Rachel Taylor-Beales is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, composer, theatre-maker, writer and socially engaged community arts practitioner. She has six solo albums under her belt and is currently working on her seventh.

 

Alongside her musical career Rachel is an emerging playwright. Her gig-theatre show, Stone's Throw, Lament of the Selkie, was nominated by Wales Arts Review as a 'best show' of 2020. In recent times Rachel’s new drama-comedy Bag for Life was optioned for full production and tour by Fluellen Theatre Company. 

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As a composer her most recent excursion sees her collaborating with author – broadcaster – poet – comedian Robin Ince on The Final Den as part of their ongoing Normally Weird Associates project. Robin and Rachel are currently planning more themed musical / poet collections collaborations and tour dates.
 

 In her spare time, when she is not reading,  watching films,  drinking hot chocolate, walking along the coastal path or listening to the likes of Cohen, Cave, Gillian Welch... she will most likely be painting portraits in her make shift kitchen art studio. Rachel spent the first 22 years of her life living between England and Australia but has spent the majority of years since, living in Wales and she currently lives in Carmarthenshire with her husband, her daughter, her dog and a cat called Jolene.

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