Rebecca Angel
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"LocalMotion: Imaginary Places"

Rebecca Angel reinvents what it means to cover songs. By Dan Barry

You don't usually think of a Japanese animation/sci-fi convention as a place to scope out some cool new music. Then again, Rebecca Angel isn't your conventional guitar-slinger. While she typically gigs at coffee shops and churches with what she calls her "sappy love songs", Angel has a secret arsenal of fantasy and sci-fi tunes. She played a set of fantasy songs at ConnectiCon, a nerdfest held at the Connecticut Convention Center this past weekend.

It’s not that Angel keep her “normal” tunes a separate act from her fictional ones. “I just don’t explain what they’re about,” she says. But ConnectiCon attendees got the full lowdown- and I’ve never heard of anything like it. While writing a fantasy piece, Angel imagined a teenage girl who was “clearly [the type to be] wearing a band shirt.” But what kind of band? “I needed to come up with a band name that would sound really good to a girl who’s 14, and really stupid to a girl who’s 18,” says Angel.

And thus she invented Camelot’s Destruction, who sing cautionary tales about the major no-nos of the fantasy world. Angel “covers” Camelot’s Destruction’s songs about vampires and wizards. These songs are really, really good.

Angel, who only began gigging in public at the end of 2005, is a natural. her voice has a unique tone and texture that, for once, doesn’t sound like an imitation of Fiona, Joni, or Sarah (although her songs will appeal to their fans.” Her stage persona is reminiscent of Ani DiFranco’s. Angel’s strong facial features and her expressive gestures allow her to animate fantasy realms on stage, giving a theatrical quality to her performance. Even among national acts, I’ve only seen a handful that can inhabit their songs as fully as Angel does. Highly recommended listening for those with robust imaginations.
- Hartford Advocate


"Various Reviews"

"Rebecca Angel is one of the best folk singer-songwriters from the capital district. A great storyteller and multi-instrumentalist with a voice to match."
Dan Goodspeed, Editor of the music site: www.rkstar.com

“Rebecca Angel is a gift to us all, a fountain of creative energy who puts forth light and thoughtful beauty into a world ever in need. She writes about anything, about everything-sometimes deep, sometimes silly, sometimes love, sometimes sci-fi, sometimes it all runs together and delivers us to a strange and wonderful place. What more could we ask of a songwriter? Her musical soul is old, experienced and intuitive. It sounds in her voice and her guitar-she knows stuff. She knows what’s important‹-children, people, hope, life. Do yourself a favor-listen.”
Albin Zak, composer, producer, author of The Poetics of Rock and the music department chair at the SUNY Albany.

Rebecca's songs express heartfelt ideas and thoughtful emotion with delicacy and sincerity. With her lovely voice and crafty songwriting, Rebecca gives an inspiring performance.
Robert Oakes:
Coordinator of ‘Songwriters in the Round’, Vt.
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Discography

"Optimist's Manifesto" and "Fantasy Escape".

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While writing a fantasy novel, Rebecca Angel decided to put in a band made up of mythical creatures called 'Camelot's Destruction'. Wondering what kind of music this band would write, she started composing songs, realized she was on a gold mine of inspiration, and hasn't stopped on the strange and fantastical journey of covering a band that only exists within the fantasy realms in her mind. Though that only explains a portion of the vast catalogue of songs written by Rebecca Angel in the past ten years.

Rebecca Angel studied piano from an early age and sang in classical choirs for many years. But it wasn't until she picked up the guitar as an adult that the songs started flowing. Growing up with classical music, but finding grunge and alternative rock as a teenager, Rebecca Angel's music blends both melodic quality and raw emotion. Her lyrics roam freely from evil wizards to sappy love songs. She'll never stop writing, and with performances throughout the Capital Region of New York, extending into Vermont and Connecticut, and with the sparkling accompianment by her band members, Rebecca Angel is quickly becoming part of the musical scene.