Presented for your listening pleasure is Rachele Lynae. Rachele is a young, budding star with a great voice. Currently doing the country thing, I can see her moving into some bluesy, R&B/Soul songs without much tweaking. Either way, I see some excellent potential going forward. Check out this song.
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He Don’t Know
I tend to judge by live performances. Live music rules. Here is a video I found of Rachele singing an original composition. It appears that she has undergone a name change at some point in the last 2 years. Again, she shows that she can pretty much do country to blues. I’ve said on several occasions that Country is not my favourite genre, so I tend to convert this into R&B or blues to get a feel for what I’m hearing.
Sometimes You Fly
Hi,
She has a beautiful voice. 🙂
Loved the songs.
I enjoyed listening to her as well. I love doing these posts. There is some great stuff out there.
She sounds a bit like a less angry Avril Lavigne. Beautiful voice!
Good stuff, as always, John.
What do you mean by “convert this into blues”?
I see your point El G. But there is certain flare in country guitar or singing that I struggle with so I block it out. Country has a lot of r&b in it (country r&b) but there is still that tinge. I like guys like Travis Tritt or Johnny Cash but not,say…Dolly Parton or Paul Brandt. Rachele’s songs are very crossover so I put them more to the R&b side, enjoying them even more when I do that.
Just to make sure I understand – sounds like you change the definition to accommodate your tastes better so you don’t feel like you’re stepping out and listening to country.
Is that accurate?
I do something like that with techno to allow in the songs I like, though I’m not generally a fan of the genre…
Something like that lol. Sounds very disingenuous when you put it that way. Still, I stick to my definition. Talent is as talent does and it always shines through in the end. She sounds good and I like how she sings. It’s all good to me.
Right there with you, John. Good is good. Regardless of style.