Amythyst Kiah, who plays Jaeb Theater at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, Florida on December 17, 2018. Credit: Press Handout

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Amythyst Kiah She self-categorizes as a Southern Gothic, alt-country blues singer-songwriter, and promotional materials have compared Amythyst Kiah to both Janelle Monae and Johnny Cash while shedding light on her love of Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn. If the Johnson City, Tennessee-based strummer is feeling any pressure, then it’s not showing. At least not on a 2016 EP, Amythyst Kiah And Her Chest of Glass, which fearlessly reinvents up the joy and sadness from every corner of roots music while respecting the musicians who forged a path along the way. (Jaeb Theater at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa) INFO

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This article appears in Dec 13-20, 2018.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...