Rae Leigh is on a journey around the edges of country music and she’s taking us with her.

Her first single of 2022, the irreverent, quirky #1 HIT ‘Push Em Up Jill’, certainly got our attention, and the super hooky, with a message, ‘Blue Shoes’ also nailed the charts capturing the hearts of us all.

Her new single ‘Love Me’ is a smooth, sensuous song revealing another side to Rae’s personality where she expresses her experience and revelations of overcoming depression & anxiety and feeling confident in herself. Rae explains when everything seemed dark & hopeless, she learned to have compassion and love for herself. Rae Leigh is taking chances with her vulnerable storytelling and has a lot of fun doing it.

“When writing ‘Love Me’ I was inspired by the relationship between people and nature. I love that every flower is unique and there is no need to compare them to each other.

Just like we appreciate all of mother nature, I wish people could love each other in this open and accepting way.
— Rae Leigh - Songwriter & Artist”

— Rae Leigh - Artist

““My favourite release to date from Rae Leigh. The lyrics and melody instantly put you in a reflective state of mind and the imagery is stunning in the video. Truly well done.””

— Jessica Lynn

PRODUCTION

Rae met Michael Flanders in a podcast interview during which she learnt of his experience and talent he had worked with. Rae asked if he would be interested in producing her next single and after receiving RADF funding she went to Michael who immediately knew this was the song he wanted to record with her. For mastering the went to industry professional and multi- grammy award winning Brad Blackwood.

Producer - Michael Flanders
Mixing - Jason Millhouse
Mastering - Brad Blackwood

Jessica Lynn - American Singer Songwriter

The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and City of Gold Coast to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

Blue shoes

Rae Leigh follows her Hit #1 single ‘Push Em Up Jill’ with a family fun song released on the 23rd of April 2022

Description

Following up from her success with her number 1 single “Push em Up Jill”; Blue Shoes dives into generational story telling, passing on the gifts of knowledge we have as women, to make us stronger and nurture the girls we are blessed to raise up.

“A story that has been shared for years and even at my wedding was my mum always wondering why there was lipstick all over her mirror in the bedroom, turns out younger me had been putting make up on the girl in the mirror and couldn’t understand why she kept moving! ” - Rae Leigh

Rae Leigh was inspired for the idea of this song after attending the 2021 Australian Songwriters Conference north of Sydney after sitting down to do a co-write with someone who didn’t show for the session she ended up writing it on her own.

Rae was working as an extra on the Young Rock the TV show when they bumped her to a singing role performing “Honky Tonk Man” as an 80’s Nashville singer.

As part of the performance Rae was asked to perform an original song as well. The crew were so impressed with the song they organized the song to be optioned and although it was not included in the final cut, if gave Rae the encouragement she needed to record the song professionally by the amazing team at Kross Kutt Records. You can still hear and see Rae perform on the Young Rock in episode 4 season 2.

“I’m really excited for this release after hearing it for the first time in 2021 when Rae had just finished writing it, i knew straight away it was going to be a very special song”
*Danni Shaw - Editor of Country Kickbacks*

- James Blundell

About the Production

Produced by Lindsay Waddington from Kross Kutt records.

Push Em Up Jill

18th February 2022

Rae Leigh gets cheeky with her new single ‘Push Em’ Up Jill’. A comedy country song about a nurse from the 70’s that came about from a music festival in Queensland and a common love for country music, nurses and their sense of humor and what women have and how they use it.

This is Rae’s debut comedy country song showing us the lighter side of her personality that she picked up from her mum who was a midwife for 35 years and age care nurse for 15+ years till present.

“My mum was a nurse growing up and she always had a great sense of humour to help get through the up’s and downs of being a nurse, it’s a hard job and i have a lot of appreciation for men and women who dedicate their life to such an essential job”

‘Push ‘Em Up Jill’ is everything a song should be.. entertaining in the extreme, but a subtext recognising the strength of sexuality, and how easily it can be misconstrued in contemporary society.. Rae Leigh writes from a well-informed perspective with the perfect alchemy of feminine rights and current social mores.. basically, if you don’t get how good this is, you may want to recalibrate..’

James Blundell

**“Funny, irreverent and musically clever… This track will get noticed. As an artist Rae Leigh is happy to take chances and it works for her”**

Allan Caswell

“In the times we’ve been going through, I think we need a smile or a laugh more than ever now and Push ‘Em Up Jill is pure fun! Rae told Bill Whyte and I a true story that a fan told her about when she used to work as a nurse and it cracked us up. It was a hoot working on this with Rae.”

Angus Gill

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Just Like That

The excitement of a night out leads to too many drinks and a one-night stand that never ends. She falls into a long-term relationship that despite the passion and fun turns emotionally abusive. Using all the strength she has she leaves “Just Like That”

This song shines a light on the power struggle that occurs in gaslighting and emotional abuse within a relationship and has a powerful happy ending of a woman creating a life that she is in control of and driving into the sunset of her dreams. An inspirational message for women to create their own destiny and take their power into their own hands.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

JMC Academy & Logan City awarded Rae Leigh a $10k prize for this song 'Just Like That' and worked on the production and music video over the past year to get it ready for release.

Produced by Tom Combes Co-Produced by Daniel Spirovski

Drums: Kai Shaing Fung

Bass and Electric Guitars: Tom Combes

Acoustics and Slide: Michael Flanders

Keys: Daniel Spirovski

Mixed By Daniel Spirovski

Mastered by Alan Chang

MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCTION

Lead Actor: Shayne Nash - Love interest

Producers: Rebekah Evans & Mark Overett

Director: Mark Overett

Cinematographer: Rebekah Evans

Camera Assistant: Nathan Byrnes

Lighting Assistant: Vellin Claretta

Hair & Makeup: Sian Sandilands

Editor: Cassandra Warner

Powered by LOVE EP

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Rae Leigh releases her first EP in 2021. All the tracks have been produced by Jason Millhouse in Brisbane.

Find a Better Day

20th November 2020

Find A Better Day is an original song from the up coming EP Powered by Love and will be her sixth single released on Spotify and Apple Music on the 20th November 2020.

Rae co-wrote this song with Mary Haller from Nashville Tennessee. It was an idea that was sparked in 2015 after emotional and spiritual adversity that tested her resilience.

This song is all about holding onto the music and hope that one day things will be better and that you just have to keep searching.

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Fathers Love

19th August 2020

Fathers Love is an original song and will be her fifth single released on Spotify and Apple Music on the 19th August 2020.

Rae Leigh is one of five children, her father was a pastor, missionary, Vietnam veteran, foster parent and loving husband.

Rae Honours and respects her father this year on his birthday with this recording of ‘Fathers Love’ which sings about a love that goes beyond any other and that even when things get hard or when mistakes are made, that a father keeps loving their child and keeps trying and never gives up. It’s not about being perfect, it’s just about being there for each other, especially your children.

“Dad, I love you, you're an amazing man who has given more than any man I know. You deserve to be recognised for your consistent faith, compassion, love and understanding. You showed me what it is to stick to something, be committed and stand up for what I believe in. Thank you” - Rae Leigh

Rae Leigh is an Australian singer songwriter from Bairnsdale in country Victoria and now lives with her family of five in the Gold Coast, Queensland. During lockdown she ran online music festivals with Danni Shaw and Bec Gracie on Country Kickbacks Social media platforms, she has recorded many more songs which are coming in the future and she also started a podcast called ‘Songwriter Trysts’ a safe and open place for songwriters to discuss the powerful stories and healing power that is music.

Saying Yes to Love

19th June 2020

Saying Yes To Love is an original song and will be her fourth single released on Spotify and Apple Music on the 19th June 2020.

Rae first performed this live at Tamworth Songwriters Showcase at the DAG. During her visit to Nashville she collaborated with Chuck Townz at the SongTown retreat and produced it with Corey Pryor and Jason Millhouse.

Rae has been writing songs as a form of emotional expression and therapy since she was a little girl but she never had strong core beliefs that she was good enough, worth being loved or protected. Rae has since discovered on her healing journey that this feeling is really common among women who were sexually abused as children.

This song is about learning to love herself by constantly saying yes to love. Rae know’s that if she does she will be a stronger and better mother for her children and have secure attachments in her relationships.

Sleepless Nights

6th april 2020

Sleepless Nights is an original song by Rae Leigh and Allan Caswell written at the 2015 DAG singer songwriter retreat in Tamworth. It will be her third single released on Spotify and Apple Music on the 6th April 2020.

It was produced by an international team, working in complete isolation via the internet during the lockdown for the Coronavirus pandemic.

The song is about having fun, escaping busy stressors of life and enjoying holiday time with a loved one. Close your eyes and float away on a musical holiday with Rae Leigh’s new single “Sleepless Nights”

All of me

14th February 2020

All Of Me is an original song by Rae Leigh and will be my second single released on Spotify and Apple Music on the 14th February 2020.

Rae Leigh wrote this song last year after returning from Nashville which was a large part of her voyage to self discovery as a performing artist. Its an emotional song about the people closest to us seeing us for who we are and not what we portray ourselves as.

All I Can do

3rd January 2020

All I Can Do is a song Rae wrote with Peter ‘Smokie’ Dawson in 2015 at the DAG Songwriter retreat. Rae went there to process after being a state witness in a court case. It was one of the hardest things she has ever done. Pete was an amazing friend and support to her and helped Rae feel welcome when she felt so out of place.

Rae wanted to release this song to share with people and family in her home town of Bairnsdale. Rae knows lots of people are fighting to protect their homes and so many have already lost everything.