Summary: <p>Tennessee-based songwriter Amythyst Kiah loves both roots and alternative music; and her songs often clothe dark subjects - suicide of a loved one, a descent into alcoholism - in bluesy stomps and ecstatic rock. The singer, guitarist, banjo player, and scholar (she holds a degree in Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies), has made records on her own and is a member of the formidable quartet called <a href="https://folkways.si.edu/songs-of-our-native-daughters" target="_blank">Our Native Daughters</a>. On her 2021 solo album <em>Wary + Strange, </em>Amythyst Kiah sings of loss, grief, death, and hangovers and dealing with them all; she and her band play some of these tunes remotely. - <em>Caryn Havlik</em></p> <p>Set list: "Black Myself," "Firewater," "Hangover Blues"</p> <p>Watch "Black Myself":</p> <p>Watch "Firewater":</p> <p>Watch "Hangover Blues":</p> <p>In 2020, she also contributed a tribute to the Reverend Gary Davis for the online New York Guitar Festival:</p>
