Drawing on her folk, country, and rock musical influences, Rachel Lee Walsh creates songs that are beautiful and soothing because of her voice and melodies, yet powerful and moving due to the compelling stories within her lyrics. With just her guitar and a soulful voice, she delivers encouraging songs about her own life and the world around her. The variety of interesting characters in her lyrics can be heard in such songs as “She’s Not Waiting” written about a NYC bike messenger who serves as an inspiration for living fearlessly, to “Elizabeth Dawn” where she writes from the voice of a young girl figuring out what family she can depend on. She even throws in a love song occasionally, as in “Please Come to Brooklyn”.

After years of playing guitar and singing in various bands in New York City, Rachel stepped into the front with her own writing as a solo singer and songwriter in 2001. In addition to the cultural influences that living in New York half her life has had on her work, you will hear some of the musical influences she gained from growing up in the South. She sometimes shares the stage with her back-up band, which has been known to include such instruments as violin, drums, electric guitar, upright bass, and pedal steel.

Rachel attended the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and also Hunter College in New York City where she received her degree in Music Performance. She is currently continuing her live show schedule, working on new material, and has recently finished a 3 song EP, entitled “She’s Not Waiting” which was produced with help from Lee “Free” Frisari and recorded at BaranStoll Studios in NYC. The EP is currently available for digital download via DigStation. Rachel is currently working on completing a full-length CD.