Rebecca Folsom

Anderson Fair presents Rebecca Folsom.

Rebecca Folsom’s near four-octave range earns her a respectable seat in the same room as vocalists Whitney Houston and Queen’s Freddie Mercury. Add in the soulfulness of Etta James, the abandon of Janis Joplin, a touch of folk songstress Joni Mitchell and that is Rebecca.

While her range is impressive, it’s the expression in her voice that rivets your attention and stays with you long after the show ends. Rebecca’s voice pours from an inner source of honest emotion, flowing from lilting tenderness to fully liberated, unbridled release. Her poetic songs open your heart, setting free a vulnerability you didn’t realize was locked away and inviting you to embrace life with all of its joy, sorrow, passion, and love.

Rebecca writes inspiring tales of human heartbreak, redemption, and freedom. She shares those songs with exquisite intimacy in a solo performance, with soaring and angelic harmonies in a duo or trio, and with blazing grooves from her incredibly talented band. With all of Rebecca’s ensembles, you experience the hot spark of the Wild Wild West uniquely mixed with the spiritual Zen of her upbringing in Boulder, Colorado.

“What I love most in life is being on stage singing, with people connecting and  loving the music, having their hearts opened, dancing, singing along.  I absolutely love it.”

Rebecca’s song “Girls Like Us” charted at  number 4 on the national Folk/DJ chart and top 40 on  Roots/Americana and College radio. She has performed on  BBC radio and television in Northern Ireland, Nashville’s Bluebird,  Opryland, and Tin Pan South stages, New York’s Bitterend and  Falcon Ridge Music Festival, Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas, and  Colorado’s own Rocky Mountain Folks Festival and Red Rocks  Amphitheatre.

Rebecca delights audiences as she transmits messages filled with hope,  passion, and love. Her latest CD, “Reunion”, which Boulder Magazine describes  as “achingly beautiful,” is a fusion of songs, paintings, and poetry that rushed  forth after a two-year period requiring her to go deep into the realm of  shadows and healing. She returns with creative treasures, each an elixir holding  the promise of liberation.

Reunion brings Rebecca full circle, masterfully reflecting  the trinity of her life’s work as a singer/songwriter, an artist with a Bachelor of Fine  Arts (BFA) degree, and an author with two published books of poetry.  In addition to an extensive performance schedule, Rebecca teaches Songwriting and  The Art of Vocal Freedom workshops.

“I want to help people, in whatever form I can, break down barriers – help free  them to live more openly, authentically, and with confidence that their dreams are  possible and truly valued.”