Rachel Brooke @ Saginaw Old Town Junction

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Rachel Brooke truly is one of those “if you know, you know” artists. She’s a master storyteller, underground country queen, Ameripolitan outlaw winner, multi-instrumentalist, honky tonk poet, raised on bluegrass and red tomatoes.

She’s the “The Rattlesnake” – a name given to her while drumming in a punk band during her teenage years – ever evolving, existing on the fringe of country music, bucking the system, and never losing the game.

She’s a witty introvert off stage, whose wall-shaking voice has earned her a place at cutting- edge roots music festivals like Muddy Roots, SXSW, AmerianaFest, Mountain Top, Cowboy Fest, and the Rochester International Jazz Festival.

She’s a self-produced, self-released independent artist who has been featured in major media outlets like CMT, Parade Magazine, The Boot, Music Row, Glide, and Cowboys and Indians, garnering the attention from Nashville big-wigs.

But when you sing this well and play like hell, who do you have to answer to anyways?