| Rachel Blumberg | |
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 Rachel Blumberg playing drums for Bright
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| Background information | |
| Genres | Indie Pop, folk rock |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Instruments | drums, percussion, vocals, ukelele, banjo, accordion, piano |
| Associated acts | Norfolk & Western, M Ward, The Decemberists, She & Him, Jolie Holland |
Rachel Blumberg is a Portland, Oregon native, and member of many locally based indie bands, including Sissyface, Boycrazy, Norfolk & Western, The Minders (briefly), M Ward and The Decemberists.[1]
She spent most of 2007 lending her drumming and singing talents to the touring Omaha indie band Bright Eyes on the Four Winds and Cassadaga tour.[1] In 2007 and early 2008 she recorded new records with Norfolk & Western, M. Ward, and Jolie Holland.[2]
In addition to drums and singing she plays ukelele, banjo, accordion, piano, and other various stringed, electronic and/or percussion instruments.[1]
She is also a visual artist and has shown her work in Portland, Oregon and Omaha, Nebraska. Notable musicians who own her work include Jonathan Richman, Matthew Caws of Nada Surf, Jenny Conlee of The Decemberists, and Laura Veirs.
She is the daughter of Naomi Blumberg, a Portland cellist and President Emerita of the Oregon Cello Society.
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