Basic Information

Label: VM Records
Management: Declan Legge
Members: Rachel Austin - singing, guitaring; Anthony Korny Devenney - double bass; Michael Sampson - percussion

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Rachel Austin
Belfast, NIR, UK        Folk / Alt-Country / Americana

Bio

By the age of seven, Rachel Austin had already recorded three full-length cassette tapes of her own music. She’d also handwritten a book of short stories and created portraits of townful of characters that she and her siblings played with instead of dolls. Was it the home schooling in the Blue Ridge Mountain hollow that enabled her imagination to remain playful and free? For that describes Rachel’s music, too.

Rachel’s music was born in Virginia and has taken her around the USA and Euro...

Comments

Ronnie Kerrigan
Ronnie Kerrigan: Exceptional singer and music. Good luck with your vision, art, and career. With best wishes, Ronnie  Sep 20
Lets Free Our World
Lets Free Our World: Nice one Rachel Marti, Belfast  Oct 30

Status

Status: Mucho much thanks to Martin Byrne of SONG A DAY for A YEAR - by Martin Byrne (& friends) for his help in demoing stuff today. :)

Press

“...the juxtaposition of willfully downbeat sentiment and ludicrously catchy melodies - best heard on the awesome Close or seen in the video for lead track Babydoll - just seemed to do it for us. Austin's voice, inspired by Tim Buckley and Regina Spektor (just two among a vast array of influences), is like an extra instrument that plays perfectly with the jazzy guitars, bass and drums. Really, though, it's the writing that makes the songs work so well, without wanting to state the obvious, at once haunted and uplifting, yearning yet triumphant.”
—  The Daily Mirror

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Chart Position

Folk charts
for Belfast, NIR, UK.

Artist Stats

Fans: 4,150
Song Plays: 190
Visits: 879
Video Plays: 11
Widget Hits: 29,336

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