OUTDOOR CONCERT: Raynes

We’re so pumped to welcome Raynes to the Stage for the first time for an outdoor show on Aug. 11!

British-American trio Raynes, formed in 2017, have wasted no time making themselves heard. Signing with Sony Music Publishing less than a year after their inception, the group has since released three singles that have earned them features in Billboard, Earmilk, and Atwood Magazine, among many other publications. Now, their singular blend of folk, pop, and world music is being featured on television shows, commercials, and tastemakers’ playlists, generating buzz in the UK and the US alike.

Even with the band’s refusal to limit themselves to the boundaries of any particular genre, there are certain unmistakable hallmarks of a Raynes song: a soaring ear-worm of a chorus, usually supported by multi-part vocal harmonies; richly layered acoustic instrumentation; thunderous percussion; and, more often than not, the sound of something surprising––a bouzouki, perhaps, or a harmonium, or an ensemble of djembes and taikos.

Bonus! Mat Charley and Joe Berger were both born and raised in North Dakota and teamed up with Mark Race, a native of Durham, UK.