Rebecca Rippy
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Rebecca Rippy is an American singer/songwriter, most notably in the roots country and Americana genres. She was born to a musical family and grew up singing gospel music, picking up a guitar and starting to write at 19 years of age. She has released two critically acclaimed records, Secrets (2008), and Telling Stories (2009). She has played or shared the stage with such well-known acts and artists as REM producer Don Dixon
, Leon Russell
, Lucy Kaplansky
, Tony Rice
, Donna the Buffalo
, Jim Lauderdale
, Bill Mallonee
and the Vigilantes of Love, blues legend Tinsley Ellis
, John Cowan
, Rhonda Vincent
, Danielle Howle
, and Old Crow Medicine Show
, and has become a regular performer at such prestigious songwriter venues as the Bluebird Café
in Nashville, TN, and at the Neighborhood Theater in Charlotte, NC.
Both her debut record, "Secrets", and her 2009 release "Telling Stories" were produced by longtime music industry veteran Jamie Hoover, a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and recording engineer who has worked with Hootie and the Blowfish, The Smithereens
, and Don Dixon
and the Jump Rabbits, to name a few, and is the leader of his own critically acclaimed band, the Spongetones. Telling Stories also features a duet with Don Dixon
(early producer for REM, and collaborator with many acclaimed artists, including Mary Chapin Carpenter
, Joe Cocker
, Counting Crows
, James McMurtry
, and more.) The song "It's October", from Telling Stories, was released as a music video in December 2009. Telling Stories debuted in the Americana charts in January 2010, and hit a peak position in the National Roots Country top 40 of #20.
Her live band from 2008 - 2010 consisted of accomplished musicians and industry veterans Terry Wheeler (acoustic guitar, vocals), Brian Doell (bass), Scott McLaughlin (drums/percussion), Victoria McLaughlin (cello), and producer/guitarist Doug Barnhill.
Don Dixon
Don Dixon is a record producer, songwriter, musician, bass guitarist, and very occasional actor. He is originally from South Carolina.-Biography:Don Dixon was born on December 13, 1950 in Lancaster, South Carolina...
, Leon Russell
Leon Russell
Claude Russell Bridges , known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music....
, Lucy Kaplansky
Lucy Kaplansky
Lucy Kaplansky is an American folk musician based in New York City. Kaplansky also has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University.-Biography:...
, Tony Rice
Tony Rice
Tony Rice is an American acoustic guitarist and bluegrass musician. He is considered one of the most influential acoustic guitar players in bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, newgrass and acoustic jazz.Rice spans the range of acoustic music, from traditional bluegrass to jazz-influenced New...
, Donna the Buffalo
Donna the Buffalo
Donna the Buffalo is a band from Trumansburg, New York. They play both originals and covers....
, Jim Lauderdale
Jim Lauderdale
Jim Lauderdale is a musician & singer-songwriter who performs bluegrass and country music. He has recorded since 1986 and has released nineteen studio albums. Artists who have recorded his material include George Strait and Patty Loveless.-Biography:...
, Bill Mallonee
Bill Mallonee
Bill Mallonee is the songwriter and leader of Vigilantes of Love, an Americana/Alt-Country/Rock band from Athens, Georgia. Though the Vigilantes disbanded in 2001 and recently reformed in 2008, Mallonee continues writing, singing, and playing his music solo...
and the Vigilantes of Love, blues legend Tinsley Ellis
Tinsley Ellis
Tinsley Ellis is an American blues and rock musician, who grew up in southern Florida.-Biography:...
, John Cowan
John Cowan
John Cowan is an American soul music and progressive bluegrass vocalist and bass guitar player. He was the lead vocalist and bass player for the New Grass Revival...
, Rhonda Vincent
Rhonda Vincent
Rhonda Lea Vincent is a bluegrass singer, songwriter, mandolin player, guitarist, and fiddle player.Her musical career started as a child in her family's band, The Sally Mountain Show, and has spanned almost four decades...
, Danielle Howle
Danielle Howle
Danielle Howle is an American singer-songwriter. After releasing an early song on a Columbia, SC music sampler, she joined the Columbia band Lay Quiet Awhile, which had been formed by brothers Dan and Phil Cook in 1989 and had released two EPs...
, and Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show is an old-time string band based in Nashville, Tennessee. Their music has been called bluegrass, Americana, and alt-country, in addition to old-time. Along with original songs, the band performs many pre-World War II blues and folk songs...
, and has become a regular performer at such prestigious songwriter venues as the Bluebird Café
Bluebird cafe
The Bluebird Cafe is a music club in Nashville, Tennessee that opened in 1982. The club is famous for intimate, acoustic music performed by its composers...
in Nashville, TN, and at the Neighborhood Theater in Charlotte, NC.
Both her debut record, "Secrets", and her 2009 release "Telling Stories" were produced by longtime music industry veteran Jamie Hoover, a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and recording engineer who has worked with Hootie and the Blowfish, The Smithereens
The Smithereens
The Smithereens are a rock band from Carteret, New Jersey, United States. The group formed in 1980 with members Pat DiNizio , Jim Babjak , Mike Mesaros , and Dennis Diken...
, and Don Dixon
Don Dixon
Don Dixon is a record producer, songwriter, musician, bass guitarist, and very occasional actor. He is originally from South Carolina.-Biography:Don Dixon was born on December 13, 1950 in Lancaster, South Carolina...
and the Jump Rabbits, to name a few, and is the leader of his own critically acclaimed band, the Spongetones. Telling Stories also features a duet with Don Dixon
Don Dixon
Don Dixon is a record producer, songwriter, musician, bass guitarist, and very occasional actor. He is originally from South Carolina.-Biography:Don Dixon was born on December 13, 1950 in Lancaster, South Carolina...
(early producer for REM, and collaborator with many acclaimed artists, including Mary Chapin Carpenter
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Mary Chapin Carpenter is an American folk and country music artist. Carpenter spent several years singing in Washington, D.C. clubs before signing in the late 1980s with Columbia Records, who marketed her as a country singer...
, Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE is an English rock and blues musician, composer and actor, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles...
, Counting Crows
Counting Crows
Counting Crows is an American rock band originating from Berkeley, California. Formed in 1991, the group gained popularity following the release of its debut album in 1993, August and Everything After, which featured the hit single "Mr. Jones"...
, James McMurtry
James McMurtry
James McMurtry is a Texas rock/Texas Country singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader and occasional actor...
, and more.) The song "It's October", from Telling Stories, was released as a music video in December 2009. Telling Stories debuted in the Americana charts in January 2010, and hit a peak position in the National Roots Country top 40 of #20.
Her live band from 2008 - 2010 consisted of accomplished musicians and industry veterans Terry Wheeler (acoustic guitar, vocals), Brian Doell (bass), Scott McLaughlin (drums/percussion), Victoria McLaughlin (cello), and producer/guitarist Doug Barnhill.