Rachael Kilgour

I've been quietly working on a collection of songs about my dad since his death three years ago. This Father's Day, I'd like to share them with you! Some of the songs are bittersweet, as songs about the people we…

There was a time when I felt hollowed out like a pumpkin at Halloween - like someone had scraped my insides clean and my ribcage was in danger of collapsing. Today the feeling is different, but it still lives somewhere…

Well, how are you holding up? 

When the pandemic first hit, I found myself motivated to greet the uncertainty with presence and connection. My days were filled with cooking and yard work and long walks and community organizing and phone…

Dear friends, 

I decided to take a little time to collect myself before reaching out. 

How are you? 

I am feeling grateful for the relationships in my life, for my steady housing situation, for the solace I find in music…

This month my partner Sara Pajunen and I release our first album as a duo (Sound an Echo)! And We'll All Go Together is a sweet, homemade little project that was recorded in a cabin in northern Massachusetts. Head on…

Thanks to the women at Curve Magazine (Janelle and Melany Joy Beck) for the thoughtful article about my work!

Have you heard Rachael's collaboration with Sara Pajunen in "Sound an Echo"? You definitely should!

Head on over to https://www.patreon.com/soundanecho to find out how to get their new work delivered to your inbox once a month.

Thanks to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Star Tribune for the lovely write up! I'm very grateful to writer Neal Justin for taking the time to talk and listen to my work:

This week Rolling Stone featured the new single, "Holy Are We" in their list of top ten Country and Americana Songs - along side a little songwriter you may have heard of by the name of...DOLLY PARTON. Feeling very happy…

Head on over to http://bit.ly/Holy-Are-we and have a listen! 

I have been very fortunate in my life - born to a family and surrounded by a community that readily accepted me and the women I have loved. I am…

We did it! On September 23rd, the Kickstarter campaign for GAME CHANGER closed with a total of $8,281

I hope you all know how deeply appreciative I am. 

Sometimes running a crowdfunding campaign can leave you feeling a…

...Doesn't kill anyone but hopefully, it makes them think.

Introducing my new music-making companion: an OM series hand built by legendary New England luthier, Alan Carruth. I had a magical time visiting Alan at his shop in NH…