New York, NY (Top40 Charts / Rock Ridge Music) New York City-based musician
Rachel Platten has signed with Rock Ridge
Music and plans to release an album, entitled "Be Here," on April 26, 2011. With music that the New York Post says "blends sweet delicateness with pluck," Platten has just embarked on an extensive tour (sponsored by Ecosystem Life) leading up to the release of her record (see tour dates below). Says Platten of the signing: "I really think I've found my ideal partner. I love how innovative Rock Ridge is, and how much they believe in what I have already created. It's amazing to have such mutual trust, and I can't wait to get the record out to the world."
Says Rock Ridge
Music CEO Tom Derr of the signing: "Rachel fits the Rock Ridge world like a glove. Our combined hard work will prove successful."
Platten, who blends catchy piano hooks with her unmistakably soulful, and uplifting voice, creates music that boasts elegantly crafted, deeply melodic, intelligent songwriting, resounding with echoes of the
Beatles and Carole King,
Alanis Morissette and
Regina Spektor: her music is infectious, raw, and powerful. Selling out clubs along her rigorous tour schedule, Platten infuses a unique love and passion into each and every one of her performances.
Boston born and raised, Platten was classically trained on the piano from a young age and started performing while in college and studying abroad in Trinidad. At the urging of co-workers at the record label where she was interning, she began writing her own songs and became a background singer in a Soca band (with her first performance being in front of 100,000+ fans at Trinidad's annual Soca Monarch Finals). She was instantly hooked, and felt that she'd found her true calling in songwriting and performing. Naming influences such as Toots & The Maytals (who she was asked to tour with in 2006), Elton John, Carole King, Billy Joel, Lauryn Hill, and The Beach Boys, Platten attempts to do what she feels these artists do so beautifully - infuse often weighty, serious subject matter with light and melodic intelligence that lifts the listener up and is instantly catchy.
RACHEL PLATTEN TOUR SCHEDULE:
2/1/2011 Decatur, GA Eddie's Attic
2/2/2011 Nashville, TN 12th & Porter
2/15/2011 Boston, MA Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Science
2/16/2011 Worcester, MA Assumption College
2/17/2011 Williamsport, PA Lycoming College
2/18/2011 Lewisburgh, PA Bucknell University
2/19/2011 Baltimore, MD Ramshead Live
2/23/2011 Bangor, ME Husson University
2/24/2011 Dudley, MA Nichols College
2/25/2011 Willimantic, CT Eastern CT
State University
2/26/2011 Farmington, ME University of Maine
2/28/2011 Farmington, ME University of Maine
3/1/2011 Presque Isle, ME University of
Maine at Presque Isle
3/2/2011 Newton, MA Lasell College
3/3/2011 Northampton, MA Smith College
3/4/2011 Hamden, CT Quinnipiac University
3/5/2011 North Adams, MA Massachusetts College Of Liberal Arts
3/24/2011 Newton, MA
Boston College
3/25/2011 Boston, MA Simmons College
3/28/2011 Hooksett, NH Southern New Hampshire University
3/29/2011 North Easton, MA Stonehill College
3/30/2011 Plattsburgh, NY SUNY Plattsburg
3/31/2011 Huntsville, AL Merrimack Hall Performing Arts Center
4/1/2011 Bennington, VT Southern Vermont College
4/3/2011 New London, NH Colby-Sawyer College
4/5/2011 Springfield, MA Springfield College
4/7/2011 Manchester, NH Saint Anselm College
4/8/2011 Paxton, MA Anna
Maria College
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