Indigo Girls, Girlyman, Rachael Sage, Tracy Chapman, Sheryl Crow, James Taylor, Bob Dylan, Bright Eyes, Carly Simon, Cat Stevens, Death Cab For Cutie, Patty Griffin, Ani DiFranco, Dixie Chicks, Anna Nalick, Simon & Garfunkel, Paul Simon, and so many more...
I (seventeen year old Rachel Marie) am as sure as I can be that I have always been singing. A countless number of cassette tapes dating back to my kindergarden days are full of silly little tunes of my own creation. Since then, songs about sweeping the sidewalk and taking piano lessons evolved into cheesy ones about my strong sense of self and preteen heartbreak, which then evolved into much more poised and meaningful expressions of my personal interpretations of the world I live in.
I was born in Pittsburgh and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where I started to dream up my own brand of folk rock music early on. I started writing songs (if you can call them songs) when I was about five years old, took up playing the piano at seven, started playing original material in church at age eight, first picked up a guitar at eleven, and at fifteen, started playing at local coffeehouses.
Growing up, my ears were full of Indigo Girls, James Taylor, The Carpenters, Simon & Garfunkel, Sheryl Crow, and a little bit of Spice Girls, so it's no surprise that folk roots (and a little bit of Spice Girls) show through in my music (just kidding about the Spice Girls... for the most part).
During my sophomore year in high school, I purchased myself a Martin guitar (OMC-16E Maple) (that's Billie to you), and was booked to play my first real solo gig at the Lehigh Valley Mall in Whitehall, PA. The summer after sophomore year, I played at Liederplatz at Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA as a part of the Best of Godfrey Daniels Open Mike showcase. I have just begun to "put myself out there" in terms of my musical career, and I have no intention of stopping anytime soon. I will live and breathe music as long as I live and breathe... quite possibly longer... and I'll share music with anyone who'll to listen.
Thanks Rachel! We certainly enjoyed your show too. As I said, your guitar playing was wondeful and interested. It made your voice seem even nicer. You had a great live show too, very fun to watch.
hey rachel, thanks so much again for sharing the stage with us. you put on a great show and peter and i only wish we could be quite as endearing on stage as you are!
FIREWATER - LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS! Last shows until October!
Jun 26 : Larz, GERMANY : Fusion Festival Jun 27 : Audincourt, FRANCE : Rencontres & Racines Jun 28 : Istanbul, TURKEY : Balkan Soundz Festival July 02 : Dornbirn, AUSTRIA : Speilboden July 03 : Bulle, SWITZERLAND : Gibloux Festival July 04 : Jena, GERMANY : JG Stadtmitte July 05 : Hradec Kralove, CZECH R.: Rock For People July 06 : Vienna, AUSTRIA : Szene Wein July 08 : Linz, AUSTRIA : Posthof July 10 : Steyr, AUSTRIA : Röda July 11 : Bologna, ITALY : Mondiali Antirazzisti July 12 : Milano, ITALY : Magnolia Festival July 13 : Colmar, FRANCE : Hiero July 15 : Paris, FRANCE : Batofar July 17 : Pozega, CROATIA : Dirty Old Empire Festival July 18 : Veszprem, HUNGARY : Utcazene Fesztivál July 24 : Riberac, FRANCE : Le Grand Souk Festival July 25 : Gdynia, POLAND : Globaltica Festival July 31 : Namur, BELGIUM : Esperanzha Festival Aug 01 : Habere-Poche, FRANCE : Rock'n'Poche Festival Aug 02 : Bladel, NETHERLANDS : Bladelse Zomerfeesten
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Guess what?! We have FINALLY posted our full album! check it out! I REALLY think u'll like it! If you like it- let us know! You can purchase each song online for only 1$ a song at www.charetta.com
Hey RM, if you're going to GD on Sunday night, have fun... I want to go myself, but I have to be up for work early on Sunday morning and again on Monday morning, which makes the nearly four-hour round trip to GD that night a tough task :-(
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