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Irene Rae - Biography

Life and how people treat others are the main influences on Irene Rae’s reflective and emotional sound. Irene explores the residual effects of seemingly thoughtless actions of humanity through her diverse songs , that float between delicate melodies and painful, bitter undertones in a heartbeat.  

Irene was no stranger to music after playing Alto Saxophone from the age of 12, she began to teach herself guitar when aged 22, sitting down and copying the sounds created by her heroes on CDs until finding the right chords, to accompany her singing, a natural part of her through Musical Theatre training. By her own admission, she still struggles to name all the chords she plays so naturally now, explaining how the music comes from within not from a song sheet or chord notebook, keeping the chords a mystery helps her to stay away from being clinical.

Mainly it is Irene’s unique vocal range and power that has caught the attention of Local BBC and Independent  Radio stations throughout the UK and music lovers a like. She has supported signed musicians such as Midge Ure, Hazel O’Connor, The Levellers, Rod Clements, Jon Power and Mark Morriss in addition to touring up and down the country and relishing finding fresh and new audiences to play in front of.

Almost 4 years on from where it all started, it is her voice that stays in audience’s memories and has gained her a loyal following throughout the UK and the USA. However the most important aspect of playing live, to Irene, is still the feeling and emotion that can be and should be conveyed:

“I love playing with passion and feeling. To connect with an audience through my experiences and voice is what I strive for. The feelings that I express are raw, and so should be the vehicle of their expression.â€

2009 saw the release of Irene's debut Album with full band songs ''End of Nothing...Beginning of Something''. The album is available to buy from the Merchandise Page or for digital lovers - iTunes stores.  The end of 2009 and early part of 2010 Irene is busy writing away and piecing together new material for a tour of England.

 

 



 

 
New blog & smiles
Well…phew…a lot has been happening in the past few weeks…I’ve had a lot of changes in my life personally that have made me feel a happier person and am so glad that they have happened. I’m getting back into theatre and will be in a show on 10th May at Winchester Arts Centre – called Siren Song Durational – please pop on by – it’s an eight hour long production where you can have food with the cast and a few drinks, join in maybe with a few games and explore what it is to be female and all the feelings and emotions surround ‘’Woman’’. I’m super stoked to be part of it and am looking forward to the experience.

I have been to a fair few meetings for collaborations with writers and hopefully some very exciting news to announce soon regarding people I will be working with. So keep an eye out on here.

I better run off again as I am being a busy busy person (once again!!)

Speak soon!
Ren xx
 
GrapEvine Gig CANCELLED!

The Grapevine in Peterborough has been cancelled due to the current people working in there being evicted...oops!

I'm assured that it will be re-arranged for another time so we will have to wait and see. But is a sad farwell to Gino and the other guys working in there - they had made a real nice venue outta the place and it will be sad to see them go.

Cheers Ren xx

 
Justwannarock Interview

Ive got a brand spanking new interview up on the following link:

http://www.justwannarock.net/

Please go and check it out - lots of fun and interesting questions up there.

Ren xx