Rachel Sermanni is a Scottish based singer/songwriter that makes the mundane moments mystical: shock-positive pregnancy tests in train-station toilets, coffee machine breakages, cold river swims, the regret of not saying ‘I love You', the moon & how it pulls, bare feet on wood floors, the soft glow of a house plant, ‘what even is consciousness?’, strange dreams lingering in quiet mornings…
She brims with dreamy indie-folk pop that speaks of the struggle and desire to Flow, to love, to live, to feel. Sometimes, her songs speak of the rare moments of quiet-still, found in the midst of this struggle & desire.
Rachel’s most recent offering is her 4th studio album : Dreamer Awake. An in depth assortment of playful and candid vignettes, peeping into life: after birth, after separation and in the wake of recognising the internalised conditionings of patriarchy. She seeks to be honest with herself and her environment. She seeks to express from this raw place. She seeks to speak from the descent, the plateaus, the dream-catchings and contemplations of womanhood. There are no conclusions to be drawn. It is a call to arms, of sorts, to wake up and dream the future, to dismiss the external for a minute and tend to the inner landscape of heart and mind. To not be distracted. To focus on the light and the shadow in equal measure.
Since the release of Dreamer Awake, Rachel has become a mother for the second time and continues to explore this experience while offering her songs and also her insights into creativity.
https://www.rachelsermanni.com
https://www.instagram.com/rachelsermanni
https://www.facebook.com/RachelSermanni
Special Guest Jessie Monk
Jessie Monk is an Australian artist, based between Melbourne/Naarm and Berlin. She weaves new stories with old threads, inspired by ancient myth, the celtic and appalacian folk traditions and more experimental art forms such as butoh and neu-music. Jessie Monk (often with her band) creates an atmosphere of tangible and, at the same time, experimental folklore and thoughtfulness, enchanting audiences with soaring and mystical compositions filled with poetry, symbol, dreams and humanity. Her sound is reminiscent of Joni Mitchell, Sam Amidon or Anna Mieke while her lyrics are inspired by the likes of Rilke and Ovid. Also an actress and a dancer, Jessie has played in major musicals including the Australian Premier of David Bowie’s, Lazarus and the Australian tour of Anais Mitchell’s, Hadestown. In 2023, she released her debut, ‘Boundless Folk' LP, Rolling Stone Magazine - Continually Becoming - and is now touring her sophomore album - Mis O’ The Mountains - a concept album based on the myth of an ancient celtic goddess named Mis, which has been nominated for Contemporary Folk Album of the Year, 2025 by the Australian Folk Music Alliance.
https://jessiemonkmusic.com.au
https://www.instagram.com/jessiemonkmusic
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