Join us for our first Ballroom Session at the Fisher Center, celebrating the release of Americana/Bluegrass singer-songwriter Michelle Raybourn’s upcoming album, “Natural Disaster.” On March 3 in the Fisher Center’s Paisley Ballroom, Michelle will be joined by the Belmont Bluegrass Ensemble as she shares stories and songs from her new album in this intimate setting. 

About Michelle

Michelle Raybourn is an Americana/Bluegrass singer-songwriter originally from Dallas, TX who has made her home in Nashville, Tennessee since graduating from Belmont University in 2023. Beginning to take her writing more seriously in high school, she recorded in Dallas with Milo Deering, a touring musician with Don Henley who also produced her subsequent, first record Songs I Wrote this Year and the following singles.

During her time at college, she was a member of the Bluegrass Ensemble for 3 years and traveled around the country performing standards and her own originals with this talented group of performers. While a member of the group, she got to hone her craft and write songs for the band to play at their performances at Belmont and beyond. Additionally, while at Belmont, she began attending Reformed University Fellowship and began leading worship there on Tuesday nights, which led her into her current vocation at City Church of East Nashville as their Worship Director.

In her upcoming release on February 28th, “Natural Disaster”, Michelle is expectant to bring her worlds together of family, faith, and folk music, exploring the landscape of womanhood, making sense of the harm that has been handed down, and finding healing for the wounds of being a human in the world. She hopes that these songs can be a gift to those who listen to her words, as they have been to her in getting to sit with and write.