The most surprising thing about Kaia is the sober, almost funereal feeling that she manages to transmit with a five-string banjo. The singer-songwriter of Montreal brings together the influence she has from Appalachian music (learned at Davis & Elkins College) with the mastery achieved in her instrument.

The music of this Grenadian-Canadian artist is not usually associated with the themes she deals with in her lyrics, such as racism, poverty and the difficulties that immigrants have. Throughout her musical career, which began at an early age, she reconciled with her Caribbean side, with the migrant history of her family.