When I hop on the phone with Katerina Jae, singer for KC-based indie rock band Ramona Clay, we are both on speaker—me because I am recording our conversation, and Jae because she is bedazzling a guitar to give away at the band’s show this Saturday, May 31, at Harrah’s VooDoo Lounge.

“I don’t even know if I’m doing it right ’cause I’ve never bedazzled anything in my entire life,” jokes Jae of what she’s doing to the Guitar Center-donated acoustic. As to why the band has been donated an acoustic guitar and why Katerina Jae is bedazzling it, Ramona Clay’s upcoming gig is more than just the release for their new album, The Things We Don’t Talk About.

It’s also a mental health campaign kickoff, of which the music is only one part.

“It’s really complicated because my stage name’s Katerina Jae

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