The Almighty Yellow Star makes their debut at Best Video Film & Cultural Center on Sat., Jan. 13. Sarah LeMieux shares the bill. The show starts at 7 PM and there is a $10 cover.

The Almighty Yellow Star is a dream-folk trio from New Haven and the Connecticut River Valley. Led by songwriter Kierstin Sieser, known for her work as the songwriter and bandleader of indie-folk combo Tiny Ocean, The Almighty Yellow Star weave a tapestry of ethereal melodies and surreal poetry.

Honed through his work with songwriting institution Mercy Choir and noise-rock duo Rivener, multi-instrumentalist Paul Belbusti is on percussion and electric guitar, adding unrestrained abstraction and faithful constancy. Samantha Miller's basslines provide a steady anchor, grounding the band’s cosmic compositions.

The Almighty Yellow Star's music blends minimalistic arrangements and spellbinding harmonies, creating a meditative and spiritual experience for listeners.

Sarah LeMieux is a contemporary composer, performer, educator, and researcher working to merge universes through music. In her view, music is a human joy, and everyone deserves to make it and love it; moreover, everything that anyone says is music, is music. Sarah's favorite styles include (in alphabetical order) Americana, apocalypse folk, bluegrass, chamber, electroacoustic, electronic, experimental, hip-hop, jazz, soundscape, and string music.

Her most recent musical work, "Speculative Fiction," premiered at the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival in June 2023. Sarah's music won Best Composer at the CIFT Festival of Toronto in 2020 and was an Official Selection at the Southeast International Film and Music Festival in 2020 as well, and her quintet won Best Jazz at the Connecticut Music Awards from 2014-2016. You can find her music on all streaming services, or on Bandcamp