As well as being one of her musical mentors, Tori Amos also gets the cover treatment on Amythyst Kiah‘s latest single ‘Sugar’ which finds her shifting from her roots influences to that of alt-rock.
“When I was 15, I fell in love with Tori Amos’ music. I was constantly playing her first five albums on repeat and even learned some of the songs. She inspired me to want to write songs – I wanted to be a guitar-playing version of her,” shares Kiah. “She manages to take very specific, very personal things that happened to her and turn them into songs that the listener can relate to and feel, even without having had that specific experience. Her use of metaphor in her storytelling, her distinctive voice and piano playing, was just so powerful and different than anything I had ever heard before. Her live version of ‘Sugar’ is one of my favorite recordings, so I hope I did the song justice!”
Kiah is on the road this May with The Who, and – earlier this week – announced she’ll be touring with CAM this year. Throughout the next few months, Kiah will headline a European tour and perform with Old Crow Medicine Show, LeAnn Rimes, Shovels & Rope and more. Her UK dates include Purbeck Valley Folk Festival and Shrewsbury Folk Festival.
Upcoming Tour Dates
Friday, May 13 – Door Community Auditorium – Fish Creek, WI
Wednesday, May 18 – TD Garden – Boston, MA*
Friday, May 20 – Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, PA*
Saturday, May 21 – Freshgrass | Bentonville 2022 – Bentonville, AR
Monday, May 23 – Capital One Arena – Washington, DC*
Friday, May 27 – Straz Center – Tampa, FL
Sunday, May 29 – Pensacola Unleashed – Pensacola, FL
Saturday, June 4 – Levitt Pavilion Dayton – Dayton, OH
Sunday, June 5 – Josephine Sculpture Park – Frankfort, KY
Saturday, June 18 – Juneteenth Jubilee – Fayetteville, NC
Sunday, June 19 – Hill Center – Washington, DC
Thursday, June 30 – Bank of New Hampshire Stage – Concord, NH
Saturday, July 9 – Brookside Golf Club – Pasadena, CA
Sunday, July 24 – Stern Grove Festival Association – San Francisco, CA+
Thursday, July 28 – Floydfest 22 – Floyd, VA
Saturday, July 30 – Lincoln Center for Performing Arts – New York, NY
Tuesday, August 2 – The Depot – Salt Lake City, UT&
Saturday, August 6 – Magic City Blues Festival – Billings, MT
Tuesday, August 9 – Gothic Theatre – Englewood, CO&
Thursday, August 11 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN&
Saturday, August 13 – Thompson’s Point – Portland, ME
Wednesday, August 17 – Paradiso – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Friday, August 19 – Rootsy Summer Fest – Falkenberg, Sweden
Saturday, August 20 – Osterlen Americana Festival – Loderup, Sweden
Sunday, August 21 – Purbeck Valley Folk Festival – Wareham, UK
Monday, August 22 – The Black Box – Belfast, UK
Tuesday, August 23 – Whelan’s – Dublin, Ireland
Thursday, August 25 – Tønder Festival – Tønder, Denmark
Friday, August 26 – Tønder Festival – Tønder, Denmark
Sunday, August 28 – Shrewsbury Folk Festival – Shrewsbury, UK
Monday, August 29 – Shrewsbury Folk Festival – Shrewsbury, UK
Saturday, Sept. 10 – Mountain Song Festival – Brevard, NC
Thursday, Sept. 15 – Scoot Inn – Austin, TX&
Friday, Sept. 16 – The Echo Lounge and Music Hall – Dallas, TX&
Friday, Sept. 23 – Neighborhood Theatre – Charlotte, NC&
Saturday, Sept. 24 – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA&
Sunday, Sept. 25 – Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN&
Thursday, Sept. 29 – World Cafe Live – Philadelphia, PA&
Monday, Oct. 24 – Webster Hall – New York, NY&
Friday, Nov. 4 – Carnegie Hall – New York%
Saturday, Nov. 12 – EFG London Jazz Festival: Bush Hall – London, UK
Sunday, Nov. 13 – The Jam Jar – Bristol, UK
Tuesday, Nov. 15 – The Voodoo Rooms – Edinburgh, UK
Wednesday, Nov. 16 – Day & Night – Manchester, UK
Friday, Nov. 18 – Privatclub – Berlin, Germany
Saturday, Nov. 19 – Kranhalle – Munich, Germany
Sunday, Nov. 20 – Legend Club – Milan, Italy
Tuesday, Nov. 22 – Point Ephemere – Paris, France
* denotes show with The Who
+ denotes show with LeAnn Rimes
& denotes show with CAM
% denotes show with Our Native Daughters
More here: https://www.amythystkiah.com/