caption years_active birth_place label image_size background instrument genre image article_title name occupation
sage , 2002 , performing in joe 's pub april 16 1995 -- present port chester , new york united states mpress records 240px solo_singer vocals guitar , piano , keyboards , hammond organ , pop , folk , rock rachael sage 2002.jpg rachael sage
 rachael sage musician , songwriter , poet , writer , producer
rachael sage

rachael sage is an american singer-songwriter and producer , visual artist , and founded her own record label at the dawn of her musical career .
as a youth , sage dabbled in a variety of the arts , from dance to poetry , but it is as a musician that she is best known .
sage has shared stages with a great big world , semi precious weapons , sarah mclachlan , judy collins , marc cohn , the animals , jamie cullum , and ani difranco , and was named one of the top 100 independent artists of the past 15 years by performing songwriter magazine .
her performances combine music with musicianship with between-song banter , which `` the new york times '' dubbed sage 's `` inner fanny brice '' , and `` jewish norah jones '' -- even going so far as to call her a comedienne .
she has released eleven solo albums , as of july 2013 , on her own label , mpress records , and regularly tours both north america and europe .
