The Tennessee Twisters are the duo of Amelia White and Linda McRae, who will bring an evening of stories and songs to Southside Bethlehem’s Godfrey Daniels on Nov. 20.

White says this is her fifth time at Godfrey’s and the second as half of the Twisters. They appeared there in May.

Their concerts are warm and intimate, relying on close communication with their audiences.

White, who sings and plays guitar, writes about a wide range of subjects, and tries to “keep her antennae up” to find subjects. It might be something personal, but written with relatable emotions.

“A song that is about one thing to me might be something completely different to someone else. I try to get a universal feeling, where people cry and laugh together

“Times are difficult now for musicians, but there will always be a place for people to gather to hear music. It is a sacred thing, and a big thing in a time of divisiveness,” White says in a phone from Syracuse, N.Y., during an Upstate New York tour.

“My writing has become more streamlined. It’s harder to write with simplicity, cutting out a lot of stuff. I look to be poetic and use imaging, like presenting small movies,” she says.

White has been playing music her whole life:

“When I was eight or 10, I wrote my own plays with music, and I was told that I even sold tickets to them.”

McRae, who sings and plays guitar and banjo, also emphasizes her bond with listeners. For example, after doing a song about addiction that affected a close relative, she says, “Someone always comes up to me and tells me their own story.”

Their first few shows coincided with a tornado or windstorm, which gave the duo their Tennessee Twisters name.

“Linda and I knew each other from the music scene in East Nashville, but we found that we were magnetically drawn together at a music festival in Washington state,” says White.

“We have so much fun on stage,” says McRae. “Hooking up with her is such a blast. We have a great rapport.”

At first when they did Twisters’ shows the two performed separately and with each other. Now, says White, “We have two sets of material we do together, split about equally between songs each of us have written. We hope that we can do an album or an EP together in the future.”

They live near East Nashville, Tenn. “There is so much more going on there than just country music and the publishing industry. There is jazz, blues and even hip-hop,” says White.

White has released 10 albums. McRae has released eight albums. Each has appeared on a number of other recordings. White has completed her third successful Kickstarter campaign to help fund her next album, which she says will be a “really stripped down, community affair” done with friends.

Originally from Canada, McRae was a long-time member of the Celtic rock group Spirit of the West, which she left to perform her own material. She hopes one day to do a “Christmas album for people who don’t like Christmas.

“I draw from a lot of different sources,” McRae says. Having learned the banjo in 2005, she has a particular tie to traditional music:

“My parents were fans of Country music. We made our own booze and we fed musicians when we had jams in our basement.”

McRae says her music has become more introspective over the years. “I used to point my finger at people,” she says. Her Linda McRae Band was a punk band.

McRae does songwriting workshops, including 13 visits to Folsom Prison, Calif.

Rameen Shayegan, guitar-maker at Martin Guitar who plays guitar and mandolin with the Dina Hall Band, opens the concert. He released his first album, “Foreign Land,” in 2021.

Tennessee Twisters, 7 p.m. Nov. 20, Godfrey Daniels, 7 E. Fourth St., Bethlehem, 610-867-2390, https://godfreydaniels.org