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Rachael Sage

Hey y'all - and if you're new to The Sage Page, welcome!

First things first: Sage's brand new album, "Delancey Street", has just been released and is in stores nationwide & online, woohooooo!!! Thanks so much to everyone who pre-ordered it from our MPress Records store, and to all of you who've already purchased it at your local retailer and have been sending your positive feedback - your support means so much to us, we're beyond varklempt :)

It's been fantastically frenetic around here lately, so in this edition you'll find plenty of news, tips on how you can help us promote Rachael's new album, & tour updates galore. Peruse, kvell and be merry!

xoxoxo,
Team MPress

  1. "DELANCEY STREET" IN U.S. STORES & ONLINE NOW!
  2. EARLY INK ON "DELANCEY": WALL STREET JOURNAL, iTUNES & MORE
  3. RACHAEL'S GOT A FANCY NEW WEBSITE DESIGN!
  4. DOCUMENTARY FILM "GIRLS OF DARAJA" USES RACHAEL'S SONG "BRAVEDANCING"
  5. SPREAD THE WORD: TOP WAYS YOU CAN HELP US PROMOTE THE NEW ALBUM & TOUR!
  6. RACHAEL PARTNERS WITH THE "DELANCEY STREET FOUNDATION" IN L.A. & S.F.
  7. EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL DATES ANNOUNCED...
  8. TOUR UPDATES: JUNE, JULY & BEYOND!

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1. "DELANCEY STREET" AVAILABLE IN U.S. STORES & ONLINE!

Rachael's 9th album is in stores and on iTunes and other online retailers now! Produced by Sage, recorded by John Shyloski and mixed by Grammy® Winner Kevin Killen, "Delancey Street" contains a dozen tracks of what CMJ calls “a resonant mixture of pop, folk and jazz”; inspired by her Jewish immigrant heritage as well as her recent move to NYC's Lower East Side, it is Sage's most revealing work to date.

Visit the store to choose from a selection of retailers. You can also visit your local record store, Barnes & Noble or Borders and request it if they don't have it!
 
 

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2. EARLY INK ON "DELANCEY": WALL STREET JOURNAL, iTUNES & MORE

Since its early release on iTunes last month, positive reviews of "Delancey Street" have been pouring in from a variety of publications; The Deli Magazine exclaimed, "Her music is getting better with every release" and iTunes raved "at the core of Delancey Street is a heartfelt quality that goes beyond intellectual exercise." Should you need any more gentle nudging to go pick up your own personal copy, here's the shortlist of enthusiastic coverage, so far:

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3. RACHAEL'S GOT A FANCY NEW WEB SITE DESIGN!

rachaelsage.comCheck it out... Rachael's web site is newly tricked-out with beautiful images by her longtime photographer & video director, Tom Moore. The site was redesigned by Sage herself, and brought to life — from mere Photoshop layers! — by uber-talented programmer/developer Micah Freedman (who also helped with Rachael's prior as well as Seth Glier's current site). Enjoy, and let us know whatcha think!
 
 
 
 


4. DOCUMENTARY FILM "GIRLS OF DARAJA" USES RACHAEL'S SONG "BRAVEDANCING"

Rachael's song has been included in Out Of The Blue Film's documentary, "The Girls Of Daraja". A longer DVD version is in the works, but in the meantime we encourage you to view the powerful short preview on YouTube, HERE.

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5. SPREADING THE WORD: TOP WAYS YOU CAN HELP PROMOTE THE NEW ALBUM & CD RELEASE TOUR!

  • REQUEST A TRACK FROM RACHAEL'S NEW RECORD! "Delancey Street" has just been serviced to over 500 Triple A and College format radio stations, and you can help her climb the charts by calling and asking them to play a song from the record! For a full list of stations and to locate the one nearest to you, visit her radio page...
  • WRITE A REVIEW FOR AN ONLINE RETAIL SITE Writing positive reviews on online retail sites such as iTunes, Amazon and eMusic is one of the very best ways to help create positive buzz about Rachael's work - especially when there's a brand new record to kibitz about! If you're able to do this, we'd love to know about it and send a personal thank you, so please take a screen-shot of your review and send it to our New Media/Street Team guru, Jill Sharpe.
  • BLOG, BLOG, BLOG... Do you have your own blog, or write for someone else's? Blogs are a fantastic way to get the word out about new music, and we discover new artists all the time by reading them ourselves! If you'd like to receive a review copy to write about on a blog or other online publication, please send us your name, email, & a link to your blog and/or publication and we can help make it happen!
  • LIKE IT? TWEET IT! If you follow @rachaelsage & @mpressrecords on Twitter, you'll get all your favorite glitterfrau's latest buzz, tour dates and videos in real-time! So whenever something catches your eye you can re-tweet to your friends and spread the love instantly and easily. Don't forget to @reply and say shalom :)

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6. "DELANCEY STREET" MEETS THE DELANCEY STREET FOUNDATION IN L.A. & S.F.

Delancey St FoundationRachael will be playing two very special shows for the residents and visitors of the Delancey Street Foundation in Los Angeles and San Francisco. DSF is the country's leading residential self-help organization for former substance abusers, ex-convicts, homeless and others who have hit bottom. As Rachael enthuses: "One of the central themes of my album is personal change, and the resistence to it - so I'm incredibly honored to be performing for residents of DSF, who are in the midst of changing their lives."
 


7. EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL DATES ANNOUNCED

Edinburgh FringeYes, Rachael will be returning to Europe's largest arts festival this summer, woohoo!!! Due to the success of her show "Sequins & Shpiel" last year, she'll be bringing her brand new multi-media cabaret, "Stop Me If I'm Kvetching", to Fringe 2010! The show will have a full two-week run, August 15th through August 30th, and will feature songs from her nine album catalog, new songs composed just for this show, and of course, Rachael's signature mix of playful Yiddishkeit and show-stopping theatrical mishugas!

8. "DELANCEY STREET CD RELEASE TOUR": JUNE, JULY & BEYOND!
(For more details & constant updates, visit www.rachaelsage.com)

May 30 • Virginia Women's Music Festival, 11:00 am • Kents Store, VA
June 3 • Hotel Cafe, 8:00 pm • Los Angeles, CA
June 5 • Salzer's Records, 3:15 pm • Ventura, CA
June 5 • Delancey Street Foundation, 8:00 pm (private event) • Los Angeles, CA
June 6 • Delancey Street Foundation, 3:00 pm (private event) • San Francisco, CA
June 6 • Brainwash Cafe, 7:00 pm (GoGirls Event) • San Francisco, CA
June 10 • One Trick Pony, 8:00 pm (w/ Rachael Davis) • Grand Rapids, MI
June 11 • Uncommon Ground on Devon, 10:00 pm (w/ Chris Dallman) • Chicago, IL
June 12 • Pridefest Milwaukee, 6:00 pm • Milwaukee, WI
June 15 • Cornell College, 7:00 pm • Mt. Vernon, IA
June 20-Jul 3 • UK/Ireland Promotional Tour (details TBA) • UK & Ireland
Jul 10 • Bridger Folk Music Society, 7:30 pm • Logan, UT
Jul 11 • Magpie House Concerts, 7:30 pm • Salt Lake City, UT
Jul 14 • Lestat's, 9:00 pm (w/ Jay Nash & Joe Firstman) • San Diego, CA
Jul 17 • Zoey's Cafe, 8:00 pm (w/ Jay Nash & Joe Firstman) • Ventura, CA
Jul 18 • Saint Rocke, 7:00 pm (w/ Jay Nash & Joe Firstman) • Hermosa Beach, CA
Jul 20 • Soho, 8:00 pm (w/ Jay Nash & Joe Firstman) • Santa Barbara, CA
Jul 21 • Cafe du Nord, 9:30 pm (w/ Jay Nash & Joe Firstman) • San Francisco, CA
Jul 25 • High Dive, 8:00 pm (w/ Jay Nash & Joe Firstman) • Seattle, WA
Aug 4 • Rockwood Stage 2, 7:30 pm (w/ Seth Glier) • New York, NY
Aug 15-30 • Edinburgh Festival Fringe (w/ Seth Glier) • Edinburgh, UK

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