NEW ALBUM 2024 LEGACY

Storytelling is the way we pass information - between friends, colleagues, and family. Stories are how we imprint our culture and give gifts from one generation to the next. Memory is imperfect. It is influenced by emotion, context, our state-of-mind on any given day, our health, surroundings, language, and how we have been socialized. In telling our stories, we not only enlighten one another to our truths, we also call upon our community to practice active understanding and to help us acknowledge, validate, and remember our past. In telling our stories of the past, we shape a collective future informed by all we have all we have traveled, all we have learned, and all we have been.

Every family has storytellers, because we are all storytellers.

In her album LEGACY, Kyshona tells the long story of her family’s journey. Please join Kyshona in the coming months, as she shares more of that story.

About Kyshona

Kyshona is an artist ignited by untold stories, and the capacity of those stories to thread connection in every community. With the background of a licensed music therapist, the curiosity of a writer, the patience of a friend, the vision of a social entrepreneur, the resolve of an activist, and the voice of a singer - Kyshona is unrelenting in her pursuit for the healing power of song. She lends her voice and music to those that feel they have been lost, silenced, forgotten or alone. Through her organization Your Song, she facilitates therapeutic songwriting sessions with groups and individuals in hopes of reconnecting those who are divided. Of her past releases, one fan reviewer wrote: “Amidst these hard, divisive times this set of songs is a salve for the grief many of us are feeling about resulting loss of family, friends, and community.”

Press Releases

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Press Quotes

“...heartfelt empathy is evident on Legacy, an inspiring collection of gospel, folk and blues.” -NPR

"Both as an album and a reclamation of her family's over 150-year-old American genealogy...it — like many of her previous works — captures the 'honest essence' of 'tangible realities.'" -The Tennessean

"Kyshona nurtures the myriad branches of her family tree with this remarkably thorough tribute to her ancestors." -The Boston Globe

"As Kyshona guides us through her family tree, the songs are dappled with blues, funk, and gospel, all tied together by the pursuit of excellence that so clearly defines her spirit." -No Depression

"...organic, rocking, soulful groove" -The Nashville Scene

"Kyshona inhabits these songs in the same way she dwells in the spirits of her legacy, and they in her. She transports her listeners, and herself, on this journey to the nooks and crannies of legacy, and it shines brightly through her soaring vocals." -Folk Alley

"Kyshona's genre-fluid album...finds redemption in exploring generational traumas - with compassion, heart, and family ties front and center" -Good Country

"...an absolutely fierce bit of soulful rock and roll about the importance of keeping her familial stories, and sacrifice, alive" -Don't Rock The Inbox

"...a soul stirring exploration of the complexities of the idea of 'home' and belonging, and the power of storytelling and art to make sense of it all." -Holler

"...subtle African rhythms with gospel, blues, R&B, rock and a ton of passion for an expansive, often sprawling 50 minute disc with no weak moments." -Rock & Blues Muse

"...a stunning display of passionate soul and country-fried blues...showcases the artist’s poetic approach to songwriting as she delivers her words in a cloud of soulful prowess." -Glide Magazine

“...Ms K mixes rootsy sounds, blues, folk, gospel and southern soul flavours into a provocative cocktail.” -Soul&Jazz&Funk

"...a roots rock song with soul and a splash of gospel that’s perfect for hyping yourself up." -RIFF Magazine

"Kyshona makes Nashville a better place" -Adobe & Teardrops

Coverage of prior releases…

“Nighttime Animal” American Songwriter’s Top Songs of 2022 - read more

“This is protest music for a new generation, a musical treatment for social ills, a unique prescription that only works if you listen.”  - No Depression

"Listen highlights Kyshona’s descriptive songwriting and soulful vocals alongside a versatile blend of folk, rock and R&B influences. While Kyshona sings of fear, hope, community, love and understanding throughout the 10-track project, she also finds herself.” - Billboard

“Everyone is making political records. Everyone is making albums that speak to 'this moment.' Too few of them are making music that speaks to the people who inhabit this moment. Kyshona does." -The Bluegrass Situation

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