Hey there Rachel. Can you tell us a little about what you do?
I write really honest songs about everything I think. Sometimes it’s happy, sad, angry, and sometimes just mean.
You’re launching your debut album In Pieces at The Hidden Garden on November 27. You’ve said that you’ve written enough music to fill out ten albums. How did you go about selecting the tracks for this record?
The whole album is looking at the things that tend to break us as people, little pieces of our story. A story that starts with fragility and ends with strength; it starts off with looking at the mirror and realising you don’t recognise the person you’ve become. There’s also Angel, Can You Hear Me about a car accident I had when I was 17, and Eulogy which was based on the poem my mum wrote her sister for her funeral when she chose to end her story last year.
You’ve described yourself as a self-taught musician. What initially inspired you to develop your musical skills?
There have been many little stories and events that have shaped me and pulled me towards music. It became my sanity, a way I could process what I felt and overcome things I was struggling with emotionally.
Your sound provokes an emotive experience courtesy of your soulful, acoustic-folk vibes. How did you develop this sound?
I wanted to sing songs that were really honest and became more focused on how I would tell my stories with emotion and that style surfaced on its own.
RACHEL CLARK is playing at The Hidden Garden Café & Bar on Friday November 27 with Steve Palfreyman, Sophie Officer and more.
