"How in the world is she doing that?" seems to be a common reaction to the unconventional acoustic guitar wizardry of Kaki King. A self-taught musician, the 24-year-old Atlanta native is a riveting instrumental performer: thumping basslines, intricate tunings, fluid melodies, and slapping percussion abound in her unique compositions that walk an edgy line between funk, flamenco, and jazz.

Kaki's natural gift for creating striking tones and her passionate, intensely physical style of playing, both on stage and in her recent debut album, Everybody Loves You (Velour), led Michael Simmons of the L.A. Weekly to proclaim that "She is to the acoustic what Hendrix was to the electric."

When she's not sharing the stage with acts as varied as Marianne Faithful and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band (she also plays Chapman Stick and percussion in the house band for the Off-Broadway smash, The Blue Man Group), Kaki is wowing folks with her mesmerizing solo show. Last October she made her network TV debut on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien.