Occupation(s) Musician Name Rachel Blumberg | Role Drummer | |
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Albums I'm Wide Awake - It's Morning, The People's Key, Fevers and Mirrors, Lifted or The Story is in the S, Digital Ash in a Digital Urn Similar Jenny Conlee, Nate Query, John Moen, Chris Funk, Petra Haden | ||
Rachel Blumberg with The Portland Cello Project mvmt 1
Portland Cello Project with Rachel Blumberg playing Norfolk and Western
Rachel Chaiya Blumberg (born February 10, 1969) is an American drummer and singer, best known for her tenure as the drummer for the indie rock band The Decemberists.
Contents
- Rachel Blumberg with The Portland Cello Project mvmt 1
- Portland Cello Project with Rachel Blumberg playing Norfolk and Western
- Early life
- Career
- Norfolk Western
- Otterpop aka Bunny Summer
- Sissyface
- Boycrazy
- The Decemberists
- M Ward
- Robert Deeble
- Douglas Shepherd
- Corrina Repp
- She and Him
- Jolie Holland
- References
Early life
Blumberg was born in Portland, Oregon in 1969. She is the daughter of Naomi Blumberg, a Portland cellist and President Emerita of the Oregon Cello Society, and Bernie Blumberg, a professional musician and a public school music teacher, supervisor and principal.
Career
In addition to drumming for The Decemberists, Blumberg was a member of many Portland-based indie bands, including Sissyface, Boycrazy, Norfolk & Western, The Minders (briefly) and M. Ward's backing band.
She spent most of 2007 lending her drumming and singing talents to the touring Omaha indie band Bright Eyes on the Four Winds and Cassadaga tour. In 2007 and early 2008, she recorded new records with Norfolk & Western, M. Ward, and Jolie Holland.
In addition to drums and singing, she plays ukulele, banjo, accordion, piano, and other various stringed, electronic or percussion instruments.
She is also a visual artist and has shown her work in Portland, Oregon and Omaha, Nebraska. Notable musicians who own her work include Gillian Welch, Jonathan Richman, Matthew Caws of Nada Surf, Jenny Conlee of The Decemberists, and Laura Veirs.