Album Notes

"Painting of a Painting" is the third release from New York City songwriter/ chanteuse Rachael Sage, and the follow-up to 1998's "Smashing The Serene", which garnered critical praise and charted in CMJ's Top 30 & AAA stations nationwide. A top seller on the internet, Rachael has created a big buzz online and consistently tours throughout the U.S. and Europe, hitting cities like Prague, Cologne and Berlin - in a quest to bring her music to wherever there is a passionate, listening audience.

Musicians Denny Fongheiser (Tracy Chapman), Jack Petruzelli (Joan Osborne), Stephanie Winters (Paula Cole) and Joe Bonadio (Duncan Sheik) are part of a stellar line-up contributing to Sage's lush, folk-pop sound. Longtime collaborators and NY-natives Rob Curto, Ben Butler, Carol Sharar, David Rosenberg and Conrad Korsch also appear on the album, which was produced by Rachael and Emmy Award-winning composer/engineer Andy Zulla.

MORE ABOUT RACHAEL...
Rachael Sage is a modern day renaissance woman. She's the creator of Feathor Boa Pop - the psychedelic musings of a young East Village woman who tours the U.S. and Europe playing some of the most interesting music in pop and rock today!

Combining timeless pop-craftsmanship with contemporary feminist sensibilities, her music has been described by THE VILLAGE VOICE as "earthiness, color and emotion...Sage has folk on the brain and piano keys for hands and is sure to put on a show sublime."

A John Lennon Songwriting Contest and USA Songwriting Competition winner, Rachael has toured with Ani DiFranco, played the Lilith Fair, appeared at Rockrgrl 2000, and won the ASCAP Pop Songwriting Contest twice. Sage runs her own nationally distributed label MPress Records in New York and designs instruments and clothing that have been featured in the New York Times. She has recently written her first book of poetry entitled "Karma's Trapeze", currently only available at her live shows.

Welcome to the keyboard and vocal adventurousness of Rachael Sage!

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RECENT REVIEWS:

The Boston Globe - "She is a forthright, sassy, twentysomething New Yorker, with an independent drive...a strong voice that rings with despair, passion, anger, hope, and glory. Watch out for Rachael Sage."

Cecil Doyle, KRVS (Lafayette, LA) - "It's absolutely beautiful and well worth the wait...Only first got a listen to it last night but already have tunes like "Better From Mars","Cyanide and Cinnamon" and "Pictures They Took" permanantly etched in the brain. A marvelously beautiful piece of work!"

Music Dish - "New York's precise and powerful Rachael Sage provokes a lot of comparisons: to Kate Bush, to Tori Amos, to Alanis Morissette. They're all just, and they all miss the mark...Rachael's music shimmers in the heart and curls through the room like a spring breeze."

Album Network - "Her music is deeply personal and sometimes quirky, her adeptness at blending in various ethnic tonalities gives her a sound that is universal in appeal."

Ani DiFranco - "Go buy Rachael's album. She's not sitting at home whining because she wants to be a musician. she is a real musician touring because she wants to, without the help of the corporate umbrella."