• Concert on Your Couch featuring Amythyst Kiah

    Friday, February 5, 2021
    7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Add to Calendar 02/05/2021 7:00 PM 02/05/2021 8:00 PM America/New_York Concert on Your Couch featuring Amythyst Kiah

    Photo Credit: Anna Hedges

    Free and open to the public | Suggested $10 donation for not-yet-members
    Location: YouTube Live | Register to receive link

    Watch live >>

    This program is made possible with support from media sponsor WSKG Public Media


    Make a night of it!

    Guests who register for the event are eligible to receive 10% off a bottle of wine with a take-out food purchase from The Cellar in Corning, NY.

    To take advantage of this special and place your order, please call The Cellar at 607.377.5552 by 7:30 p.m. on February 4. Please let The Cellar know that you have registered for The Rockwell’s virtual concert. View Menu


    Our beloved music series goes online!

    Join us from the comfort of your own couch for an engaging evening of music featuring 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.

    While this event is free, we appreciate your consideration of a $10 donation to help support the continuation of programs like these. REGISTER AND DONATE

     

    Online

    Photo Credit: Anna Hedges

    Free and open to the public | Suggested $10 donation for not-yet-members
    Location: YouTube Live | Register to receive link

    Watch live >>

    This program is made possible with support from media sponsor WSKG Public Media


    Make a night of it!

    Guests who register for the event are eligible to receive 10% off a bottle of wine with a take-out food purchase from The Cellar in Corning, NY.

    To take advantage of this special and place your order, please call The Cellar at 607.377.5552 by 7:30 p.m. on February 4. Please let The Cellar know that you have registered for The Rockwell’s virtual concert. View Menu


    Our beloved music series goes online!

    Join us from the comfort of your own couch for an engaging evening of music featuring 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.

    While this event is free, we appreciate your consideration of a $10 donation to help support the continuation of programs like these. REGISTER AND DONATE