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Biography

Gifted with a unique ability to fuse musical genres and influences to craft songs that feel fresh and wholly her own, with her album PUTTING ON AIRS, Erin Rae has thrown down a direct challenge to the stereotype of what a Southern singer should be. Both lyrically and sonically, she strikes a fiercely independent chord, proudly releasing a deeply personal record that reflects her own upbringing in Tennessee, including the prejudices and injustices that she witnessed as a child that continue to impact her life to this day. According to Rae, “this album was born out of a need to do some healing work in my personal life, in order to address some fears and patterns of mine to allow my true feelings to come to the surface.”

Buoying the release is Rae’s reputation as an enthralling live performer, which has earned her the respect of Nashville peers and music notables alike, including Grammy Award winner John Paul White, who has signed her to his Florence, Alabama-based label, Single Lock Records. Rae joins a Single Lock roster that includes Nicole Atkins, St. Paul And The Broken Bones, and White himself, who said “When I first heard Erin’s compelling voice, I knew nothing about her. It was live, with no intro (she was opening for friends of mine), and I was instantly transfixed. I couldn’t wait to engage, and that’s something I very seldom feel, much less do. I was thrilled to find out her personality was as engaging as her voice and songs, and that she was looking for a home. I couldn’t be happier to be hitching our wagons together.”

Recorded in the dead of winter at The Refuge, a historic former Franciscan monastery-turned-creative space on Wisconsin’s Fox River, the isolated environment created the perfect setting for Erin and her bandmates to track these genre-busting songs, using the chapel and other unique spaces within the cavernous building to explore new sonic boundaries, all while continuing to showcase Erin’s trademark vocals and song-serving restraint first heard on her critically-acclaimed 2015 debut album, SOON ENOUGH.

The unique sound of the record is inspired by the innovative 1960s European production techniques from artists like the Beatles and Francoise Hardy, paired alongside the restraint and minimalism of modern artists like Wilco and Richard Hawley, bridging the sonic gap between classic song-writing and a modern indie-rock ethos. The album was co-produced by engineer Dan Knobler (Rodney Crowell, Tift Merritt) and multi-instrumentalist Jerry Bernhardt. Dominic Billett also served an integral role in the collective that worked together to create the album’s innovative and varied sonic pallet, providing the perfect soundscape for Erin’s soothing vocals, bathing everything in the warmth and purity that has become her trademark sound.

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TOUR DATES

2021

OCT 24,  3rd & Lindsley Nashville, TN
OCT 26,  Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA Supporting Dawes
OCT 27,  Gateway City Arts Holyoke, MA Supporting Dawes
OCT 28,  Roxian Theatre Pittsburgh, PA supporting Dawes

NOV 2,   Egyptian Room at Old National Centre Indianapolis, IN supporting Dawes
NOV 3,   Taft Theatre Cincinnati, OH supporting Dawes
NOV 11 - NOV 14, Highlands Food & Wine Festival Highlands, NC
NOV 17, Vogue Theatre Vancouver, BC suppporting Dawes
NOV 18, The Showbox Seattle, WA supporting Dawes
NOV 19, Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR supporting Dawes
NOV 21, Fremont Theatre San Luis Obispo, CA supporting Dawes
NOV 22, Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, CA supporting Dawes
NOV 23, Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, CA supporting Dawes
NOV 26, The Fonda Theatre Los Angeles, CA supporting Dawes
NOV 27, The Fonda Theatre Los Angeles, CA supporting Dawes
NOV 28, The Fillmore San Francisco, CA supporting Dawes
NOV 30, The Commonwealth Room Salt Lake City, UT supporting Dawes

DEC 1,   Washington’s Fort Collins, CO supporting Dawes
DEC 2,   Reverb Lounge Omaha, NE
DEC 3,   First Avenue Minneapolis, MN supporting Dawes
DEC 4,   The Vic Theatre Chicago, IL supporting Dawes
DEC 5,   Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee, WI supporting Dawes
DEC 7,   Headliners Music Hall Louisville, KY supporting Dawes
DEC 8,   The Pageant St Louis, MO supporting Dawes
DEC 9,   Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack Little Rock, AR
DEC 10, The Bomb Factory Dallas, TX supporting Dawes
DEC 11, Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater (Stubb’s Bar-B-Q) Austin, TX supporting Dawes
DEC 12, The Heights Theater Houston, TX supporting Dawes

Website: https://www.erinraemusic.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ErinRaeMusic/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erinraemusic/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDbzPqn1L16DIV3RCCsk5CA
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/167VlZ0C0ewQbgKexRFcs6?si=Z-9Lh3j6T865UQbNnh1RBg&nd=1