Rachel Sermanni

Rachel Sermanni “Big Desire” – past imperfect

September 19, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Rachel Sermanni’s latest album on navigator Records is called ‘Dreamer Awake’ and it was released last Friday. ‘Big Desire’, from that album, is the most recent single and comes via an unusual route being written after […]

What’s another year? Tim Martin looks back on 2021

December 15, 2021 Tim Martin 1

While I’m not suggesting that Johnny Logan’s Eurovision winner was a best song of any year, 2021 has been a cracking year for Americana. Looking back at my album reviews I have given more 8 and […]

Rachel Sermanni “Swallow Me”

June 17, 2021 Tim Martin 0

An intimate, meditative EP of thought-provoking songs. Rachel Sermanni follows a path worn by other Scottish singers like Karine Polwart and Kim Edgar in taking a basic Joni Mitchell template and giving it a Celtic spin. […]

Video: Rachel Sermanni “Swallow Me”

April 19, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Musically and visually simple, in the best possible sense, here is ‘Swallow Me’ from Rachel Sermanni. The unfussy approach puts the emphasis on the beautiful vocal melody and the sensitive lyrics and themes. There’s an understated […]

Rachel Sermanni “So It Turns” (Independent, 2019)

September 25, 2019 Ben Roberts 0

Breaking out of Scotland, Rachel Sermanni gifts us her 3rd full length release ‘So It Turns’. Sermanni opted to release this record independently after previously working alongside Rough Trade Records and Middle of the Road Recordings. […]