Kiki Cavazos

Kiki Cavazos is an American folk, country, and Americana singer-songwriter.

Born in Montana, Cavazos spent much of her youth traveling around the American West with her father. While a teenager she left home, lived in Alaska and Mexico, eventually settling in New Orleans, Louisiana where she became part of the city's music community.[1][2][3]

In New Orleans, Cavazos co-founded the folk group Sundown Songs with Alynda Mariposa Segarra (later of Hurray for the Riff Raff), Sam Doores (later of The Deslondes), Pat Reedy, Jessie Carmerdiener and Ross Hartman.[4] Sundown Songs released Like a Jazz Band in Nashville in 2008.[5] The self-produced recording was sold in brown paper bags.[6]

Cavazos has self-released two albums, Two Bit Gambler and Early Mountain Songs. Two Bit Gambler was recorded in 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana and released on February 19, 2018. Performing on the album are Cavazos on guitar and vocals, Corey McGillvary on bass and vocals, John James Tourville on pedal steel guitar, Button on harmonicas, and Camille Weatherford, vocals. Early Mountain Songs was recorded in 2009 in Asheville, North Carolina and released in 2024. The album features Cavazos on guitar and vocals and Gill Landry on harmonica and was recorded in Landry's home.[7]

Cavazos released the full-length album Goodbye Blues, produced by Ajai Combelic and Sam Doores on Brooklyn-based Jalopy Records, in April 2026.[8][4][9] The album was recorded at Lil Squeeze Studio in New Orleans.

Cavazos was invited to perform at the Newport Folk Festival on the Museum Stage in 2018.[10][11]

In September 2024, Cavazos performed in Santiago de Compostela, Spain with Pajaro Sunrise as part of Hola Nola Lab-Fest, a musical exchange project between musicians from New Orleans and Spain.[12]

Discography

as a leader

  • Two Bit Gambler (self release, 2018)
  • Early Mountain Songs (self release, 2024)
  • Goodbye Blues (Jalopy, 2026)

with Sundown Songs

  • Like a Jazz Band in Nashville (self release, 2008)

References

  1. ↑ "LISTEN: Kiki Cavazos's "Hawthorne and Heartache" Is Palpable Folk With Poetic Songwriting". Glide Magazine. March 2, 2026.
  2. ↑ Moore, Layla (April 16, 2026). "Kiki Cavazos Declines the Pedersal She's Being Offered". Indie Boulevard. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
  3. ↑ Loss Eaton, Nick (February 11, 2026). "Following Newport Folk, Big Thief Opening Slots & Collaborations with Alynda Lee Segarra, Songwriter Kiki Cavazos Preps Debut Album". Nick Loss-Eaton Media. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
  4. 1 2 Aird, Jonathan (February 11, 2026). "Kiki Cavazos "Hawthorn And Heartache" – two things that'll tear at ya". Americana UK.
  5. ↑ Marcus, Greil (February 1, 2014). "Real Life Rock Top Ten – Febraury 2014". Thebeliever.net. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
  6. ↑ Deusner, Stephen (March 27, 2014). "Come Around Sundown: Country Music In The Crescent City". American Songwriter. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
  7. ↑ Rowland, Hobart (March 9, 2026). "MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Kiki Cavazos' "Grey Ghost Train"". Magnet Magazine. Retrieved July 28, 2026.
  8. ↑ Walters, Jack (May 5, 2026). "Kiki Cavazos Says 'Goodbye Blues' and Keeps on Travelin'". PopMatters. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
  9. ↑ Amen, John (April 22, 2026). "Album Review: On 'Goodbye Blues,' Kiki Cavazos' Stories and Voice Are Timeless". No Depression, Roots Music & Culture. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
  10. ↑ Remz, Jeffrey B. (July 30, 2018). "At Newport Folk Festival, discovery rules". Country Standard Time. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
  11. ↑ Gibbs, Ryan (July 5, 2018). "Newport Folk Fest: 6 For Pete's Sake acts to watch out for". The Newport Daily News. Retrieved July 28, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Sabine McCalla, a Caribbean Odetta that is pure New Orleans". CE Noticias Financieras, English Ed. Miami, Florida. September 18, 2024.
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