Rachel Sage

Rachael Sage
Sage, performing in Joe's Pub April 16, 2002
Background information
Born	Port Chester, New York United States
Genres	Pop, folk, rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, poet, writer, producer
Instruments	Vocals, piano, keyboards, hammond organ, guitar
Years active	1995–present
Labels	MPress Records
Website	www.rachaelsage.com

Rachael Sage is an American singer-songwriter and producer, visual artist, and founded her own record label at the dawn of her musical career. As a youth, Sage dabbled in a variety of the arts, from dance to poetry, but it is as a musician that she is best known. Sage has shared stages with A Great Big World,Semi Precious Weapons,Sarah McLachlan, Judy Collins, Marc Cohn, The Animals, Jamie Cullum, and Ani DiFranco, and was named one of the Top 100 Independent Artists of the Past 15 Years by Performing Songwriter magazine. Her performances combine music with musicianship with between-song banter, which The New York Times dubbed Sage's "inner Fanny Brice", and "Jewish Norah Jones"—even going so far as to call her a comedian. She has released eleven solo albums, as of July 2013, on her own label, MPress Records, and regularly tours both North America and Europe.

Sage was born in Port Chester, New York, and is the daughter of the high end shoe designer Stuart Weiztman. Rachel studied drama and ballet, before switching to music. A self-taught pianist, influenced by her parents' doo-wop and Beatles records, as well as Broadway cast albums, creating early demos on a 4-track recording system she received as a Bat Mitzvah present. During Junior High school, Sage gained admission to the School of American Ballet. Sage attended Stanford University, earning a degree in Drama. Later, she was in the Actors Studio MFA program. Her performance in their New York talent search won Sage a place on the Village Stage of the 1999 Lilith Fair.