Hello, and happy Love-month!

In these overwhelming & often chaotic (!) times, we are certainly eager to welcome the official season of love around here – and before this edition of The Sage Page even gets underway, we must confess: Rachael & Team MPress *heart* the heck out of you, full-stop!! Will you be our Valentine? Also here's a Valentine's coloring book Rachael designed. Drawing outside the lines is encouraged! xoxo

Like any relationship, this works because you arrived right on time, and chose to commit (thank you!) to being a part of Rachael’s sparkly, reflective and uplifting creative geshtalt. There are no adequate words to express just how meaningful that boomerang of positive community remains to Rachael, her band The Sequins, and all of us here at her label – which happens to be celebrating its 30th Anniversary (what?!) this year! #lovefest!!!!

May you slow-dance to the sounds of your favorite Sage-serenades, don a dash (or more) of red and/or pink, and savor some really excellent dark chocolate!

xo,
Rachael & Team MPress

In just a few days, Rachael will excitedly make her Key West, FL debut as part of the "Old Town New Folk" series at The Studios of Key West, which in the past has featured so many artists we admire including Susan Werner and Dar Williams! This will be such a special couple shows – with Kelly Halloran accompanying on violin – and the show on Wednesday, 2/18 is already *sold out* (woohoo!). Tickets are still available for Tuesday, 2/17 – and you can get a special "Buy One, Get One" deal by clicking HERE and entering the promo code "RADIANT" (all caps).

On Wednesday, 2/25 at 7 pm, Rachael will join her fellow NYC artists Phil Robinson and Samantha Echo for a triple bill at one of NYC's most celebrated Off-Broadway rooms, the Triad Theater! Rachael will be accompanied by Kelly Halloran on violin for a set featuring songs that fans have told Rachael over the years "could be in a Broadway show". Tickets for this special evening are available HERE.

Rachael's acoustic album Under The Canopy is well underway, and is slated for a late Spring release! While her current recording Canopy is still pretty darn new-ish (it only came out in October!), we're super excited for you to hear these stripped-down, acoustic versions of songs she and her band The Sequins have been performing live in the UK & US for almost a year.

The record is once again self-produced by Rachael with her brilliant engineer/mixer Mikhail Pivovarov, and features special guests including percussionist Quinn (Tracy Chapman), award-winning guitarist Christie Lenée, and upright bassist Kerry Brooks (Amy Ray). Stay tuned to Rachael's Instagram & Facebook for more news on upcoming 2026 shows in support of these companion albums, coming very soon!

Rachael is very excited to share that she's been working on her first official design collab with UK-based mental health organization Rainbow Mind. An organization that provides LGBTQIA+ mental health services in the UK, Rainbow Mind will be making this design available shortly for a limited amount of time as a much-needed charitable fundraiser for their incredible work in the UK LGBTQIA+ community! Rachael is proud to be their very first Artist Ambassador. More details and link to be shared soon, and in the meantime please check out the wonderful work they do and follow them on social media!

On January 22, Rachael was honored to be part of the 5th annual benefit for the Nic Pagano LGBTQIA+ Scholarship for Recovery "Celebrating The Music Of Elton John" at City Winery in NYC. Rachael performed Elton's hits "Candle In The Wind" and "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word", alongside a host of musical luminaries including organizer Rich Pagano and the Early Elton Trio, Marshall Crenshaw, Martha Redbone, The Smithereens, and Bettye LaVette (pictured above!). You can see a video recap of the night HERE.

Right after that, Rachael hopped a plane to New Orleans for Folk Alliance International, the annual gathering of acoustic musicians and industry from all over the world. It was a whirlwind weekend during which Rachael performed several (totally unplugged!) showcases, reconnected with old friends & made new ones, ate good food, and generally filled up her creative cup for the coming year. HERE and HERE are a couple video recaps!

• This week, our longtime friend and one of the most beloved champions of folk and roots music, John Platt will be airing his last edition of the beloved Sunday Supper program on WFUV. We want to take a sparkly, sincere moment to say: We love you so much John!! Thank you for all the beautiful, music-passionate positive energy you've infused into the indie/folk scene...and specifically, thank you for always supporting Rachael's music!
   
• Special shout out to Brian D'Ambrosio, who just wrote one of the most in-depth and thoughtful feature interviews on Rachael and her career ever, over at GLIDE Magazine! You can check it out HERE!
   
• Grateful to supporters at Boston Chris Podcast, OutSFL, Riveting Riffs, & Lonesome Highway for recent media pieces highlighting Rachael's work. Thanks to everyone who's continuing to spread the word about Rachael's latest album Canopy   and yes, if you're sharing her latest videos for "Kill The Clock" or "Belong To You" with a friend or bringing a buddy down to a live show, that means you too! xo

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