Episode 108: Kati Ran

Talkin‘ the Talk With Don

One of the things I love the most about being a music journalist is that there is no end to the absolutely amazing music that I cross paths with from time to time. While I do see and hear a lot of crap, every now and then an artist stands out from the pack and grabs my full attention. This was the case with Dutch vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer Kati Ran.

Kati Ran performs an eclectic genre of music that pulls from her ancient Nordic roots using instruments such as Swedish nyckelharpa, moraharpa, hammered dulcimer, Norwegian Kraviklyra, bone flutes and overtone whistles, hurre, shells, primal percussive textures and skin-drums and vocalizes mystical ‘characters’ and powerful emotions.

Kati was gracious enough to take the time to talk with me about her forthcoming album SÁLA’ which is her first release since 2015's Lys. We talked about the spiritual and emotional connection to this style of music as well as the sensual yet primal elements to the music used to evoke emotions of solace, discomfort, and tension (sometimes all at the same time.) Kati was amazing and I hope you all will dig getting to know more about Kati Ran and her spectacular talents.

Enjoy, y'all.