Rachel Price has come a long way from her hometown of O'Neill, Nebraska to pursue her dream, moving to Nashville three years ago and working hard to hone her craft. Now, the talented Price continues this journey in 2018, finishing a three month stint opening for The Wind and The Wave #Human Being Tour 2018 (along with Haley Johnsen and Jesse Ruben) and releasing a new single "Sunshine & Rainbows," the first from her forthcoming EP set for release in 2018.
2017 was quite a year for Price. She released her debut EP "Home", toured and launched a campaign to help Victims of Hurricane Harvey, sold "Home" t-shirts ("Home", being the name of her recently released EP) and donated proceeds to rebuildtx.org to benefit victims in cities along the Gulf Coast. She also performed on her own unique United States tour, visiting and donating partial proceeds from her shows to animal shelters in all tour markets and has spent time in the studio recording a new EP for a Spring release.
Price acquired her first guitar when she was 11, and started recording pop, rock and R&B covers, posting them online. When she headed off to college, her plan was to become a veterinarian. She kept posting songs though, and her music caught the attention of two producers in Los Angeles.
"We wrote songs over Skype, and then I went to L.A. and we recorded four of them in the studio," says Price. "It was an amazing experience."
One of those songs was "Little Nebraska Town", Price's ode to the communal excitement of hometown Friday night football games. A former teacher of Price's introduced her to internationally renowned photographer and Nebraskan Bill Frakes, who was working with the Nebraska Tourism Commission on content for The Nebraska Project, an initiative and website celebrating the people, places and stories that are the essence of the state.
"A video was created for my song, which was used to spotlight the culture of football in Nebraska," says Price. "It got more than a million views. Having so many people relate to something I wrote sparked my interest in making music for the rest of my life."
Price took a break from school, and with the support of her parents, moved to Nashville in 2014 so that she could be in an environment surrounded by the music industry.
"There is so much energy and so many people to feed off of creatively here," she says. "It forces me to be really uncomfortable on a daily basis — in a good way. In new situations, I'm learning how to adapt. And writing music here is an everyday thing. I love it."
In 2016, Price connected with Australian-born, Nashville-based producer, composer, and musician Michael Flanders. She co-wrote four of the six songs on her first EP with Michael's wife Chaise — a noted songwriter herself — and son Ben. The title track "Home" was wholly Price's, and "Falling off the Earth" is a collaboration with singer-songwriter Luke Wade.
Outside of music, Price continues taking courses toward her college degree. She's switched majors and is now focused on interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis on business. She's an avid dog sitter and walker, an avocation that both gives her the animal lover fix she needs, and serves as a reliable "day job" — that is, until she fulfills her dream of "making a living just making music." Price will release her new EP in 2018.
Last Updated: May 31, 2021
