Rachael Dadd

“Rachael Dadd is one of the most talented wise prolific and important women of our times"

Kate Stables of This is the Kit

Living half her time as a traveling musician in Japan, witnessing how other people create things, connecting with other cultures and landscapes; all this is a furnace for innovative song writing. C​ ontemporary folk multi-instrumentalist Rachael Dadd is on a strong path with so much interest and support from DJs, tastemakers, her contemporaries and key people in the music industry. She has been gaining the reputation as a pioneering and thought provoking artist unafraid to push the boundaries of folk and pop.

Rachael Dadd is set to release her 6th album F​ lux​ on ​Memphis Industries​ on the 8th November2019.ProducedwithM​arcusHamblett(Villagers/LauraMarling),​​Flux​isa response to external and internal tides: the flow of life up-rooted; a protest against the flow of recent political history; a diary of the flow within the intimate space of home. Collaborators include multi-instrumentalist E​ mma Gatrill (Willie Mason / Matthew and the Atlas)​, drummer R​ ob Pemberton (Emily Barker / Low Chimes),​ bassist ​Jim Barr (Portishead)​ and vocalists K​ ate Stables and Rozi Plain (This is The Kit)​.

Flux​ follows Rachael’s highly acclaimed album W​ e Resonate​ which came out on French label Talitres​ and ​Sweetdreams Press​ (Japan), and a string of releases on B​ roken Sound ​(UK), Lost Map ​(UK),​ ​​Sweetdreams Press​ and ​Angel’s Egg ​(Japan). She has received wide support from DJs on B​ BC 6 Music,​ ​BBC Radio 1,​ ​BBC Radio 2,​ ​BBC Radio 3 Late Junction​, ​BBC radio 4,​ ​Xfm,​ ​France Musique​ on which she was invited for a 6 song session.

In2016hersoloPianoandProjectionshowreceivedanE​mergingExcellenceAward.​She has toured this formation as well as full band and solo across venues and festivals in the UK, Europe, Australia and Asia. Her countless festival performances include E​ nd of the Road (Tipi stage), G​ reen Man​ (Cinema tent), G​ lastonbury​, ​Truck,​ ​Farmest,​ ​Wilderness, Le FestivalLesFemmess'enMêlent(​France),​​MandreaFestival(​Italy)​,Woodford (Australia), W​ omen in (E)Motion​ (Germany), and so many more. Headline tours include twice around the UK, once in Europe and most years in Japan since 2008. Rachael regularly

tours with long time friends and collaborators T​ his is the Kit ​and R​ ozi Plain​, as well as David Thomas Broughton​, ​Francois and the Atlas Mountains​ and ​Alessi`s Ark.​

Rachael co-curated B​ ristols SHHH festival​ (a celebration of quiet & diverse music), instigated the group exhibition D​ IY is all you need​ with fellow musicians and artists, and curated and hosted R​ achael Dadd and Friends​ at ​Kings Place,​ London. In Japan she has written for some top names such as U​ A​ and ​Gontiti​, and performed to an audience of 4000 at Tokyo’s famous N​ HK Hall.​ With a First in fine art, Rachael puts great attention into the conceptual and visual through her music videos, album artwork, hand-made merchandise and exhibitions.

RachaelispublishedbyW​ipeOutMusicLtd​,signedtoM​emphisIndustries​,managedby JamesPengrumofP​eelParkManagement,​and​YuppiesMusic​representherforlive bookings in the UK, while in France U​ N DEUX UN DEUX​ represent her.

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