diff --git a/aws_lambda_powertools/logging/logger.py b/aws_lambda_powertools/logging/logger.py
index a0e24f1dcf9..2b97df75c1f 100644
--- a/aws_lambda_powertools/logging/logger.py
+++ b/aws_lambda_powertools/logging/logger.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import functools
 import inspect
+import io
 import logging
 import os
 import random
 import sys
-from typing import IO, Any, Callable, Dict, Iterable, Optional, TypeVar, Union
+import traceback
+from typing import IO, Any, Callable, Dict, Iterable, Mapping, Optional, TypeVar, Union
 
 import jmespath
 
@@ -235,6 +237,9 @@ def _init_logger(self, **kwargs):
         self._logger.addHandler(self.logger_handler)
         self.structure_logs(**kwargs)
 
+        # Maintenance: We can drop this upon Py3.7 EOL. It's a backport for "location" key to work
+        self._logger.findCaller = self.findCaller
+
         # Pytest Live Log feature duplicates log records for colored output
         # but we explicitly add a filter for log deduplication.
         # This flag disables this protection when you explicit want logs to be duplicated (#262)
@@ -359,6 +364,126 @@ def decorate(event, context, *args, **kwargs):
 
         return decorate
 
+    def info(
+        self,
+        msg: object,
+        *args,
+        exc_info=None,
+        stack_info: bool = False,
+        stacklevel: int = 2,
+        extra: Optional[Mapping[str, object]] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        extra = extra or {}
+        extra = {**extra, **kwargs}
+
+        # Maintenance: We can drop this upon Py3.7 EOL. It's a backport for "location" key to work
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 8):  # pragma: no cover
+            return self._logger.info(msg, *args, exc_info=exc_info, stack_info=stack_info, extra=extra)
+        return self._logger.info(
+            msg, *args, exc_info=exc_info, stack_info=stack_info, stacklevel=stacklevel, extra=extra
+        )
+
+    def error(
+        self,
+        msg: object,
+        *args,
+        exc_info=None,
+        stack_info: bool = False,
+        stacklevel: int = 2,
+        extra: Optional[Mapping[str, object]] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        extra = extra or {}
+        extra = {**extra, **kwargs}
+
+        # Maintenance: We can drop this upon Py3.7 EOL. It's a backport for "location" key to work
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 8):  # pragma: no cover
+            return self._logger.error(msg, *args, exc_info=exc_info, stack_info=stack_info, extra=extra)
+        return self._logger.error(
+            msg, *args, exc_info=exc_info, stack_info=stack_info, stacklevel=stacklevel, extra=extra
+        )
+
+    def exception(
+        self,
+        msg: object,
+        *args,
+        exc_info=True,
+        stack_info: bool = False,
+        stacklevel: int = 2,
+        extra: Optional[Mapping[str, object]] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        extra = extra or {}
+        extra = {**extra, **kwargs}
+
+        # Maintenance: We can drop this upon Py3.7 EOL. It's a backport for "location" key to work
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 8):  # pragma: no cover
+            return self._logger.exception(msg, *args, exc_info=exc_info, stack_info=stack_info, extra=extra)
+        return self._logger.exception(
+            msg, *args, exc_info=exc_info, stack_info=stack_info, stacklevel=stacklevel, extra=extra
+        )
+
+    def critical(
+        self,
+        msg: object,
+        *args,
+        exc_info=None,
+        stack_info: bool = False,
+        stacklevel: int = 2,
+        extra: Optional[Mapping[str, object]] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        extra = extra or {}
+        extra = {**extra, **kwargs}
+
+        # Maintenance: We can drop this upon Py3.7 EOL. It's a backport for "location" key to work
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 8):  # pragma: no cover
+            return self._logger.critical(msg, *args, exc_info=exc_info, stack_info=stack_info, extra=extra)
+        return self._logger.critical(
+            msg, *args, exc_info=exc_info, stack_info=stack_info, stacklevel=stacklevel, extra=extra
+        )
+
+    def warning(
+        self,
+        msg: object,
+        *args,
+        exc_info=None,
+        stack_info: bool = False,
+        stacklevel: int = 2,
+        extra: Optional[Mapping[str, object]] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        extra = extra or {}
+        extra = {**extra, **kwargs}
+
+        # Maintenance: We can drop this upon Py3.7 EOL. It's a backport for "location" key to work
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 8):  # pragma: no cover
+            return self._logger.warning(msg, *args, exc_info=exc_info, stack_info=stack_info, extra=extra)
+        return self._logger.warning(
+            msg, *args, exc_info=exc_info, stack_info=stack_info, stacklevel=stacklevel, extra=extra
+        )
+
+    def debug(
+        self,
+        msg: object,
+        *args,
+        exc_info=None,
+        stack_info: bool = False,
+        stacklevel: int = 2,
+        extra: Optional[Mapping[str, object]] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        extra = extra or {}
+        extra = {**extra, **kwargs}
+
+        # Maintenance: We can drop this upon Py3.7 EOL. It's a backport for "location" key to work
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 8):  # pragma: no cover
+            return self._logger.debug(msg, *args, exc_info=exc_info, stack_info=stack_info, extra=extra)
+        return self._logger.debug(
+            msg, *args, exc_info=exc_info, stack_info=stack_info, stacklevel=stacklevel, extra=extra
+        )
+
     def append_keys(self, **additional_keys):
         self.registered_formatter.append_keys(**additional_keys)
 
@@ -462,6 +587,41 @@ def _get_caller_filename():
         caller_frame = frame.f_back.f_back.f_back
         return caller_frame.f_globals["__name__"]
 
+    # Maintenance: We can drop this upon Py3.7 EOL. It's a backport for "location" key to work
+    def findCaller(self, stack_info=False, stacklevel=2):  # pragma: no cover
+        """
+        Find the stack frame of the caller so that we can note the source
+        file name, line number and function name.
+        """
+        f = logging.currentframe()  # noqa: VNE001
+        # On some versions of IronPython, currentframe() returns None if
+        # IronPython isn't run with -X:Frames.
+        if f is None:
+            return "(unknown file)", 0, "(unknown function)", None
+        while stacklevel > 0:
+            next_f = f.f_back
+            if next_f is None:
+                ## We've got options here.
+                ## If we want to use the last (deepest) frame:
+                break
+                ## If we want to mimic the warnings module:
+                # return ("sys", 1, "(unknown function)", None) # noqa: E800
+                ## If we want to be pedantic:  # noqa: E800
+                # raise ValueError("call stack is not deep enough") # noqa: E800
+            f = next_f  # noqa: VNE001
+            if not _is_internal_frame(f):
+                stacklevel -= 1
+        co = f.f_code
+        sinfo = None
+        if stack_info:
+            with io.StringIO() as sio:
+                sio.write("Stack (most recent call last):\n")
+                traceback.print_stack(f, file=sio)
+                sinfo = sio.getvalue()
+                if sinfo[-1] == "\n":
+                    sinfo = sinfo[:-1]
+        return co.co_filename, f.f_lineno, co.co_name, sinfo
+
 
 def set_package_logger(
     level: Union[str, int] = logging.DEBUG,
@@ -500,3 +660,13 @@ def set_package_logger(
     handler = logging.StreamHandler(stream)
     handler.setFormatter(formatter)
     logger.addHandler(handler)
+
+
+# Maintenance: We can drop this upon Py3.7 EOL. It's a backport for "location" key to work
+# The following is based on warnings._is_internal_frame. It makes sure that
+# frames of the import mechanism are skipped when logging at module level and
+# using a stacklevel value greater than one.
+def _is_internal_frame(frame):  # pragma: no cover
+    """Signal whether the frame is a CPython or logging module internal."""
+    filename = os.path.normcase(frame.f_code.co_filename)
+    return filename == logging._srcfile or ("importlib" in filename and "_bootstrap" in filename)
diff --git a/docs/core/logger.md b/docs/core/logger.md
index f98962a0f5f..8fc9da441ac 100644
--- a/docs/core/logger.md
+++ b/docs/core/logger.md
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ To ease routine tasks like extracting correlation ID from popular event sources,
 You can append additional keys using either mechanism:
 
 * Persist new keys across all future log messages via `append_keys` method
-* Add additional keys on a per log message basis via `extra` parameter
+* Add additional keys on a per log message basis as a keyword=value, or via `extra` parameter
 
 #### append_keys method
 
@@ -184,14 +184,33 @@ You can append your own keys to your existing Logger via `append_keys(**addition
 
     This example will add `order_id` if its value is not empty, and in subsequent invocations where `order_id` might not be present it'll remove it from the Logger.
 
+#### ephemeral metadata
+
+You can pass an arbitrary number of keyword arguments (kwargs) to all log level's methods, e.g. `logger.info, logger.warning`.
+
+Two common use cases for this feature is to enrich log statements with additional metadata, or only add certain keys conditionally.
+
+!!! info "Any keyword argument added will not be persisted in subsequent messages."
+
+=== "append_keys_kwargs.py"
+
+    ```python hl_lines="8"
+    --8<-- "examples/logger/src/append_keys_kwargs.py"
+    ```
+
+=== "append_keys_kwargs_output.json"
+
+    ```json hl_lines="7"
+    --8<-- "examples/logger/src/append_keys_kwargs_output.json"
+    ```
+
 #### extra parameter
 
 Extra parameter is available for all log levels' methods, as implemented in the standard logging library - e.g. `logger.info, logger.warning`.
 
 It accepts any dictionary, and all keyword arguments will be added as part of the root structure of the logs for that log statement.
 
-???+ info
-    Any keyword argument added using `extra` will not be persisted for subsequent messages.
+!!! info "Any keyword argument added using `extra` will not be persisted in subsequent messages."
 
 === "append_keys_extra.py"
 
diff --git a/examples/logger/src/append_keys_kwargs.py b/examples/logger/src/append_keys_kwargs.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5885c7e2bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/logger/src/append_keys_kwargs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from aws_lambda_powertools import Logger
+from aws_lambda_powertools.utilities.typing import LambdaContext
+
+logger = Logger()
+
+
+def handler(event: dict, context: LambdaContext) -> str:
+    logger.info("Collecting payment", request_id="1123")
+
+    return "hello world"
diff --git a/examples/logger/src/append_keys_kwargs_output.json b/examples/logger/src/append_keys_kwargs_output.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd888e5e2af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/logger/src/append_keys_kwargs_output.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "level": "INFO",
+    "location": "collect.handler:8",
+    "message": "Collecting payment",
+    "timestamp": "2022-11-26 11:47:12,494+0200",
+    "service": "payment",
+    "request_id": "1123"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_logger.py b/tests/functional/test_logger.py
index 7eb3018ef64..4876da5cacf 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_logger.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_logger.py
@@ -415,6 +415,25 @@ def test_logger_extra_kwargs(stdout, service_name):
     assert "request_id" not in no_extra_fields_log
 
 
+def test_logger_arbitrary_fields_as_kwargs(stdout, service_name):
+    # GIVEN Logger is initialized
+    logger = Logger(service=service_name, stream=stdout)
+
+    # WHEN `request_id` is an arbitrary field in a log message to the existing structured log
+    fields = {"request_id": "blah"}
+
+    logger.info("with arbitrary fields", **fields)
+    logger.info("without extra fields")
+
+    extra_fields_log, no_extra_fields_log = capture_multiple_logging_statements_output(stdout)
+
+    # THEN first log should have request_id field in the root structure
+    assert "request_id" in extra_fields_log
+
+    # THEN second log should not have request_id in the root structure
+    assert "request_id" not in no_extra_fields_log
+
+
 def test_logger_log_twice_when_log_filter_isnt_present_and_root_logger_is_setup(monkeypatch, stdout, service_name):
     # GIVEN Lambda configures the root logger with a handler
     root_logger = logging.getLogger()