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Rachel Harrington

FOUR STARS! ~Mojo ~The Sun ~The Irish Times

About Me


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:: The Bootlegger's Daughter :: Uncut: "the shiny-voiced Harrington makes easy bedfellows of old and new country ... a wandering bluegrass waif"NOW PLAYING: "A brilliant debut ... already a contender for album of the year! ~ Bob Harris, BBC RadioMOJO: FOUR STARS! "This debut is a primer in Americana"IT'S A CRACKER! ~ Miles of Music
Biography

Rachel Harrington has been doing things in the wrong order for quite some time. She had extensive radio play before performing her first live show, and she opened for Grammy winners and nominees before her debut full-length record was even a glimmer in her eye.
Reared among the Pentecostal pines of Oregon, Harrington’s rural gospel roots shone through on her 2004 living room demo. That humble four-song EP spent 13 weeks on the AMA chart and garnered the Seattle siren stellar reviews. By 2006, Rachel was touring with her songwriting hero, Guy Clark, winning national songwriting awards, and performing at large festivals.
Now, from the crossroads of country, folk and bluegrass, comes her debut, The Bootlegger’s Daughter. Featuring some of the Northwest’s finest musicians, and co-produced with two-time Grammy winner Garey Shelton, the disc officially released on SkinnyDennis Records in May 2007. In short order, the cd has made its way around the globe, becoming a top-shelf spin on Bob Harris’s renowned BBC program, hitting 1 on the Euro-Americana Chart, and climbing into the Top 40 on the esteemed Americana Music Association’s radio chart in the US. THE IRISH TIMES: Four stars!
Rachel is touring internationally behind the new record as a duo, joined by multi-instrumentalist Zak Borden on vocals, mandolin, guitar and various other weapons of mass destruction. A solid songwriter in his own right, Zak has toured extensively throughout the US and UK having worked with, among many others, Casey Neill, The Watson Twins, and his own multi-platinum selling cousin, Willy Mason.&nbsp&nbspMONTHLY NEWSLETTER!

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Zak Borden (Willy Mason, Casey Neill)
Danny Barnes (Tim O'Brien, Dave Alvin)
John Reischman (Neko Case, Tony Rice)
Bob Rice (Gram Parsons, John Lee Hooker)
Marty Muse (Dwight Yoakam, Robert Earl Keen)
Mike Grigoni (Korby Lenker):: www.rachelharrington.net ::

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/5/2005
Band Website: rachelharrington.net
Band Members: Rachel Harrington (guitar, vocals) Zak Borden (mandolin, vocals)
Influences: Otis Redding, Ray Charles, Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams, Guy Clark, Townes van Zandt, Gillian Welch, Richard Buckner, Sinead O'Connor, Raymond Carver, the rain, the nape of my lover's neck . . .
Record Label: SkinnyDennis Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

CITY OF REFUGE: The New CD

The new cd, City of Refuge, is complete and will be released in the US later in the fall.  In the UK, you can purchase it at our live performances and (after about June 15th) from the good folks...
Posted by Rachel Harrington on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:52:00 PST

European Tour Travelogue, part one

European Tour Travelogue Oct 9 to Oct 19, 2007     Oct 9, 2007     En route from London to Seattle   "Any traveler who misses the journey misses about all he is goin...
Posted by Rachel Harrington on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:34:00 PST

European Tour Travelogue, part two

European Tour Travelogue Part Two Oct 21 to Oct 27, 2007      >Oct 21, 1:40am from Sheffield, England   My nights are getting later and later as the tour wears on.  Toda...
Posted by Rachel Harrington on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 05:36:00 PST

quick note from the road

at an internet cafe in oswestry england now, quickly checking email and catching up.  having just the BEST time so far and will post my lengthy travel journal when i get back home.   al...
Posted by Rachel Harrington on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:43:00 PST

All packed and ready to go

Ok.  This is it.  All packed and ready go for my very first official overseas tour.  A real tour, Mom!  A real one!  : ) We'll depart Seattle at 11am tomorrow, Oct 9.  Ar...
Posted by Rachel Harrington on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:11:00 PST