa, ON Red Bird Live
June 1 Brevard, NC NC Guitar Celebration
June 5 Evanston, Il Evanston Space
June 6 Ann Arbor MI The Ark
June 7 Paw Paw, MI The Lucky Wolf
June 9 Frankfort, KY Josephine Sculpture Park
June 12 Brooklyn, NY Union Pool
June 13 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live Upstairs
June 14 Baltimore, MD Creative Alliance At The Patterson
June 20 St Peters, PE Festival Small Halls
June 21 Charlottetown, PE Festival Small Halls
July 11-14 Winnipeg, MB Winnipeg Folk Festival *
Aug 4-5 Canmore, AB Canmore Folk Music Festival*
++Performing with New Dangerfield
Performing with New Dangerfield & as Kaïa Kater