Shirlette Ammons is a Peabody Award-winning producer, poet and hip-hop artist based in Durham, NC. On her latest album, ...

Shirlette Ammons is a Peabody Award-winning producer, poet and hip-hop artist based in Durham, NC. On her latest album, “Spectacles,” she blends aspects of her eastern North Carolina roots with her love for her Triangle-based community to explore the concept of spectacle: how we see, what we see and how we’re seen. Shirlette is joined on stage by a full band and Raleigh’s own Rissi Palmer. Don't miss Shirlette Ammons on Shaped by Sound, April 3 on PBS NC, YouTube and the PBS app. Spectacles lyrics: Spectacles you think we wearing dance shoes The way they clocking every move Eyes spellbinded by the groove, it's obvious Aye, they can't stop watching Aye, they can't stop watching Spectacles you think we wearing dance shoes The way they blocking every move Their eyes spellbinded by the groove, it's obvious Aye, they can't stop watching Can't look away Can't stop watching They can't stop watching They can't stop watching They can't stop watching Can't stop, won't stop watching They can't stop watching Can't look away They can't stop watching They can't stop watching They can't stop watching They can't stop watching Can't stop, won't stop watching They won't stop watching #PBSNC #ShapedBySound #ShirletteAmmons #NCMusic #ComeHearNC #NorthCarolina