RACHAEL SAGE: A soulful vocalist and innovative multi-instrumentalist, NYC singer/songwriter and producer Rachael Sage has earned a loyal following for her dynamic piano playing, delicate guitar work, and improvisational audience interaction.
Sage has shared stages with Beth Hart, Howard Jones, A Great Big World, Judy Collins, Shawn Colvin, Marc Cohn, Jamie Cullum, The Animals and Ani DiFranco. She has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and received numerous songwriting awards including The John Lennon Songwriting Contest (Grand Prize) and six Independent Music Awards. Her songs have appeared on MTV, HBO, the “Fame” soundtrack, and Lifetime’s controversial reality series, “Dance Moms”.
Sage’s 2020 album Character yielded the Billboard-charting single “Blue Sky Days”; her new project Poetica, an adventurous fusion of poetry with jazz, Americana, and classical musical elements in the vein of Leonard Cohen and Laurie Anderson, debuted in October 2021. Her latest single, “Revelation Ground” – with an accompanying stop-motion video by acclaimed singer/songwriter/animator Antje Duvekot – is out now on MPress/Universal/Virgin.
“Theatrical, expressive and blessed with perfect comedic timing, Sage is the kind of performer you can’t take your eyes off.” — Stereo Embers
“One of music’s inimitable iconoclasts“ — BlackBook
“The Carole King of her generation” — Blurt Magazine
“her keen ironic sense of humor and quirky sense of the profound is what makes her special as a songwriter“ — billboard.com
Support from FIONA HARTE: Fiona Harte is a singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland who has won the hearts of many with her poetic lyrics and ambrosial vocals. She began to develop an early interest in the story’s being told behind songs on the radio and at the age of 8 years old started to write her own music. Fiona continued to hone her craft and has since penned hits for a range of Television Library’s as well as artists such as Duke Special and Rachael Sage.
Having lived in New York Fiona found a safe space when writing in cities and has since kept that mentality when working on new material, often taking off to different countries to find inspiration.
It was in New York’s famous venue The Bitter End that she held her sold out release show for her single ‘White Picket Fence’ which now holds over 1Million streams. Since her first single she has gained fans all over the world with key support in Nashville, Germany and Australia.
Her new music is set for success in a world where singer songwriter music meets a modern twist. Her influences include legends such as Joni Mitchell, Carole King and Patti Smith. Fiona was chosen by Pan-arts Northern Ireland as one of their Top Songwriters and as a result has played a number of famous music venues including Nashville’s Bluebird Café, New York’s Bitter End and LA’s Hotel Cafe.
