Lizzy McAlpine

Lizzy McAlpine at The Midland Theatre - MO

Sometimes you catch a feeling in someone else's words that you didn't know how to say yourself. Lizzy McAlpine turns everyday heartbreak, uncertainty, and the slow work of growing up into songs that sit with you long after the first listen. Her Over Country Tour brings that candid folk-pop storytelling to The Midland Theatre in Kansas City on May 17, with songs that give hard-to-name feelings room to breathe.

Her catalog—from Give Me a Minute and five seconds flat to Older/Older (and Wiser) and the platinum single ceilings—mines the messy middle of relationships with uncommon honesty. Across songs including Pushing It Down and Praying, Spring Into Summer and Force of Nature, that candid writing leaves space for second-guesses and quiet realizations. It's an inviting body of work to explore when neat answers aren't what you're after.

Sydney Ross Mitchell joins the bill as part of this Over Country Tour stop, adding a second songwriter's voice to the evening and giving the night a fuller musical conversation. With two songwriters on the bill, there's more than one perspective to discover, while McAlpine's intimate vocal identity keeps the focus on the words that drew listeners in.

For listeners drawn to candid songwriting, that personal musical focus is reason enough to make room for this concert. Grab tickets and spend an evening with someone who writes the things you've thought but never sung.