She calls herself a singer-songwriter, but as soon as Rebecca Loebe leans into the first notes of “Give Up Your Ghosts,” her first release for Blue Corn Music (Feb. 6, 2019), that definition starts to seem woefully inadequate.
Rebecca Loebe is not just another talent. She’s a sophisticated, mature writer with a relevant point of view and an assured, nuanced voice that’s both elegant and earthy, powerful and delicate, with a range and depth she hints at more than flashes. When the moment’s right, however, she’ll glide up a scale like Norah Jones, or drop right into a crag in Fiona Apple’s sidewalk.
But timing and delivery alone don’t make an artist. There’s got to be substance as well, and Loebe fearlessly probes the rawest corners of her psyche to find it. “There’s a lot of me talking to myself,” she says. “I’m writing a lot of empowerment jams these days, and I think it’s because it’s what I need. I’ve written albums full of what I needed to say, but this album is full of songs I need to hear.”
And now she’s on a guerrilla mission to share messages others need to hear as well. “I like to write catchy songs about topics that are meaningful to me, but use fun hooks to put words in people’s mouths,” Loebe admits. “My favorite thing is to get people singing along before they even realize they’re singing about women’s equality or their own self-worth.”
Before signing her first record deal last year, Loebe had made her national television debut on the first season of The Voice (her version of Nirvana’s “Come as You Are” charted worldwide and landed on the show’s first compilation album) and been declared a winner at the Kerrville New Folk songwriting competition.
Catch this award-winning songwriter and internationally recognized singer in concert with her full band this spring, as she celebrates the release of her fifth studio album, “Give Up Your Ghosts,” across the US and Europe.
Adam Levine (of Maroon 5) said of Loebe, “I love listening to you sing, in a genuine way…”
“She wraps her rich, honeyed voice around a mix of nuanced Americana and pop numbers.” The Chicago Tribune.
Album Release Tour Dates :
February 7 – Dallas, TX @ Poor David’s Pub
February 8 – Houston, TX @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
February 9 – Austin, TX @ The Saxon Pub
February 10 – Oklahoma City @ The Blue Door
February 13-15 – Montreal, QB @ Folk Alliance International
February 20 – Cambridge, MA @ Club Passim
February 21 – Bellows Falls, VT @ Windham Ballroom
February 22 – Portland, ME @ Oxbow Beer
February 23 – Portsmouth, NH @ Book & Bar
February 24 – Egremont, MA @ The Egremont Barn
February 26 – New York City, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall
February 28 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Loft at Sona
March 1 – Thomas, WV @ The Purple Fiddle
March 2 – Ashland, VA @ Ashland Coffee & Tea
March 3 – Vienna, VA @ Jammin’ Java
March 7 – Buffton, SC @ The Roasting Room
March 9 – Decatur, GA @ Eddie’s Attic
March 10 – Nashville, TN @ Analog at Hutton Hotel
March 27 – Lancashire, UK @ 13 The Warehouse
March 28 – Guisfield, UK @ White House
March 29 – High Wycombe @ Kingsmead Concerts
March 30 – Exeter, UK @ St. James Church
March 31 – London, UK @ The Green Note
April 4 – Limerick, IRE @ University of Limerick
April 5 – Cork, IRE @ University College of Cork
April 10 – Dublin, IRE @ International Bar
April 12 – Steendham, NL @ Podium Cafe
April 13 – Duisburg, DE @ Where the Birds Fly
April 14 – Zwolle, NL @ Cultuurschip Thor
April 16 – Nijmegen, NL @ Ramble On
April 18 – Den Haag, NL @ DiamantTheater
April 19 – Stadskanaal, NL @ Blueprint Radio
April 19 – Oldeberkoop, NL @ Cafe ’t Keerpunt
April 20 – Leusden, NL @ In The Woods
April 21 – Haarlem, NL @ Taverne de Waag
April 22 – Eindhoven, NL @ Meneer Fritz
May 10 – Spring Lake, MI @ Seven Steps Up
May 17 – Cedar Rapids, IA @ CSPS
May 18 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Warming House
May 19 – Chicago, IL @ Uncommon Grounds
May 30 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Cafe
June 1 – San Francisco @ The Lost Church
