Amythyst Kiah and Liv Greene

A commanding live performer blessed with an unforgettable voice, Amythyst Kiah combines the political and the deeply personal in her music; embracing spirituality, grief, joy, healing and love in all its incarnations. She makes a welcome return to Celtic Connections after making a splash as part of Transatlantic Sessions in 2023.

Her massively acclaimed new album, Still + Bright, merges her revelatory storytelling with a darkly cinematic twist. Encompassing everything from fuzzed-out guitars to gilded pedal steel and Kiah’s exquisitely graceful banjo, the recording fully establishes her as an artist of uncompromising depth and features collaborations with S.G. Goodman and Billy Strings.

“Amythyst Kiah will remind you what it is to love live music.” (No Depression)

Liv Greene is a Nashville based folk artist known for her laser-accurate intonation, her award-winning witty songwriting, and her jaw-dropping command of the guitar. Deep Feeler, her sophomore album, is feminine, queer, and defiant— a vulnerable snapshot of hard-won self-acceptance. It also heralds the arrival of Greene as a powerful new voice who joins the songwriting tradition of Emmylou, Patty, Gillian, and Lucinda – in her own way. “She has one of those pure voices that stopped me in my tracks the first time I heard it” (Sarah Jarosz)