Rachel Lauren

When hiring Rachel, you can be sure she will take care of all the important details to make the music for your event a memorable experience. She can bring any combination of musicians requested as well as sound equipment for most events. Depending on the type of event, Rachel is comfortable blending into the background to create a requested ambiance or taking center stage and adopting the role of MC. She is on time, communicative and excited to help bring your event dreams to life!

Singing classic jazz standards fueled by raw emotion and an innovative style, Rachel Lauren is an artist who will not only delight your ear, but also revive your spirit. Rachel’s ability to appeal to fans in her own age range in addition to long time jazz listeners sets her apart from other young artists. With the self-release of her first album Away From the Crowd in 2007, and second album If Ever in 2013, Rachel has succeeded in stepping away from the anonymity of the larger music scene and into a spotlight of her very own. The recipient of the prestigious Lamont Dozier Scholar award at USC, Rachel has toured the world performing. She has been seen on the David Letterman show and featured at Grammys, major USC events and David Fosters Starry Night. Rachel has also shared the stage with greats such as Randy Newman, Mike Garson, Tierney Sutton, Peter Erskine , Big Bad Voo Doo Daddy, Chris Botti and Dave Koz. In 2013, Rachel Lauren teamed up with composer Brian Carmody for the title track of the hit documentary SOMM. "There's No Black or White" made the short list for a Best Song Oscar nomination.

Most recently, after the birth of her son Rowan, Rachel has taken to the digital stage performing 3-4 nights a week virtually reaching crowds of up to 12,000. She often records live albums from requests and releases them on her Patreon Page. Rachels Christmas album, produced by Glee’s Derik Nelson, hit the digital market on November 7th and very quickly garnered over 70,000 streams. She has been reposted and recognized by James Taylor, Marc Cohn and many others over the past year. Rachel is currently working on seven different collaborations with established jazz and pop artists that she plans to release over the next few months.