Kai Straw

My new song ‘Be Easy’ is now available on all platforms! This is one of two songs I wrote in Athens, OH.

Huge thanks for listening.

For those who don’t know. I’m currently nomad, traveling the US and writing songs wherever I end up. I’ve got another one dropping next month; that one’s from Savannah, GA.

‘Till then. Be easy. 🍳

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My new song “Honey” is now available! It’s a simple little song I wrote in Athens, OH, about the light that shines through all things; it’s a sort of counter-argument to what can feel like a world that pushes us to earn our right to live.

To think of yourself as in constant competition for a better someday that just might be waiting for you somewhere off in the future - if you do the right thing and make the right moves - is a kind of sickness of the heart.

All these things take us away from the music that’s playing from our back porch, or our living room, or the laughter of our kids or nieces or nephews, or the beauty of a sunrise, or our actual love for our craft or skill or job this world tries to turn into a kind of slavery. I’ll write songs because I love writing songs, and dance to dance, and talk to talk, and I’ll do that in a camper, or a hotel, or a tent, or wherever. Rich or poor.

Joy is not earned, it secretes from every moment by virtue of my being present in it. In this way - every moment deserves to wear the crown of life; or rather, it already wears it, and our being distracted by what games we feel we’re required to play make us blind to it.

Sit outside, rest. Taste the honey.

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Huge thanks to everyone for giving this a listen. I’m currently nomad, traveling, writing songs wherever I end up.

I have another new song dropping next month, too. 🍯

Here’s my first little musical sketch I’ve made so far in Athens, OH. The footage is from my first walk around town. Got home from the walk and threw this down. Who knows if it’ll actually become a song! I come up with a bunch of these small ideas and most end up just sitting on my computer. Thought it’d be fun to share here rather than commit it to the graveyard.

My new song 'Ultraviolet' is now available everywhere.

The song was born the following month after my time in Fargo, ND, while I was in Carolina Beach. I'd met so many people who'd struggled with addiction while in Fargo; all of their stories had impacted my heart. I had this image in my mind of this guy - someone who just didn't see the point of life anymore. I wrote this for him, essentially. I wanted to remind him that purpose still exists even when you feel lost. There is a road even if you can't see it. You have a path ahead even if, right now, it's invisible, ultraviolet.

Huge thanks for listening, everyone. ☀️