Kate Sikora is an odd sort of import.
Brought up in New Jersey, cutting her musical teeth as a student on New York's live circuit and self-releasing her first album there in 2005, most of her musical career has nonetheless been carved out among the indie nightspots of Tokyo — to the extent that she now seems exotic on what used to be her home turf.
"When I go back to New Jersey and New York, I'd say people are interested in the fact that I'm based in Tokyo," she notes, adding, "I am trying to have more of an international appeal these days."