2nd SHIFT Concert: CAROLINE SPENCE
with Mary Bragg
doors open 7:30,
concert begins with Mary Bragg at 8PM and Caroline Spence at 8:45
Tickets $20
There are some voices that manage to sound so sweet and innocent while conveying complicated truths and hard-won wisdom. There are some songs that are so effortlessly catchy that it’s easy to overlook how thoughtful and well-crafted they are. When such a voice and such songs come together in a single artist, the effect is utterly beguiling—as is the case with Nashville-based singer/songwriter Caroline Spence.
Spence was booked to play the 2nd SHIFT Series back in the spring of 2020, when the whole season had to be canceled. We’ve been trying to get her back ever since, and we couldn’t be more grateful to make it happen almost four years later.
"Americana Queen" (Vice/Noisey) Mary Bragg has been heralded by Rolling Stone and NPR for her “gorgeously crafted and executed songs.” Nashville-based and originally from Swainsboro, Georgia, Bragg’s “exquisite vocal performances” (Folk Alley) pair well with her “refined, sumptuously melancholy take on Southern storytelling” (World Cafe).
Her forthcoming EP, Tie Me to You, follows her 2022 self-titled album, which catalogues the painful yet relieving story of her coming out. “As we listen, we live her pain alongside her. We feel with her the tentativeness of moving forward, acknowledging regret, and grasping hope.” (Folk Alley)
