On today's episode, I am proud to feature RACHEL BROOKE, a musical artist, songwriter and family woman who tells us her life story in song and in candid conversation. Residing in the upstate town of Lovells, Michigan, Rachel shared her feelings on what life is like "in the middle of nowhere" during this pandemic. The two of us also discussed the details of her newest album, called THE LONELINESS IN ME, which has an old school style country flavor mixed with lyrics that have a modern world sensibility. We spent the rest of this episode talking about our lives and what we do to deal with mild depression, a.k.a. the blues, all along keeping a very realistic and optimistic attitude about things. Get to know this woman, and the loneliness in you is bound to melt away. Please enjoy the show!
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Featured Guest: RACHEL BROOKE
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“Understanding the deep well of talent that is Rachel Brooke, “a country singer from Michigan,” will not disappoint, but she will ask you to check your more conventional expectations at the door. Your reward is a chance to join in on a midnight jaunt through graveyards and dreams, awhirl with Jungian shadows, headstrong grit, and gothic Americana being made by ladies with guns. Brooke wants clearly to walk a line between the past and present. She does just that with her high-caliber musicianship which, while not chained by tradition, is unabashed by her indebtedness to the poetic souls of the past…In terms of Rachel Brooke, Nashville will be lucky to eventually discover her, but it will always be Detroit that really gets her.” —Cat Celebrezze Perfect Sound Forever
“Rachel’s voice is one in a million. It’s all natural. She did not develop a unique singing style to delineate her from the masses, like is so common with over-singing songbirds these days. She purified her own voice, with no facade or embellishment. It is so wondrous because it is adorable and seemingly innocent, yet at the same time aged like a ghost, haunting, and filled to utmost capacity with pain” – Saving Country Music
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