More about Rachael Sage:
The award-winning singer/pianist/performer mixes extraordinary musicality and an affinity for on-stage improvisation with a savvy business mind - she founded and runs MPress Records, she produces her albums, regularly tours over 150 dates per year, has built an impressive international following, and is an advocate for numerous causes.
Keyboard Magazine featured Sage in their most recent issue: http://www.keyboardmag.com/article/quick-tips-rachel/January-2010/105541
A musical gypsy, Sage has spent the better part of the last decade releasing albums and circling the globe in support of an impressive repertoire of original material. Mentored by such seminal artists as Eric Burdon, John Lee Hooker, Judy Collins and Colin Hay, Sage has steadily built a passionate fan base, prompting Performing Songwriter Magazine to name her "One of the Top 100 Independent Artists Of The Past 15 Years".
The two-time Independent Music Award winner and multiple OutMusic Award recipient is a prolific artist who has nonetheless learned the hard way that constant creative output and productivity don't necessarily lead to fulfillment. "I'm really lucky to have a handful of amazing friends and a partner I've been with now for several years...but traveling so much, it's always an ongoing challenge to sustain relationships. Balance has definitely never been my forte", Sage admits.
Sage, who has a degree in Drama from Stanford and has studied at The School of American Ballet, has been writing songs since she was barely able to reach the piano keys; nonetheless, she confesses "this is the first album I've made that wasn't some kind of mourning for some type of personal loss. I used to believe I had to be utterly depressed to write meaningfully because somewhere along the line - and at a very young age - someone convinced me that was the case."
