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Kyshona Armstrong

Kyshona Armstrong started out enabled Kyshona Armstrong started out enabled others to enjoy the healing properties of others to enjoy the healing properties of songwriting, and keeping her thoughts to songwriting, and keeping her thoughts to herself. When youre a music therapist to herself. When youre a music therapist to incarcerated and institutionalized adults and incarcerated and institutionalized adults and school children with emotional behavior school children with emotional behavior disorders, artistic considerations arent even disorders, artistic considerations arent even on the table. on the table.
Armstrong moved to Nashville in 2014 and Armstrong moved to Nashville in 2014 and has reached the point where she embraces has reached the point where she embraces repetitive internal rhythms that emerge in repetitive internal rhythms that emerge in some of her songwriting-liking them to both some of her songwriting-liking them to both gospel spirituals and the viscerally simplistic gospel spirituals and the viscerally simplistic utterances of her former patients- and shes utterances of her former patients- and shes delivering her roots-soul originals with articudelivering her roots-soul originals with articulate warmth and newly claimed authority. late warmth and newly claimed authority.
Kyshona Armstrong has been called upon to Kyshona Armstrong has been called upon to represent for soul and gospel in roots, rock represent for soul and gospel in roots, rock and folk lineups and to bring singer-songwritand folk lineups and to bring singer-songwriter sensibilities to R&B bills. But wherever she er sensibilities to R&B bills. But wherever she plants her feet, she does so with righteous plants her feet, she does so with righteous conviction and a strong sense of her own conviction and a strong sense of her own voice. - NPR Music