Artist Information Biography Rachel Wearsch has been playing and studying music since the age of 12. Although she has performed many different styles of music, her style is a combination of traditional country, bluegrass, folk and blues music. Rachel writes and performs all of her own music. She plays the piano, guitar, bass (electric & acoustic), mandolin and lap steel. Throughout her career she has opened for many top artists including Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Loretta Lynn, Ray Stevens, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Vern Gosdin, Clint Black , Alan Jackson, Aaron Tippin, Bill Monroe, Little Jimmy Dickens, Southern Pacific, Ricky Scaggs and The Judds. Recently, she was added to the 2008 Indie Music for Life CD and was a top 5 finalist in www.singeruniverse.com's vocalist of the month competition. She also has a master in music education with a classical piano/choral empahases. Check out Rachel's new album entitled "Life of Love" that she produced and engineered herself.Rachel grew up surrounded with music. Besides having a very musical family, Rachel's parents owned (and still do) a facility called "The Music Barn" which housed a weekly jam session for local country musicians. Instead of a having the typical hobbies of a teenager, Rachel performed professionally full time while she finished school. She has always loved to play different instruments, write songs and spend time with other musicians. Instrumentation Rachel-piano or keyboard, acoustic guitar and mandolin Acoustic and electric guitarist string bass/electric bass player, pedal steel & drums pedal steel drums Discography Songs from Rachel's latest album have been getting air play on many public and college radio stations. Streaming and downloads are available at rachelwearsch.com, itunes, mp3.com, snocap, soundclick, folkalley.com and many more. She also has CD's available on cdbaby.com Links http://www.rachelwearsch.com myspace