Amythyst Kiah Performs “Empire of Love” Live in Raleigh
Clip: Episode 2 | 2m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Amythyst Kiah performs “Empire of Love” live at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
Grammy-nominated artist Amythyst Kiah performs her song, “Empire of Love,” live at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
This program was made possible by a grant from Anne Ray Foundation.
Amythyst Kiah Performs “Empire of Love” Live in Raleigh
Clip: Episode 2 | 2m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Grammy-nominated artist Amythyst Kiah performs her song, “Empire of Love,” live at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipKiah: This song is a new one that I wrote earlier this year with a wonderful singer-songwriter named Sean McConnell.
This kind of feels like my theme song 'cause it's, uh, paying homage to...Appalachian Mountains, East Tennessee, where I'm from.
It's about me finding my way but with the mountains guiding me, I guess.
[Cheering and applause] This one's called "Empire of Love."
[Playing "Empire of Love"] ♪ ♪ Concrete pillars ♪ ♪ Golden dawn ♪ ♪ There are kingdoms come and gone ♪ ♪ And we're living on ♪ Hill: I was aware of Amythyst's music before I met her, her being a dynamic talent, but I didn't realize the depths that it went, the pain and the trauma that she has come through, and it's an encouraging thing 'cause no matter what you're going through, no matter where you've come from, there's no place that's too dark, no place that's too challenging.
Kiah: ♪ Well, I don't want ♪ ♪ A theocracy ♪ ♪ Or some idle ideology ♪ ♪ We're all made from sun from above ♪ ♪ I pledge allegiance to my soul ♪ ♪ I follow where she needs to go ♪ ♪ I'm a pilgrim for the empire of love ♪ ♪ I'm a pilgrim for the empire of love ♪ ♪ I'm a pilgrim for the empire of love ♪ ♪ Ah ♪ [Cheering and applause] Kiah: Love you all.
Thank you so much.
We'll see you down the road.
Come by and say hi.
Thank you.
[Cheering and whistling]
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