KASHKA

Songwriter, musician, visual artist and film composer Kat Burns makes thought-provoking, melodic ‘folkpoptronica’ as KASHKA. Based in Toronto, Burns blurs a line between folk, pop and found-sounds.

Starting out in the in the mid 2000s Toronto music scene with her first band <a href="spotify:artist:3xt6JhemYM0hVt6F33cs31" data-name="Forest City Lovers">Forest City Lovers</a>, Burns, alongside contemporaries such as <a href="spotify:artist:6p79NCISfn1aff7ye0FQQI" data-name="Ohbijou">Ohbijou</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:42ss0pOkCWjV7Q7NMTjGHU" data-name="Evening Hymns">Evening Hymns</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:77Rj6PHmQJFb8nbSH62y68" data-name="Owen Pallett">Owen Pallett</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4c8kfEGVYPmMAijqIm6L2Y" data-name="Gentleman Reg">Gentleman Reg</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1ZBR8sri8ddYowXDENBwKS" data-name="Hannah Georgas">Hannah Georgas</a> , <a href="spotify:artist:3wyfo3svXNWnszGAEVey11" data-name="Tokyo Police Club">Tokyo Police Club</a> -gained momentum touring across Canada, the USA and Europe, enchanting intimate audiences. Burns started KASHKA in 2013 with an experimental pop collection titled &#39;Vichada&#39; with producer James Bunton. Since then she has leaned into her &#39;folkpoptronica&#39; title bestowed upon her music in an early review, releasing and touring several albums and EPs. Leaning into textures akin to <a href="spotify:artist:0WtTGUjbur1R1cNzBvbsMU" data-name="Broadcast">Broadcast</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3lmR0qMiGuoIF9UC54egcG" data-name="Aldous Harding">Aldous Harding</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6G7OerKc3eBO9sVkRNopFC" data-name="Cat Power">Cat Power</a>, her latest offering, Soft, is an exploration into the underbelly of loneliness and hope.

Fans of <a href="spotify:artist:6fxk3UXHTFYET8qCT9WlBF" data-name="Kevin Morby">Kevin Morby</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6CWTBjOJK75cTE8Xv8u1kj" data-name="Feist">Feist</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6mKqFxGMS5TGDZI3XkT5Rt" data-name="Angel Olsen">Angel Olsen</a> will appreciate the melodies and lyrical prowess across the KASHKA catalogue.