-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Amythyst Kiah is a powerhouse folk singer. Her raspy but commanding voice is one you cannot miss when she strums her guitar or banjo . But alongside her growing command of the music that she has loved all her life, she is proudly a Black Appalachian native.
While living in the birthplace of early roots music, Kiah found her love of country and bluegrass . The singer's life story and personal journey to becoming a successful folk musician is documented in PBS' "The Express Way with Dulé Hill." The series invites viewers into the perspective of everyday people and how music can be a universal language and healer to all.
In the second episode titled "Appalachia," the former "Psych" actor and professional tap dancer Hill travels to parts of Appalachia, namely Tennessee, to talk to people about their relationships with music and the deeper and more personal ways that it has affected their personal lives. What Hill sees in Appalachia is a community so determined to come together and uplift one another even during the most challenging moments of their lives. Alongside talking to a founder of Appalachian Stringed Instrument Co.
– who helps bring in people who have struggled with addiction, as the opioid crisis hit blue-collar workers – Hill spotlights Kiah to share her experiences with addiction, loss and grief and how music helped heal her mind. "Music is a representation of how we can treat each other in real life." In an interview with.