I've been listening to this cd only for this evening and know already that rachel's music will resound in my ears for a long time. Her vocals are haunting and remain echoing long after the song is over. I hope to hear her live at the Helsinki Cafe in Great Barrington ! I'll bring her a coffee, or whatever she wants to drink!!!
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I’ve been listening to it for weeks, but continue to hear new things in Rachel’s classically trained voice, in the beautiful analog recording, and in the sparse yet perfectly aligned backing band. It’s hard to sum up any great songwriter in just one or two sentences, but for me Rachel’s songs are such a marvel of simplicity and restraint. Each lyrical phrase is usually just right, and when it is so carefully and fully enunciated in her vocals it’s a joy to behold.
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The best of today's indie music matters as urgently as any I've heard in the last twenty years, and it ain't just rock anymore.  The boundaries are as blurred as a love note left out in the rain. Rachel's recent work gets within hailing distance of blues, jazz, pop, and of course folk… I get the feeling she wants to move beyond the labels. That's smart, and it's also youth speaking.  Ultimately the songs speak for themselves.  Not a note wasted, not a cheap lyrical shortcut taken, just an endless cycle of sassy elegies and scrutable prophecies.
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