Rachel Sermanni & Band

Rachel Sermanni was chosen by Sligo Live last year for a café showcase gig and swayed the packed audience in Osta with her ethereally beautiful music and charming personality.  Her appearances at this year’s Sligo Live with her band will be truly special.    She also makes a special guest appearance on Elvis Costello’s intimate solo show on Saturday 29th October at IT Sligo’s Knocknarea Arena for his only Republic of Ireland appearance in 2011.  

 

Her quirky songwriting, unusual phrasing and intricate finger picking earned her spots in SXSW in Austin, Texas; LA’s Musexpo, London Calling, Naked Song and Eurosonic (Netherlands). Since then she has toured with Stornoway and support slots with KT Tunstall, Newton Faulkner and Mumford and Son, saw Rachel winning over audiences and making friends everywhere she went.

 

Times have really changed for her in less than a year.  A storming start to 2011 saw Rachel appear at Celtic Connections several times as she stunned big audiences, including her 5 star New Voice Commission, and go on to support Mumford & Son on their Highlands and Islands tour. Her track ‘My Friend Fire’ recorded and produced by Ben of Mumford and Sons features on the first Communion compilation album.

 

Shows this summer included, have led to many festival appearances this summer including T in the Park, Wickerman Festival, Ben & Jerry’s, Manchester & London, Sidmouth Folk Festival, Cambridge Folk Festival, and The Edinburgh Festival.  

Sometimes Rachel Sermanni plays solo and at others she is surrounded by a group of wonderful musicians consisting of Laura Wilkie, Siobhan Anderson and Louise Bichan (the fiddle pixies), and pianist Jennifer Austin.

 

"Her performance was dynamically aware, controlled, self-assured, compelling and utterly cool; and at only eighteen, she is a simply frightening prospect. In the interest of brevity, this girl is the real thing. Outstanding." HI-Arts

‘Incredibly promising…we're sure she has an illustrious career ahead of her’. The Independent

‘Rachel Sermanni impresses with a stunning singing voice.’ clashmusic.com

‘Expect sultry vocals and lyrics by the one, the only…’ NME

 


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