Three original singer-songwriters will sing in turn to share their music in an engaging way.
The show opens Saturday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. at Imurj, an art and music space in downtown Raleigh.
“We are very interested in promoting the careers of local singer-songwriters,” said Heather Burns, the managing partner at Imurj.
The show will be presented in Nashville’s famous “in the round” style. The three artists will take turns performing their songs, explaining the meaning behind their lyrics and sharing the stories and experiences that they found so inspiring.
Becca Rae, a country singer-songwriter out of Southern Pines, will be one of the three artists performing and hosting the event.
Rae saw this “in the round” style of performing when she was younger, but could not find anything like it after moving to North Carolina. She decided to bring this style to an event in Southern Pines and said it was “really well received and got a lot of great feedback.”
The other two artists who will be joining Rae on stage are Carrie Marshall, a jazz pianist with an acoustic, indie sound, and Ryan Dunson from the band Rookie of the Year.
These three artists are all performing different styles of music and sharing different experiences that inspired the music they wrote.
Just because the songwriters are on the stage, however, does not mean that the audience does not play an equally important role. The "in the round" style requires both artist and audience participation.