With influences that range from the jazz stylings of Ella Fitzgerald to the soulful pop vocals of Patty Griffin - Rachel Davis is a contemporary songwriter but is equally at home singing anything from traditional ballads to Cole Porter to Joe Henry.

Born to parents who constantly exposed Rachel to music - whether it was singing with her family-based group Lake Effect, or other musical guests at the home - Rachel been singing on-stage since she was two years old. After practically growing up on stages at the Wheatland Music Festival she attended Interlochen Arts Academy in Northern Michigan -- which also counts among its alumni, Peter Yarrow, Anne Hills and Jewel (Kilcher).

In September of 2001, Rachael moved from Michigan to Boston and within the span of seven months was awarded a Boston Music Award for Best New Singer-Songwriter. In 2002, Rachael contributed "Lonely When You're Gone" to the Respond II compilation (which can be found at http://respondproject.org), which also includes such luminaries as Joan Baez, Dolly Parton, Ani DiFranco and the Indigo Girls (amongst many others). And in 2003 Rachael took home the grand prize in the Telluride Bluegrass Festival’s Troubadour Contest.

Rachael now lives in Bath, Michigan where she and 2007 has produced an album, "Shout Sister Shout" in collaboration with the band Steppin in In, and a new banjo player, Virgil Ryman Davis, in collaboration with Dominic Johns. Look for a new album "Anntebellum Queens" in short order.