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Rachael Price

Rachael Price (born August 30, 1985) is an Australian-American jazz and blues singer, known for her work as the lead singer for the band Lake Street Dive. She was born in Sydney, Australia, and grew up in Tennessee, graduating from the New England Conservatory of Music. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Seventh-day Adventist leader George McCready Price, the granddaughter of Hollywood actor John Shelton, and the daughter of composer and conductor Tom Price.[2]

Rachael Price

(1985-08-30) August 30, 1985
Sydney, Australia[1]

Singer

2004–present

Claire Vision, Signature Sounds, Nonesuch

Lake Street Dive[edit]

Price performs with Lake Street Dive, a band she started with Michael Calabrese, Bridget Kearney, and Mike (“McDuck”) Olson, who first met as students at the New England Conservatory of Music.


With help from an award by the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, Lake Street Dive recorded In this episode..., their debut album in 2006. They started touring soon afterwards.[8][9] Nonesuch released the album Side Pony in February 2016.[10] Their previous album, Bad Self Portraits, was released in February 2014.[9]

Rachael & Vilray[edit]

Rachael Price and the guitarist and singer Vilray also met as students at the New England Conservatory, in 2003.[11] Under the name Rachael & Vilray, the duo perform jazz, pop, and Tin Pan Alley songs from the 1930s and 1940s.[12] Nonesuch released their self-titled first album in 2019.[13]

Hot Tuna[edit]

In 2015 Price toured with Hot Tuna on the Jefferson Airplane 50th Anniversary tour. She sang Grace Slick's parts.[14][15]

Personal life[edit]

Price has been married to Canadian singer-songwriter Taylor Ashton since 2019.[16]

Dedicated to You (Claire Vision, 2003)

The Good Hours (Claire Vision, 2008)

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Rachael & Vilray (, 2019)

Nonesuch

I Love a Love Song (Nonesuch, 2023)

(2011)

Live at the Lizard Lounge

Lake Street Dive

Rachael & Vilray