Raquel de Souza Band

Raquel de Souza Band is a high energy country, rock, pop band based in New York. Raquel’s first single “Run Towards the Highway" (released Sept. 2017) ranked #34 out of 50 on DRT Global Top 50 Country Airplay Chart on June 9th, 2018 and was on the Top 50 Airplay charts for 10 consecutive weeks straight! She released “Run towards the Highway” with a music video on youtube and was featured on outlets such as "Hot New Music Videos" and "Making Music Magazine". The song was also featured on Nashville Country Music Magazine (May 2018 Edition). Raquel found her full band by Feb. 2018 and by April 2018 they recorded a demo with 7 new songs. Originally the band started out with five members and recently added its sixth member (Dec. 2018).

Their performances includes opening for Jessica Lynn at Daryl's House Club, The Bitter End, Rockwood Music Hall, Woodstock Arts & craft fair, The Nyack Food Truck Festival and many more. Raquel released two new single this past year (2018) with two new music videos, “King of the Jungle” (Aug. 2018) and “What’s done is done” (Dec. 2018). On December 5, 2018 Raquel’s new song “What’s Done is Done’ was featured in the “Women to Watch Wednesday” country playlist.

The band includes Raquel de Souza (lead vocals/writer), Matt Bauer (drums), Luis Cruz (guitar), Catherine Lines (violin/fiddle), Michelle Nadler (bass) and Dana Mancuso (keys/guitar/harmonica).