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Acme Radio Sessions Live "Somewhere Close to Here"
How It Started
“Descriptive, vulnerable, and melodic”, are words Todd Snider uses to describe Rachel Cole’s debut EP, Redemption City. Snider was first introduced to Rachel in the late summer of 2021, at East Nashville’s own Tomato Fest. Todd and Friends had a showcase that Rachel was invited to, though the two hadn’t met. Rachel sang two songs at the showcase, “Strange” and “Somewhere Close to Here”. It wouldn’t take much for her to captivate the room with what Todd called acoustic rock and roll. After her set she was invited to speak with Todd, who would then fumble for his reading glasses out of a ripped shirt pocket to peer at Rachel’s torn and scribbled-over lyric book.
It wouldn’t take long for the two to start scheming an album. Todd called on Nashville gem Allen Thompson to lead production for what would be Rachel’s first full-length release. Over the span of the few months that followed, it was a lot of writing, and even more time on the road. In April 2022, Thompson assembled an all-star band to record the album at the famous Purple Building in East Nashville. Including Brad Pemberton (Ryan Adams & the Cardinals) on drums, Jared Reynolds (John Prine, Hayes Carll) on bass, Clint Maine (Los Colognes) on guitar, and Mary Hull (Lady Couch) on keys, this super group took well to the songs, and it would end up taking only a week to cut the ten tracks. The debut EP Redemption City displays a mixture of intimate acoustic ballads that blend to a mirage of electric country, resembling the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Allman Bros, and Susan Tedeschi. The debut singe, 'Somewhere Close to Here' is expected for release November 2024.