Kyshona lends her voice and music to those who feel silenced, forgotten or alone. She began her career as a music therapist, writing her first songs with patients -- students and inmates under her care. She became compelled to write independently and find her own voice, an endeavor which led her to the Nashville creative community and songwriting culture. Since then, she balances her music career with her passion to heal in community through her organization Your Song.

Kyshona’s new project LEGACY focuses on family. Through stories, photos, film, ancestry and genealogy research, and travels in the power of place, Kyshona shares her story while inviting listeners and concert goers to join her in exploration of self, healing and growth. The album LEGACY released in April 2024, and Kyshona has been on an extensive US tour offering various types of experiences including concerts, speaking events, workshops, and virtual meetings. Sign up for eNews to stay informed of what’s to come!

Over the last few years, in addition to three new original singles and multiple music videos, she released a collection of recordings and videos in collaboration with Centennial Park Conservancy - recorded at Nashville’s Parthenon, in front of a monumental sized gold statue of Athena. A song she wrote with ZG Smith called “Nighttime Animal” was named to American Songwriter’s Top 25 Songs of 2022 and enjoyed spins on AAA radio. She wrote an article for No Depression magazine, and was invited to speak at several events including giving a keynote address for 2023 Fulbright Scholars. She is featured in a 2023 PBS television show called "Ear to the Common Ground," gathering fans around a dining table to discuss voting rights in America, and she will be featured in an upcoming video series featuring Americana artists performing in the prestigious Schermerhorn Symphony Center Theater in Nashville.

Her song Listen was an anthem for many in 2020. Of her album of the same name, 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.” Within the grooves of its 10 tracks, Kyshona blends roots, rock, R&B, and folk with lyrical prowess to uplift the marginalized and bring awareness to the masses. It's for every silent scream, every heavy load, fearful thought, and a simmering sense of anger that the repressed, the lost, and the forgotten try to hide from the world.

Audiences will find a common thread of empowerment, overcoming adversity, and finding hope in her work. The show doesn’t end when the last song is sung. After her powerful performances, concertgoers often ask, "What can I do?"

Her response? "Listen."


"Kyshona incorporates sounds from across the spectrum of Black music to craft a gift for the rest of us." "Kyshona incorporates her family’s own archive of choir performances and sermons to craft a throughline from her immediate ancestors to the deep past — and back to the future." "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." "In each song, Kyshona and her collaborators have an undeniable chemistry. No one person outshines the others, as there is not only a clear regard for each other, but a commitment to serving the song itself. This is leading by example. Musically or politically, we can only build legacies by building with each other." - No Depression

""...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." "...nostalgic and present at the same time, a time portal to soul’s history that leads you to Kyshona’s hometown with warm tones and enough southern charm to go around." - Glide Magazine