K-Nein:

K-Nein is a six piece Americana Band playing in the tradition of The Grateful Dead, The Band, and Paul Simon with deep roots in improvisational music as well as composition.

K-Nein’s third and most recent studio album Magic, Myth, and Rhyme is available on all streaming platforms. During quarantine the band also performed a faithful recreation of the legendary Shakedown Street album with videos on Youtube and audio on streaming platforms.

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Kate of Kate & The Black Roses:

Kate & The Black Roses is an indie/rock/pop/funk band originating in NYC in the confines of a Queens studio apartment. Kate’s first album “Black Roses” and second album “Ready of Not”, reverberated female fronted indie rock through NYC and the outer boroughs, in between teaching K-5 music in Forest Hills, NY. After studying music and teaching for a few years, taking guitar lessons and recruiting her guitar teacher to help record and play shows was a dream come true.

After playing around the bars and venues in Brooklyn, Lower East Side Manhattan, Harlem, and Astoria, Kate moved to Seoul, South Korea or a year to teach music at an international school, and travel. While in Korea, Kate shot a music video for “Something Else” in Itewon with some videographers from South Africa. After a cool opportunity on foreign Korean radio, singing with the house band on Jeju island, and backpacking through most of South East Asia, China, and Japan, Kate returned to the states to Chicago, IL with some new songs in mind.

Kate got involved in the ‘Raw’ artists series upon arriving in Chicago and had the opportunity to play at the Metro, and started to record the funk album she started in Korea at Gravity studios. She went to every open mic she could find throughout the city meeting tons of great musicians and friends along the way. After meeting Ryan Curtis, Kate started playing full band shows again, and the single “Done with that” was released at this time.

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Kate & K-Nein:

Our journey began at an open mic in Chicago, where two paths crossed and a beautiful story unfolded.

We played in each others bands, and wrote songs together. Our lives intertwined, leading to a marriage filled with love ,and a shared passion for music. Now, we are one band in life and music, bringing our hearts and talents to every performance.

Join us on this incredible journey as we continue to create and share our music with the world. Your support means everything to us, and we can't wait to see where this adventure takes us next!

These friends and Chicagoland natives share a deep knowledge of jamming as well as a love for tight song forms and grooves. The resulting efforts create a band that is quick on its feet and demonstrates a deep respect for traditional songs and instrumentation. The 2017 release of “Blume” solidified a sound that the group was going for with upbeat songs like the title track Blume and You Don’t Know, as well as more pocket groove tunes like “Never Been Seen” and “Sleight of Hand”. The 2021 Release of Magic Myth and Rhyme showed the band in a new mature light with songs like “Speak His Name” and "Stranded in the Night” which was featured in the Relix Nov 2021 sampler playlist.

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Upon meeting K-Nein at one of these aforementioned open mics, Kate released the single “Magic” and the funk style EP, “For You”. Mike (K-Nein) and Kate started writing songs together full of love, hope, and acceptance. They became one band together in music and in life, and were married September 9th, 2023, at their farm where they now live in Lawrence, Michigan.

Kate’s biggest musical influences are Joni Mitchell, Jeff Buckley, Glen Hansard, Damien Rice, Fiona Apple, Alison Krauss, Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Paul Simon, Chris Thile, Tom Petty, Portishead, Sufjan Stevens, to name a few.

Kate can also be seen singing backup for Think Floyd USA (pink floyd tribute band) and the Stan P band (prog rock/jam band).