Performing Live:
Amanda Smith and Ryan Armstrong
Start at 8PM until 10 PM.
BIO:
Amanda Smith and Ryan Armstrong have been playing music together for about 7 years, individually and together in different collaborative projects. The majority of their material ranges from folk ballads to experimental rock, with plenty of adventurous improvisation between the two. The pair of musicians began playing music in Rocky Mount, outside of a local Dunkin Donuts. While perhaps an unlikely venue for musical endeavors, this meeting place provided the duo with lots of exposure, leading directly to their very first shows together, in Rocky Mount and elsewhere.
These songwriters have played their music all over the triangle as well, including venues such as The Local 506, Jack Sprat, Nightlight/The Skylight Exchange, Blend, Oliver Twist, Caribou, Starbucks, and inside or outside just about any coffee shop—even under parking garages! The two are influenced by many artists, including Radiohead, Deathcab for Cutie, The White Stripes, Ryan Adams, Jewel, The Silversun Pickups, Smashing Pumpkins, Bright Eyes, Coldplay, and Bob Dylan, just to name a few.
The two formerly played in a trio called HoldHandsandRun, which was the original project for Amanda and Ryan’s collaborative musical endeavors. The music heard at the Royal Bean on December 11th 2010 will be the old material of HoldHandsandRun, as well as new original tunes from each Amanda and Ryan, and also a few songs paying tribute to those that have influenced their music.
