Old Sky New

When I Dream Of You

If I Were A Child

Stuck In The House All Day

Please Don't Wake Me Up

Please Don't Wake Me Up (or Bring Me Down)

Somewhere Waiting For Me

Life Goes On

I'll Never Change

Rachel Drew grew up singing 3-part harmony with her parents, getting lost in songs on the family piano, and dancing wildly to dusty classical records. She's now a musical fixture in Chicago. Her full-length second album “Old Sky New” is set to release March 2024, eight years after her first album, "Under the Sun" (2016). "Summer's Over" is the first single off the new album.

See www.racheldrew.com to pre-order the album and see tour dates.

Track Credits:
Rachel Drew: Songwriter, Vocals, Handclaps
John Szymanski: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Handclaps
Cathie Van Wert Menard: Violin
Michael Krayniak: Bass
Jason Batchko: Drums
Blaise Barton: Recording Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer at Grammy-Winning Joyride Studio, Chicago

℗2023 Rachel Drew
Registered with BMI, 2023

Summer's Over

Old Friend

This is the second song from Rachel's upcoming album, Old Sky New, to be released March 28, 2024.

CREDITS 
Rachel Drew: songwriting, singing
Cathie Van Wert Menard: fiddle
John Szymanski: guitars
Alton Smith: accordion
Michael Krayniak: bass
Jason Batchko: drums, castanets, tambourine, conga, cymbal swells
Recorded/Mixed/Mastered by Blaise Barton at Joyride Studios, Chicago

LYRICS
I am the night, I live in the cold
My body is very, very old
I dance around you, white and gold
And I blaze, I blaze for you

So many nights, you might see me smile
So many nights, been smiling for a while
I pull at you, and I beguile
And I blaze, I blaze for you

A silent dance, a silent heart
Been falling from the start
I'm closer now, though we are far apart
And I blaze, I blaze for you

I am your moon, you are my sun
Your oceans follow when I run
I'll shape your mountain til I'm done
And I blaze, I blaze for you
I blaze, I blaze for you
I blaze, blaze for you
Oo ooooo ooooo

BMI Rachel Drew (c) 2023 and the US Copyright Office

Blaze for You

Forever Wishing

This is the third single from the upcoming full-length album, Old Sky New (set for a March 2024 release).
lyrics
If my heart was made for you
And your heart was made for me
You would know that this was true
And that we were meant to be

You would feel it in your knees
Undisputed destiny
You would see it through the trees
That’s if you were made for me

The heart, it knows, it knows, it knows
Oh, the heart, it knows

If my heart were made for you
To keep you warm when you were cold
To keep you safe til trouble’s through
Baby, we would know it in our soul
You would be the first to know
You would always let it show
Whoa, you would never let me go
That’s if you were made for me

The heart, it knows, it knows, it knows
Oh, the heart, it knows

If my heart were made for you...
credits
released January 19, 2024
Rachel Drew: Songwriter, Vocals
John Szymanski: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Sax Arrangement
Alton Smith: Organ, Piano
Chloe F. Orwell: Sax
Michael Krayniak: Bass, Instrumental Bridge Arrangement
Jason Batchko: Drums, Percussion
Blaise Barton: Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixing Engineer,
Mastering Engineer at Grammy-Winning Joyride Studio
Single Release Date: January 19, 2024
Registered: RACHEL DREW BMI

If My Heart Was Made For You (Single Version)

If My Heart Was Made For You

An edited-down version of my interview today on WNUR on Kathy Kelly's Folk Show. We play Blaze For You, along with 3 unreleased tracks from Old Sky New: 
- I'll Never Change
- If My Heart Was Made For You 
- If I Were A Child

Rachel Drew with Kathy Kelly Interview on the WNUR Folk Show November 5, 2023

Que4Radio 12/12/2023

John Szymanski and I were grateful to spend an hour talking with and singing for Tom Jackson on his WLUW show, "Somebody Else's Troubles" to discuss the release of the album, "Old Sky New." Take a listen!

Rachel Drew & John Szymanski live on WLUW with Tom Jackson to discuss the release of "Old Sky New"

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (cover)
Live at Hideout in Phil Angotti's Happy/Sad show, August 5, 2015
accompanied by Phil Angotti, Tom Ryan, and Josh Lava



How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (cover) - Live at Hideout with Phil Angotti, Tom Ryan, and Josh Lava

Alton Smith, Gerald Dowd, John Mead, Rachel Drew, Steve Dawson
Engineered/mixed by John Abbey
Mastered by Blaise Barton
Released February 2016

I Never Would

We ended with "You're Wondering Now," which was the last song Amy Winehouse performed (John Perrin's suggestion). 
Band: Rachel Drew, Casey McDonough, John Perrin, Tony Richards, Alton Smith
Place: Martyrs' Chicago
Date: June 1, 2017

You're Wondering Now (cover)

Rachel Drew is a singer-songwriter from Chicago. She grew up in a musical family and is known for her voice and her catchy, self-penned tunes that blend blues, country, pop, folk, and retro soul. "Old Sky New" is her newest album, recorded with Blaise Barton at Grammy-winning Joyride Studios. It features John Szymanski, Alton Smith, Cathie Van Wert Menard, Michael Krayniak, Jason Batchko, and Chloe F. Orwell. Alan Harrison of The Rocking Magpie writes, “There’s something of a hint of Dusty in Memphis, minus the strings here; as Rachel actually has a similar breathy and pearlescent voice that reels you in, and before you know it you’re sitting totally engrossed in the offering coming out of the speakers... the arrangements are pure Laurel Canyon at its height when Linda Ronstadt and Mama Cass could do no wrong.” See www.racheldrew.com for more.

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