Fogartyville Songwriter Series hosted by Spring Pace featuring Nora Bear and Splice the Ruthless

“Stories Behind the Songs” is the billing for this Fogartyville Songwriter Series installment, in which three songwriters perform in the round and explain how the songs came about between numbers. Spring Pace, who hosts, plays piano and released her debut album Starflight in 2024; her song “Nonexistent Nostalgia” won a People’s Choice award at a songwriting competition and now titles her planned follow-up. Nora Bear made her first record with her stepfather, Trevor Bystrom, in the family’s Bradenton studio. Splice the Ruthless turns intense personal struggles into raw songs, under the motto “lean into your fears,” and works to reduce the stigma around mental illness.