One of her parents is from Bermuda, the other is Ethiopian.
So it’s hardly surprising American singer-songwriter Rachel Brown’s music fuses island, world, hip-hop and even country sounds into an enchanting groove.
Her music is so enchanting, in fact, she recently won on-line gossip/entertainment maven Perez Hilton’s regular song cover competition — beating out hundreds of other contenders with her version of the David Guetta/Usher collaboration “Without You”.
The self-taught musician was born and raised in New York but first made her musical mark here on the island two years ago with a series of appearances at Chewstick, Beachfest and the Bermuda Music Festival.
“It’s time to announce the winner of our most recent ‘Can YOU Sing?’ cover competition, this time to David Guetta’s superb ‘Without You’ featuring Usher and sometimes less really is more!” Perez Hilton – also a booster of Bermudian “Rent” actor Nicholas Christopher – announced earlier this month.
“Congratulations to Rachel Brown, our very talented winner, who proves that sometimes all you need is a guitar, a beautiful voice and an effective arrangement.
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