Nashville-based singer/songwriter Kyshona releases "Fallen People," a track from her forthcoming album Listen. Written with Jenn Bostic and Maureen Murphy, "Fallen People" is a reflection on how we see others; its classic feel encourages us to handle each another with care--that we find commonality in the fact that we all struggle and that we all fight something on a daily basis.
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"Fallen People" follows lead single, "Too Much," a Mavis-Staples-style organ-laced gospel-tinged groove about finding hope in the midst of overwhelming circumstances. Kyshona has always lent her voice and music to those that feel silenced or forgotten. She began her career as a music therapist, writing her first songs with her patients--the students and inmates under her care. She soon found the need to write independently and find her own voice, an endeavor that led her to the fertile ground of the Nashville creative community and its collaborative songwriting culture.
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Since then, she has learned how to balance her music career with her passion to heal the hurting. Audiences will find a common thread of empowerment, overcoming adversity, and finding hope in her work. On February 28, 2020, Kyshona will release her new LP Listen, co-produced with Andrija Tokic (St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Alabama Shakes, Hurray For The Riff Raff) and recorded mostly at his famed Nashville studio The Bomb Shelter.
In each of the album's 10 tracks, Kyshona blends roots, rock, R&B, gospel, and folk with lyrical prowess to uplift the marginalized and bring awareness to the masses. It's for every silent scream, every heavy load, every fearful thought, and a simmering sense of anger that the repressed, the lost, and the forgotten try to hide from the world. "I’ve been thinking a lot about purpose," she says. "When I write and when I perform I am often thinking of what my point is. What is my purpose? What is my mission? At this particular moment in these particular times, my mission is to be a voice and a vessel for those who feel silenced and forgotten." After her powerful performances, concertgoers often ask, "What can I do?" Her response? "Listen."
LISTEN TRACKLIST:
LISTEN
FEAR
TOO MUCH
WE THE PEOPLE
FALLEN PEOPLE
MY OWN GRAVE
TRY
WORRIED MIND
MARCHING ON
MORE IN COMMON
TOUR DATES:
11/1 - Gray's on Main - Franklin, TN
11/16 - Square In The Circle - Takoma Park, MD
11/17 - Sevaried House Concerts - Alexandria, VA
11/21 - The Olde Glory Theatre - Seward, NE
11/22 - Rehmsworld Concert Series - Holdrege, NE
11/23 - Progressive Voices Concert @ First Unitarian Church - Des Moines, IA
11/24 - Dyck Arboretum of the Plains - Hesston, KS
12/16 - Club Jaeb at the Straz Center - Tampa, FL
