RAINY EYES (New Orleans, LA)
https://www.rainyeyesmusic.com/
Rainy Eyes (Irena Eide) is a Norwegian-born Americana singer-songwriter. She lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for over a decade and is now based in New Orleans. Rainy Eyes has been writing music, performing, and touring throughout the US for the past decade. Both solo and with a band, her performances have a spellbinding, inspiring effect and a soulful, heartfelt and timeless sound with tight-knit harmonies, melodious solos, and thoughtful songwriting.
Born out of revelry and resolution in a redwood cabin tucked into the California coast, endowed with a spirit simmering in wanderlust, and ornamented with the rich traditions of the Louisiana bayou, latest album ” Lonesome Highway” marks the resilient return of Rainy Eyes. Its eleven songs are punctuated with perseverance and perspective that sober up the soul and send it back stronger onto the blacktop. If Rainy’s 2019 folk-infused debut, “Moon in the Mirror”, revealed the truth, “Lonesome Highway” tells of the consequences.
• Latest album Lonesome Highway released July 2024 on Royal Potato Family records, produced by Dirk Powell and featuring guests appearances by Sam Grisman, Ric Robertson and more
• Rocking Magpie review of new album
• Video Lonesome Highway | Live in Asheville, NC | New Orleans Jazz Museum
• Recent festivals include New Orleans Jazz Fest, Levitt Pavilion Gallup, AVL Fest, Sonomy Mountain Music Festival, UC Berkeley Redwood Concerts Series, Fete du Void and more
• Recent support slots include Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, Jerry Joseph, Mother Hips, Jackie Greene, Peter Rowan, Patterson Hood, Truth and Salvage Company and more
I really love “You Just Want What You Can’t Have.” It’s a great song, very well produced and Rainy’s an awesome singer -she really jumps out of the speakers! That track could easily be nominated for Americana record of the year.” – DON WAS
“Lonesome Highway sounds like a version of country music that was dreamed up somewhere far away from the rest of the world.” – Holler Country