[3] In 1997, she was featured performer in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan on the last broadcast of Peter Gzowski's CBC national radio program Morningside.
[18] She jokes that, "Shari Ulrich and I, I think we’re the only two people in the Canadian music scene that actually gave birth to their backup bands.”[19] According to the Garnette Report, Kaldor is "considered one of Canada's finest writers.
[21] From the very start of her career, Kaldor's lyrics have showcased the perspectives and experiences of women, "often using humour to disarm her audience.
According to Gary Cristall, who helped book the Vancouver Folk Music Festival in the 1980s, "The squeals of delight from the audience give a sense of the impact [of its lyrics].
"[23] Kaldor began her career in the 1980s, a time when it was difficult to be booked as a female artist in Canada at festivals and venues.
"[29] In 1988, Kaldor wrote the lyrics for Svetlana Zylin's musical The Destruction of Eve, a feminist interpretation of the Bible.
In 1988, the National Film Board produced a short film for her song “Get Back the Night” as a “statement against senseless violence.”[32] In 1997, the Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women selected her song, “One Hit” to create pedagogical materials for Canadian classrooms addressing the topic of domestic violence against women.
[34] Most recently, Kaldor wrote the song, "Woman Who Pays," which responds to the series of 8 femicides in 8 weeks in Montreal in 2021 which resulted in the death of a friend of her daughter-in-law.