NORTH CAROLINA MUSIC SHOWCASE Presented in Collaboration with Come Hear NC
A blend of artists from
2019 Music & Performances
Nick Lowe’s Quality Rock & Roll Revue Starring Los Straitjackets
*This event is only included with purchase of Early Bird tickets to Connect Beyond Festival 2019.
Story Time: “Peter Rabbit” with Jason Lust
Join movie producer Jason Lust (Peter Rabbit, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day) for a special story time event that celebrates the connection between literacy and reading to children, and explores the connection between books and movies!
“Your Song Changed My Life” – Fireside Chat Hosted by Bob Boilen with Fantastic Negrito and Ryan O’Keefe & Daniel Shearin (River Whyless)
The live conversations, based on Boilen’s book “Your Song Changed My Life,” will provide an intimate look into the minds of these cutting-edge musicians plus acoustic performances.
Kishi Bashi Presents Omoiyari featuring Bob Boilen
Kishi Bashi Presents Omoiyari excerpts from his upcoming album and Song film with interview by Bob Boilen.
Rural Americana: Psych, Folk, & Fringe in Appalachia
A conversational concert hosted by Winston-Salem native and Grammy-nominated music historian, Jonathan Kirby.
Nightingale & The Tower ft. Mikael Jorgensen & Rebecca Comerford
OYO AT THE CONNECT BEYOND
Victor Wooten & Daniel Levitin: Your Spirit On Music meets Your Brain on Music
The musical pairing of a lifetime: Five-time Grammy winner Victor Wooten (Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, and a solo artist) joins bestselling author Daniel Levitin (“This Is Your Brain on Music”) to perform together a range of music, originals, and songs you may have heard before.
2018 Music & Performances
“A Mouth Is Always Muzzled”
A reading of “A Mouth Is Always Muzzled” by the author, Natalie Hopkinson.
Songs Inspired By Social Justice
Concert With Lyric, Big Chief Juan Pardo, Kat Williams, Johnny Irion, John Goodwin, And Matt Townsend
Big Chief Juan Pardo And Isaac Kinchen Of The Golden Comanche Mardi Gras Indians
Traditional Mardi Gras Indian Concert