“...a heartfelt slice of master crafted indie folk brimming with the battle-tested capacity to endure the worst in others.”
RACHAEL KILGOUR
Rachael Kilgour's exquisite fourth full-length collection, My Father Loved Me, is a tribute to her late father, produced by JUNO Award-winning songwriter Rose Cousins and recorded in the senior Kilgour's native Canada. In the spare, often gutting language for which she is known, Kilgour gives us a complex portrait of a man as seen through his daughter's eyes. With unwavering acuity she poses questions about identity, inheritance, and grief, and affirms the value of one ordinary working man's life to an often indifferent world.
Like her father, Kilgour is a hard worker. She comes by her considerable skills honestly, honing her craft over the past decade in listening rooms, festivals, concert halls, and recording studios, and picking up accolades along the way. Kilgour first attained notoriety outside her native Duluth, MN as the grand prize winner of the 2015 international NewSong Music Performance & Songwriting Competition and winner of the 2017 Kerrville New Folk Contest. She has been featured at NYC’s Lincoln Center, at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and at the Sundance Film Festival. Her oft-noted “unapologetic lyrics” (Rolling Stone) and “master crafted indie folk” sensibilities (Billboard) are on full display in this latest collection of songs.
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PRESS COVERAGE
"Rachael Kilgour's unapologetic lyrics are a real treat." (Rolling Stone)
"Rachael Kilgour Premieres Poignant, Battle-Tested Indie Folk Song 'Deep Bruises'" (Billboard)
"...one of the most heartwarming and yet heartbreaking tributes to family one can imagine" (Ottawa Life Magazine)
"Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rachael Kilgour shares heartfelt single in advance of Father's Day" (Canadian Beats)
"Rachael Kilgour is folk music's Next Big Thing" (Star Tribune)
"Rachael Kilgour, 'Rabbit in the Road' - full of tenderness" (Impose Magazine)