Sara Rachele (born 1988) is an American

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from

Decatur, Georgia Decatur is a city in, and the county seat of, DeKalb County, Georgia, which is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. With a population of 24,928 in the 2020 census, the municipality is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple ZIP Codes ...

Early life

The daughter of a baby-boomer painter and Italian-Croatian American immigrant, Rachele (pronounced ra-kelly) grew up in Decatur, GA.

Music career

As a teen working for free cleaning out the cupboards at Atlanta acoustic venue

Eddie's Attic Eddie's Attic is a music club in Decatur, Georgia. Founded in 1992 by Eddie Owen, it is a venue for both local musical talent and musicians of some acclaim who often got their start in the Atlanta area. Artists who developed their fanbase at Ed ...

, Rachele met musicians and writers, joining bands as a side-player. There Rachele met

Hope Partlow Amanda Hope Partlow (born May 31, 1988) is an American pop singer from Drummonds, Tennessee. Biography Partlow grew up singing gospel and country songs in her native town. She was a popular act at the local Strand Theatre. While still in her e ...

, and dropped her college plans for a music career, although she eventually completed a degree at

Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cou ...

. The wurlitzer player of The Love Willows (Decca/Universal) returned to her hometown to track her first LP, Diamond Street, with bandmate and producer and guitarist of Ponderosa, Kris Sampson (New West Records.) Released on Angrygal Records, the album and her follow up 7-inch vinyl singles received acclaim in

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, and single "Don't Give Me Hell (feat. J. Thomas Hall)," (Normaltown Records) hit AAA, Americana, and Sirius XM charts. Her follow up cover of Cracker's "Low," produced by Nick Whitson, and dubbed "sublime," by

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, pushed her into the mainstream alternative formats. Rachele is currently writing and recording her sophomore solo LP, and lives with her dog, Hank Williams Sr. and her cat, Tom Selleck, splitting time between East Atlanta Village of Atlanta Georgia, and New York, New York's East Village.

References

External links

* https://sararachele.bandcamp.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Rachele, Sara Living people People from Decatur, Georgia Berklee College of Music alumni 1988 births