Published 2024-08-03 06:00
"Another Side" is Rachael Sage's acclaimed 2023 album, "The Other Side", completely reimagined. With entirely new, acoustic, but not necessarily stripped down, instrumentation and Sage's intimate melodies front and center, fans of Sage's rootsy folk-pop will enjoy these living room style versions of some of her most timely, soul stirring material to date.
Special guests include breakthrough folk artist Crys Matthews, along with Trina Hamlin on harmonica, percussionist Quinn, americana vocal duo Annalyse & Ryan, and Nashville singer songwriters Amy Speace and Grace Pettis. Produced by Rachael Sage with Mikhail Pivovarov, mixed by Mikhail Pivovarov and Grammy winner Andy Zulla.
Since founding her own label MPress Records 2 decades ago, New York City based folk pop artist Rachael Sage has steadily released a slew of vibrant, dynamic albums described by Goldmine Magazine as "mesmerizing, thoughtful, pensive and flush with an emotional flourish, all carefully and adeptly executed". She has toured with an eclectic list of artists including Rufus Wainwright, Ani DiFranco, Beth Hart, Howard Jones, and Grammy winners Shawn Colvin and Judy Collins, with whom she also recorded a critically acclaimed duet of Neil Young's "Helpless".
In addition to being a 6 time Independent Music Award winning musician and producer, Sage is also a John Lennon Contest Grand Prize winner who has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, SXSW, and toured globally from Japan to Berlin with her band, The Sequins. Sage is also a visual artist and former ballet dancer who performed with the New York City Ballet. A self described 'cancer thriver', she is additionally a philanthropic advocate who has raised money for a wide range of causes, including Foundation For Women's Cancer, WHY Hunger, American Refugee Committee, and National Network For Youth.
Her 2020 album Character yielded the Billboard charting single "Blue Sky Days", and her side project "Poetica", an adventurous fusion of poetry with jazz, classical and americana musical elements in the vein of Leonard Cohen and Laurie Anderson, debuted in October 2021. Rachael's sparkling cover version of the Yazoo classic "Only You", from her full length album "The Other Side", reached #32 on the Mediabase Top 40 radio chart.