Cary "CKP" Kanno cut his teeth early with bands in Chicago Illinois. The Abstract Giants (hip hop/ funk band ), and Doko Benjo (rock/ funk band) were locally successful and served as a springboard to foster his talents as a multi-instrumentalist songwriter. His solo career began when he simultaneously released two solo albums simply called "Cary Kanno One" and "Cary Kanno Two". Reception to the records were overwhelmingly positive. They were played on over 150 radio stations worldwide, and the album charted on the CMJ charts. From there he released 8 more original music albums. Total spin counts for his records on Pandora are over 350,000. Songs from these albums have been placed on over 100 different TV shows/ films/ commercials, including Kellogg's Frosted Flakes, Gas Jeans (Europe), Volkswagen, The Voice (NBC, 15+ plays), Honey Boo Boo, Nashville, Pawn Stars, Americas Pregame NFL (Fox), Discover Channel, TLC, WE Network, Bravo Network, Nissan, Ford Motor Co, Putumayo World Music, Weeds on Showtime, and many more. Last year Cary had over 1.2 million in-store radio plays throughout Europe.

Cary plays over 80 live gigs per year. In the summer of 2018 he played a series of 4 shows at the United Center (Chicago) before the Paul Simon, Smashing Pumpkins, and Phil Collins shows. He also played a 16 gig summer concert series for Miller Coors and a local radio station. He has opened for many well known acts including: Rusted Root, Gabriela y Rodrigo, Robert Randolph, The Gza, The Rza, Lyrics Born, Buckwheat Zydeco, Poi Dog Pondering, Eyedea, Andrew Bird, Bernie Worrell, Doomtree, Del the Funky Homosapien, and many more. He has sung the national anthem at Wrigley Field, played shows for NFL players, Real Madrid and the MLS All-stars, the mayor of Chicago, played in Tokyo, Japan, and has played volunteer shows for children with cancer and children with severe burns.

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