New York, NY: Award-winning recording artist Rachael Sage premiered her newest song "Loreena" yesterday on Curve Magazine. The track is the second release off of her forthcoming full-length studio album, Choreographic, due May 20 (MPress/ILS/Caroline).

"I wrote 'Loreena' in a dream about someone whom I've never met...I literally woke up singing the chorus, and then went to the keyboard to work out the accompaniment...later I realized I was singing about a very complex , independent woman with qualities of several women I have loved, combined into a composite portrait.

For several days, I had the whole song written but only nonsense-syllables for the actual name of the subject; I tried singing many names and phrases, including "oh, Shana" and "oh, Anna" but ultimately I decided to use the name of one of my very favorite artists and influences, Loreena McKennitt. When I produced it in the studio I added accordion and fiddle, in honor of her Celtic style which inspired me so much early in my career."  - Rachael Sage

Accompanied by fantastic backing musicians including members of Belinda Carlile, Tom Morello, Patti Smith and Rufus Wainwright's bands, "Loreena" is an uplifting, heartfelt love song, infused with folk-pop energy and a dash of haunting Celtic spirit.

ABOUT RACHAEL SAGE: A soulful vocalist and innovative multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter and producer Rachael Sage has become one of the busiest touring artists in independent music, performing 100+ dates a year with her band The Sequins throughout the US, UK, Europe and Asia. She has earned a loyal following for her dynamic piano playing, delicate guitar work, soulful vocals and improvisational audience interaction.

Sage has shared stages with Sarah McLachlan, A Great Big World, Judy Collins, Shawn Colvin, Marc Cohn, Jamie Cullum, The Animals and Ani DiFranco. She has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and received numerous songwriting awards including The John Lennon Songwriting Contest (Grand Prize) and several Independent Music Awards. Her songs have appeared on MTV, HBO, the "Fame" soundtrack, and 13 of her songs have appeared in the last 3 seasons of Lifetime's controversial reality series, "Dance Moms" (including several songs accompanying breakout Sia video star Maddie Ziegler's winning routines).

Rachael's full tour dates behind Choreographic are listed below, or visit: http://rachaelsage.com.

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