Rachael Sage is tagged as: female vocalists, singer-songwriter, folk, indie, acoustic
Multi award-winning New York songwriter Rachael Sage has penned quirky, melodic pop songs since she was old enough to reach the piano keys. Over the course of her career, she has steadily built a loyal grassroots fanbase with a rigorous international tour schedule, performing in inventive configurations featuring Wurlitzer, drums, trumpet and string quartet. Like her musical idol Elvis Costello, she’s endlessly fascinated with the crafts of songwriting and arrangement, and counts Buddy Holly, The Beatles, David Bowie and perhaps most surprisingly, John Lee Hooker among her biggest inspirations.
“I met Johnny Lee while I was a radio DJ at Stanford University. I used to play piano at the happy hour in my dorm, and his organ player delivered the kegs. One day he heard me playing and invited me to a BBQ at Johnny Lee’s house. I ended up interviewing him for the station, and after that we just hit it off. He’d invite me over on weekends to play his wurly, and say ‘now Rachael, play me some of that Joni Mitchell-classical music!’ It was pretty humbling.” The song “Blue Light” is about her unlikely friendship with the bluesman, who Sage says, “loved to talk about politics in a very simple, essential way. He seemed to genuine...
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