Wary + Strange Amythyst Kiah

• 1 Soapbox 01:36
• 2 Black Myself 03:21
• 3 Wild Turkey 04:32
• 4 Hangover Blues 04:04
• 5 Fancy Drones (Fracture Me) 03:37
• 6 Firewater 03:39
• 7 Tender Organs 04:45
• 8 Ballad Of Lost 05:14
• 9 Sleeping Queen 03:51
• 10 Opaque 03:47
• 11 Soapbox (Reprise) 02:35
• Total Runtime 41:01

Info for Wary + Strange

Amythyst Kiah kündigt ihr neues Album und Debüt bei Rounder Records, ”Wary + Strange” an. Die elf Songs, die alle von der Künstlerin geschrieben oder mitgeschrieben wurden - zeigen Amythyst, wie sie die Grenzen der Roots-Musik neu zieht und furchtlos neue Stilmittel außerhalb der Genregrenzen integriert. Amythyst erweitert ihre Rolle in Our Native Daughters - der Grammy-nominierten Supergroup, die sie zusammen mit Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla und Allison Russell gegründet hat - und schreibt auf ”Wary + Strange” roh und nuanciert über Trauer, Entfremdung und den hart erkämpften Triumph der totalen Selbstakzeptanz.

Produziert von Tony Berg (Phoebe Bridgers, Amos Lee, Andrew Bird) und aufgenommen in den legendären Sound City Studios in Los Angeles, mit einem musikalischen Dream-Team, zu dem der Gitarrist Blake Mills (Bob Dylan, Alabama Shakes), der Keyboarder Ethan Gruska (Fiona Apple, Perfume Genius), die Bassisten Wendy Melvoin (Prince & The Revolution, Madonna, Neil Finn) und Gabe Noel (Kamasi Washington, Father John Misty) sowie der Pedal Steel-Spieler Rich Hinman (k. d. lang, Tanya Tucker) gehören.

"Für ihr zweites Album gewann die Sängerin, die Mitglied der Grammy-nominierten Supergroup Our Native Daughters ist (mit Rhiannon Giddens), eine Riege superber Studiomusiker, darunter Dylan-Gitarrist Blake Mills. Amythyst Kiah: Diesen schwierigen Namen sollte man sich merken. Einfach an den Edelstein Amethyst denken – wie ein Edelstein schillert diese Stimme fürwahr." (Good Times)

Amythyst Kiah

Amythyst Kiah
Born in Chattanooga and based in Johnson City, Amythyst Kiah’s commanding stage presence is matched by her raw and powerful vocals—a deeply moving, hypnotic sound that stirs echoes of a distant and restless past.

Accompanied interchangeably with banjo, acoustic guitar, or a full band, her eclectic influences span decades, finding inspiration in old time music, alternative rock, folk, country, and blues.

Our Native Daughters, her recent collaboration with Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell (Birds of Chicago), has delivered a full-length album produced by Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell, Songs of Our Native Daughters (out now on Smithsonian Folkways). NPR described the opening track, Black Myself, written by Amythyst, as “the simmering defiance of self-respect in the face of racism.” The song was nominated for a Grammy for Best American Roots Song. The supergroup hit the road in July 2019 with a series of special dates that included performances at Washington D.C.’s Smithsonian Museum of African American History & Culture as well as Newport Folk Festival. The group was nominated for Duo/Group of the Year at the 2019 Americana Honors & Awards. Black Myself won 2019 Song of the Year at the Folk Alliance International Conference.

Provocative and fierce, Amythyst’s ability to cross boundaries is groundbreaking and simply unforgettable. Her stylistic range will be on full display in her next full-length album expected in 2021. Amythyst regularly tours the United Kingdom and has performed at Celtic Connections, Southern Fried Festival, Cambridge Folk Festival, the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, and SummerTyne Americana Festival. She is a crowd favorite at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion in the U.S. and has shined at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Smithsonian Folk Life Festival, Winnipeg Folk Festival, and opening for artists such as the Indigo Girls, Rhiannon Giddens, Dom Flemons, Old Crow Medicine Show, First Aid Kit, Darrell Scott, and Tim O’Brien.

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