Encore: Amythyst Kiah's Powerful Voice

Biscuits & Jam

Meredith Corporation

Music Interviews, Arts, Food, Music

4.8 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, talks to Johnson City, Tennessee based guitarist, singer and songwriter, Amythyst Kiah about studying Bluegrass, Old Time and Country at East Tennessee State University, her work with Our Native Daughters, her father’s support, the loss of her Mother, and her experience as a Black artist in country music. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Biscuits & Jam is produced by: Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Krissy Tiglias - GM, Southern Living Lottie Leymarie - Executive Producer Jenny Snyder - Audio Engineer/Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you haven't tried Abercrombie denim yet, you're missing out.
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0:27.4	Happy New Year, everyone.
0:28.8	It's Sid Evans, editor-in-chief of Southern Living, and host to Biscuits and Jam.
0:32.8	We're taking a short break, but I wanted to reshare one of my favorite episodes from our
0:37.2	summer tour series,
0:38.8	an interview with the Tennessee-based guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Amethyst Kia.
0:44.1	Hope y'all enjoy it.
0:59.3	Welcome to a special summer tour edition of Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living.
1:02.8	I'm Sid Evans, editor-in-chief of Southern Living magazine.
1:13.5	My very first guest for the new season is Amethyst Kia, a guitarist, banjo player, singer, and songwriter who recently appeared in For Love and Country,
1:19.4	a documentary that explores the new generation of black artists who are transforming country music.
1:28.6	Her Rounder Records debut, Wary and Strange, was nominated for the 2021 album of the year by Folk Alliance International.
1:33.7	She was chosen by CMT for its next women of country, class of 2022,
1:38.0	and she was nominated for a Grammy for her song Black Myself,
1:40.3	which you'll hear her sing later in this show.
1:45.8	On today's episode, we talked to Amethyst about her Tennessee roots, her father's influence and support, losing her mother at age 17, and her experience as a black artist in
1:52.5	country music. Amethyst Kia, welcome to Biscuits and Jam. Yeah, thanks for having me.
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