Rene Russell Music

Rene Russell plays acoustic Americana-Folk-Rock with a percussive finger-picking, claw-hammer style on a 12-string guitar. She is also a songwriter and she has something to say.  Her ‘change your brain music’ comes from her life experience.  She challenges you to have the courage to make a conscious choice to make changes in your life that will lead you to your truth.

Rene Russell is an accomplished musician, her instrument; the 12- string
guitar. She makes it look so easy. She turns one guitar into a rhythmic
percussion section; percussive thumping bass lines, popping strings like a
“hammer dulcimer”, precise finger-picking defining the melodies and bass
notes within the song at once.   
Her DIY approach to music has resulted in a style that is incredibly clean sounding, while retaining an edgy, and dynamic live sound.

She has been crafting her style since she picked up the guitar in 1972, at
12 years old, influenced by musical icons such as James Taylor, Michael
Hedges and Stevie Nicks. She also absorbed and was influenced by the
harmonies of the Statler Brothers, the rhythm of Stevie Wonder and
Santana, and more recently bands like Tyler Childers and Turnpike Troubadours.
It’s hard to put a label on her music, but Songwriter/ Folk/Rock/Americana comes close.

As a Songwriter, she speaks to you of experience, both personal and
Universal. Mediums of messages, her songs deliver layers of life, internal
moments of choice, change and hope. It’s up to the listener to decide how
deep they want to go. Her clear, Alto voice is the thread that weaves
together the tapestry of Rene Russell the Artist.

Now residing in Waynesville, NC, Rene Russell takes her musical ideas in
directions that few performers have been able to in recent times. Dazzling
audiences for the past 30 years from Nashville to San Diego, Atlanta to
Austin, Texas, Rene Russell not only writes her own material, but performs it with the passion and precision only a dedicated solo artist is capable of.