Rachael Davis

at: Rochester Art Center Grand Lobby

1/19/2006 6:30 PM

RACHAEL DAVIS (www.rachaeldavis.com) on Thursday, January 19, 2006 at 6:30 PM in the Rochester Art Center Grand Lobby. Rachael Davis is a contemporary songwriter who is equally at home singing traditional ballads of Cole Porter or Joe Henry. Her influences range from the jazz stylings of Ella Fitzgerald to the soulful pop vocals of Patty Griffin ? with many more in between. In the span of her twenty-two years, Rachael has literally shared the stage with Boston based singer/songwriter Vance Gilbert, Claudia Schmidt, Sally Rogers, Cheryl Wheeler, Bill Staines, Robin and Linda Williams, jazz legends Marcus Belgrave and Winston Walls ? amongst others. She has opened for Dar Williams, David Lindley, Garnet Rogers, Chris Smither, Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, Richard Shindell, Susan Werner, Peter Mulvey, Eddie From Ohio, Nerissa and Katryna Nields, The Kennedys, Clive Gregson and Hugh Blumenfeld. In September of 2001, Rachael moved from Michigan to Boston and within the span of six months was awarded a Boston Music Award for Best New Singer-Songwriter.