Raina Rose is so cool. A friend for many years, she moves through the world as a mom, friend, artist, and human in a way I really admire - in tune with the earth & her community. She grew up in Portland and I feel like you can hear the sound of the Pacific Northwest in her gorgeous folk tunes. (Her album Caldera is a fave!)

Raina has toured relentlessly for the better part of the last ten years, supporting such acts as Jill Sobule, The Bacon Brothers, Loudon Wainwright III and Tracy Grammer, and sharing the stage with contemporaries such as John Elliott, Rebecca Loebe, Jonathan Byrd, AJ Roach, and Anthony da Costa. Now married to bass player, Andrew Pressman (Jimmie LaFave, Sam Baker, Ben Kweller, Carrie Elkin) and a mother of two young boys, Raina tours less often and more succinctly.

After 8 years of living in a car and playing over 200 dates a year, this is a welcome change. Her travels have taken her everywhere across the USA and Europe, including such venues and gigs as the High Sierra Music Festival, Vancouver Island Music Festival, The Kerrville Folk Festival, The Cactus Cafe (Austin, TX), The Kessler Theater (Dallas, TX), Club Passim (Boston, MA), and The Birchmere (Alexandria, VA).

After becoming a mom, Raina made a really cool pivot into the world of herbal skincare & launched her Folk Potions line several years ago & now you can't go to Kerrville Folk Festival without seeing bottles of her Magic Face Oil & salves everywhere.

I loved talking to her about all of this & where she is now in her career (about to release a new album yay!) & motherhood. She was one of the first mamas I reached out to when I became pregnant to ask for advice so it was special to revisit that time & journey into the present. Enjoy!

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