Happy FAWM 2026 everyone! I'm Kait (they/she) the Geeky Soprano, this is my 14th year of participating in FAWM, previously as “ekunyi”! My solo music is best described as #filk: #acoustic and #folk style songs that explore fantasy, science-fiction, and other general stuff you'll hear at a geeky con full of delightful nerds. I also participate in Familiar, a duo with my spouse Aaron, where we create prog rock and folk inspired music, some of which is filk-esque in nature, and other songs that lean more into the math-rock, proggy side of things.

Personal influences are mostly filk artists (ex. Alexander James Adams, S.J. Tucker, Heather Dale, Tricky Pixie) and folky #singer_songwriter music (ex. Dar Williams, Mary Chapin-Carpenter, and Ani DiFranco). Also quite a few FAWMers, some of whom I've been privileged to meet over the years!

I actually had space to pick up my bari uke and practice some songs leading up to FAWM, so I'm really hoping to use FAWM 2026 to use creativity as an act of joyful rebellion. (Hold on to whimsy and fight like hell, yeah?) I'd also love to use this month to FINALLY put together a binder of my songs and chords so I can start going back to filk cons again.

A few other fun facts:

1.) After studying voice in highschool and college, I resumed voice lessons in my mid-30s in 2021, which have been incredibly helpful for navigating the ways that some of my chronic inflammatory health issues impacts my ability to sing at times.

2.) I am a neurodivergent human (AuDHDer) who is #queer and #nonbinary, and who works as a therapist serving other queer, neurodivergent folx! These facets of my identity do inspire the way I move through the world, and inspire my music in kind.

3.) Some of my primary interests include: Egyptian mythology, animals of all sorts, Star Trek, and LGBTQ+ inspired cartoons like Steven Universe!