RWIM Chicago
Neptali Figueroa
Email: neptali (a) rwimchicago.com
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Rebecca Rego: Lead Vocals, Guitar
Stephanie W.: Drums, AUX Percussion
Mikey B.: Lead Guitar
Renee S.: Bass
Mike P.: Keyboard/Vibes/Banjo/Mandolin/Harmonium/Percussion
With her slightily twanged and swallowed vowel vocals giving her an easy listenin' sound akin to Norah Jones, acoustic-guitar-playing singer/ songwriter Rebecca Rego's "Learnin to be Lonley" is a highly polished six-song debut...-- David C. Eldredge Illinois Entertainer
"Rebecca Rego’s sultry, jazzy vocals strike just the right temperature over the mellow acoustic notes that she and her band mates strum their way through. Combining a hint of upbeat optimism with the road-weary hesitation of any good lounge act, REGO sets a soundtrack of feel-good skepticism that makes these bitter days just a bit more tolerable." - Chicago Innerview
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"Rebecca Rego is a wonderful singer/songwriter with a hauntingly beautiful voice."
"On her six-song debut, Milwaukee native and current Chicagoan Rebecca Rego is about as introspectively folkie as an independent singer-songwriter can be. Her youthful tone and occasionally unexpected phrasing make all that inward reflection more appealing than it might be in lesser hands. The couple of occasions where she exhibits a slight country twang serve her well. Anyone seeking a CD that spans the appeal of Ani DiFranco and Sarah McLachlan may do themselves a favor by learning to be lonely with Rego." - Jamie Lee Rake Milwaukee Shepherd Express
"GREAT!!!!.....Solid Songs.." -Michael Fernandez The Patriot News Harrisburg, PA
"Delivered with poignant patience, bouncy buoyancy and anything in-between, lady folkster Rebecca Rego has justly attracted comparison to the likes of Patty Griffin & Emmylou Harris with her song-writing and execution. What really shines though is her vocal similarity to Norah Jones and her quirky likeness to Regina Spektor"--Ant Standring Glasswerk Media UK
Learning To Be Lonely is the promising debut EP from Chicago based singer/songerwriter Rebecca Rego............Apart from an assured and literate songwriting style, the most appealing thing about Learning To Be Lonely is Rego’s voice, which is by turns warm, intimate and playful. -Just a Modern Rock Blog
Influences
Indian, Bon Iver, Andrew Bird,Spoon, New Pornographers, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Patty Griffin, Tom Waits, Indigo Girls, Neutral Milk Hotel, Wilco, Stars, Josh Ritter (of course), Company of Thieves, Colin Hay, Rodrigo y Gabriella, ect......
REGO is Rebecca's musical project after self-releasing a very successful solo EP titled Learning To Be Lonely in the spring of 2007. The EP marked the introduction of Chicago based singer/songwriter Rebecca Rego and expressed her ability to write poignant songs with delicate melodies.
On, From The Royal Arcade, Rebecca drops her first name from the title and embarks on larger adaptations of her acoustic songs and themes of adolescence and images of changing seasons. Accompanied by a stellar cast of musicians, REGO is comprised by Rebecca Rego (Vocals/Guitar), Stephanie Whiton (Drums), Michael Biederman (Guitar), Mike Przygoda (Keys/Multi-Instruments) and Renee Serritella (Bass). From the opening track, Astronauts, to the final track Frozen Cars, Rebecca's sultry vocals are front and center and a clear focus throughout the album. It is the larger tones from the band, however, that blend seamlessly together and change the overall dimensions of the album from a solo folk acoustic sound to a self-actualized band called REGO. The band has combed over this music, with the help of Engineer Producer Ryan Staples. They spent months in his and drummer/wife Stephanie Whiton's West Town apartment recording/mixing all the final versions of these songs.
Since its inception, REGO has supported such acts as The Bottle Rockets, City & Colour, Death Vessel, The Rosebuds and many more. They have performed at famed Chicago venues such as The Metro, Double Door, Schubas, Lakeshore Theater, and Martyrs. With their upcoming release, REGO hopes to take their sound to all corners of the globe and hopes that it has a place in your own Royal Arcade.
Mackenzie and Ricky are getting married in May. How have you been doing? We are going Saturday and start looking at dresses. They didn't give me much notice but thats Mackenzie, right? LOL Oh hey! I already took the pics to be printed lol! Some of them were soo freakin hilarious! And i loved the picture of us ... it was sooo cute..so yah, guess what? 'member those surveys i was doing online? well, i got 2 checks so far! told ya it was real!! it aint like a ton of money, just like 175 so far, but its good coin to start with, right? you should really do it, now that i've gotten paid ..i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is:
We are The Chuckies from KBA/GBG, Sweden & we are proud to get to know you!
The Chuckies is an "acoustic" version of The Chuck Norris Experiment which serves brand new Chuckies songs mixed with classic CNE tracks.
Our swell debut album is released on white 12" vinyl by www.myspace.com/tornadoriderecords. The CD version will be released by Nicotine Records this summer! Digital downloads are available everywhere, for example iTunes & Amazon.
We will celebrate these two cool releases with a mini-tour in Italy late september, check our MySpace page for updates on this. Wanna help out? Let us know!
Hey - hope all is well with you. Just to let you know I have re-uploaded one of my tunes called All In The Know to my profile. If it's your first time hearing the tune, hope you like!
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