
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Rachael Sage Official Website) - Sage Supports Her New Album 'Delancey Street' With Dates In California & Seattle. Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Rachael Sage heads to the West Coast for a string of dates with celebrated talents Jay Nash & Joe Firstman. The trio starts off in San Diego, CA on July 14th and works its way up the West Coast to Seattle, WA on July 25th. Sage celebrates the national release of 'Delancey Street', her 9th album on MPress Records.
Sage was recently featured in The Wall Street Journal & 'Delancey Street' was given a four-star review from All Music Guide. More examples of the great early reviews from the press below.
Equal parts unique comedic theatricality and stellar musicianship, Sage never fails to deliver what The Washington Post calls a 'balance of flamboyance and femininity...a performance as distinctive as it (is) entertaining.'
Joel Crane (Mojo, Q and NME Magazines) on Jay Nash: "There's no bravado, no ill-placed audacity. Nash, it's plain to see, is one of us - one of the good guys. A trailblazer for passion and hard graft - a man who knows no limitation."
The New York Post on Joe Firstman: "With his piano-powered attack and his rock eclecticism, newcomer Joe Firstman reminds you of [a young] Elton John... Firstman is the real thing."
About 'Delancey Street':
'Delancey Street' is the ninth album by the NYC-based chanteuse. She describes it as an 'album about change,' creatively inspired by Sage's ancestral and current home, New York's Lower East Side. The record features eleven original compositions, plus an inspired cover of the Hall & Oates classic 'Rich Girl'. A thirteenth song, Sage's understated rendition of 'Fame', will be offered as a Bonus Track on iTunes. The album, available now, is a musical exploration of identity, cultural heritage, and how where we come from shapes the paths we ultimately take in life.
'Delancey Street' is in stores now and available on iTunes & Amazon.
Early ink on 'Delancey Street':
"excellent" - M Music & Musicians Magazine
Recently featured in The Wall Street Journal
"Rachael Sage has molded and shaped a sound beyond a mere current-day singer/songwriter, into a true soothsayer and storyteller...Four-Stars for 'Delancey Street.'" - All Music Guide
"...eloquent execution... genuine and compelling." - BLURT Magazine
"a fresh intimacy... at the core of Delancey Street is a heartfelt quality that goes beyond intellectual exercise." - iTunes Review
"Sage's tightest and most personal offering to date." - Connecticut Post
"One of the album's highlights is "Big Star," a pop track written about "Anyone who feels like what they're doing is a pipe dream." - Creative Loafing
"Confident and grounded." - The Beat Magazine
"Her music is getting better with every release" - The Deli Magazine
"Emotionally riveting songs underpinned by lush melodies, inventive arrangements and a flair for the dramatic." - Columbia Free-Times
"Track after track, she delivers one-of-a-kind indie, artsty songs with a sequin shine, which gives every one of her 12 songs decorative brilliance." - Campus Circle
Sage (is) an artist who has always danced around the edges of brilliance and has now moved fully into its light." - Wildy's World
Rachael Sage:
Self-taught pianist, poet and producer Rachael Sage radiates what MOJO Magazine calls "warm, intelligent...New York indie charm". An innovative, improvisational keyboardist, she performs over 150 dates a year with her band The Sequins throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Recently named one of the Top 100 Independent Artists Of The Past 15 Years by Performing Songwriter magazine, Sage has shared the stage with Marc Cohn, Ani DiFranco, Colin Hay, The Animals and Judy Collins. A Grand Prize Winner in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest (Rock) as well as a two-time Independent Music Award and OUTMusic Award winner, Rachael has earned a loyal following for her infectious melodies, poetic lyrics and often-outrageous, colorful stage banter.
Website: www.rachaelsage.com
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