Rachel Wearsch

10/16/07
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Rachel-Your songs are magical and your delivery of them is soulful! :)
- WSCA-LP 106.1

Your music is beautiful... proficiently played and gorgeously sung. How do we add you to our playlist?

Rachel, I just compiled this week's GDPR Hottest Hundred, and "Life of Love" came in at exactly 100. Congratulations!
- www.gdreadradio.net

Rachel, what a beautiful voice you have.. would love to be able to spin your music on our show Acoustic Planet.. We are an NPR station in Fayetteville, NC.. - WFSS FM

"I need to get you together with some singers - some legends, some that need to become legends. You sound beautiful...and I'm particular. WOW."
- Angie Seegers

You're very talented! I know we have at least one or two shows that play your kind of music. You should submit a CD to our music director at:

WXOU
c/o Music Director
69 Oakland Center
Rochester, MI 48309

- WXOU FM

think you've got a great voice. If you have some music to send, it would get airplay on our station. We have several Americana shows, and a lot of the free-format shows play a healthy dose of Americana as well.
- WUSC/Hillbilly Heaven

Just listened this morning and you have a wonderful
voice. I love the songs and this is a fine album. You definitely fit in the Npr/Americana/roots formats.

- Bill Wence Promotions

I'm so excited after listening to Someday and Just Go On! Truely amazing and something to make Emmylou a bit jealous - Kit Carson McGuire KRIM FM Arizona

The Chronicle Telegram- Alicia Castelli - September 23, 2007
ELYRIA — A local junior high school music teacher is making an international name for herself as a musician thanks in part to the Internet.
Rachel Wearsch, a choir and general music teacher at Eastern Heights Junior High School in Elyria, has been playing one instrument or another since she was 6. She loves introducing music to her students, but these days she is busy marketing herself and her own music on the Internet.
“It’s some folk music mixed with country and blues. It’s pretty eclectic,” Wearsch said. “It’s all songs I wrote.”

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Rachel Wearsch
Wearsch got her master’s degree in music education from the University of Akron and has been teaching seventh- and eighth-graders for seven years.
And within the last few months, she created a Web site — www.rachelwearsch.com — where she showcases her work and sells her CD, titled “Life of Love.”
As if that weren’t enough, Wearsch also is married, with two children and two step-children.
“I grew up in a very musical family,” she said. “I was surrounded by it. My parents had a farm in Medina, and my dad decided our barn needed to be the music barn. I started studying classical piano at age 6. We had musicians over all the time for jam sessions. Music has always been a huge part of my life.”
Wearsch’s parents, avid country music fans, introduced her to a variety of music and musicians. In addition to the piano, Wearsch also plays bass, mandolin and guitar, and is studying the lap steel.
“I sing and play, and I started playing professionally at age 12,” she said. “That was a full-time job for me then, in addition to school. I played with different bands at festivals and in clubs. I was young, but my parents were very strict and were always with me. It was a lot of fun.”
Wearsch has opened locally for some high-profile names, including Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Clint Black and The Judds.
Do her students know they are learning from a local celebrity?
“Not really,” Wearsch said. “Maybe a little, but I try to keep that very separate. I love my teaching job. I’m so lucky to be able to do something that I love.”
After she set up her Web site, Wearsch started getting international recognition.
“I’ve gotten a good response,” she said. “Quite a few public radio stations and a few Internet stations are playing my songs. I love looking at comments from people in Germany and Ireland who’ve downloaded my music. I’m getting to talk to people from all over the world. It makes the world a smaller place for me.”
What was it like opening for Emmylou Harris — one of her favorite artists? “It was a thrill,” Wearsch said.
Wearsch said she loves that she gets to share her love of music, which was so much a part of her childhood, with her students.
“Teaching is totally different from performing, but it’s very rewarding,” she said. “I was a shy child, and singing and performing was a way of expressing myself and my feelings.
“For my students, I want them to have that same experience. I want music for them to be a way to express themselves in a positive way. It’s very cool.”
Fan quotes posted on her Web site indicate her listeners feel the same way. There’s everything from “the voice of a country angel” to the rather concise “you freakin’ rock!”
Fans can purchase songs or her CD on her Web site, or sites including MP3.com, payplay.fm, cdbaby.com, itunes.com and others.
- Chronicle Telegram

radioindy.com review - May 3, 2008
“Life of Love” by Rachel Wearsch is best described as a delightfully refreshing country/folk album. The style is contemporary and the music is memorable. Listeners will surely remember these tunes and more importantly, be able to relate to the emotions expressed through these poetic lyrics. This CD is a strong reflection of the heavy emotional atmospheres of love and heartbreak that are trademarks of great country tunes. The sax solo on “Just Go On” gives a fine touch to a well-performed piece. The piano intro on “You Gave Me Your Love” and the sensuous presentation of its graceful lyrics simply touches the soul. The toe-tapping up-beat in “Count On Me Baby” will get your blood pumping and make you want to get up and dance. This is a very innovative and creative work of art. What’s more, this collection is nicely polished with professional production. It is sure to be a worthwhile addition to you collection of country CD’s. http://www. radioindy. com/bands/4279/
- RadioIndy.com