RACHAEL SAGE & THE SEQUINS Release Powerful New Single “Nexus”
RACHAEL SAGE & THE SEQUINS
Release Powerful New Single “Nexus”
All Proceeds Going to Support The Trevor Project in Honor of Hate Crime Victim Nex Benedict
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New Studio Album Canopy Out October 24 via MPress Records PRESS HERE to Pre-Save
October 17, 2025 – Donating all the proceeds to LGBTQ+ suicide prevention charity The Trevor Project, beloved singer-songwriter Rachael Sage and her longtime band The Sequins have released their powerful new single “Nexus” from their upcoming studio album Canopy, out October 24 via MPress Records. PRESS HERE to listen to “Nexus,” an uplifting, utopian folk-pop manifesto and Sage’s sobering response to the tragic story of Nex Benedict who passed away after being beaten by their school peers for being nonbinary.
“I wrote ‘Nexus’ almost immediately after reading about nonbinary student Nex Benedict, and the tragic story of their death after being violently beaten by their school peers,” shares Sage on the inspiration for the song. “The horror of learning about the cruelty and violence to which they were subjected – and how the local community and their school did nothing to stop it from happening even when they had the opportunity – struck a very deep and personal chord as my first bandmate took his own life rather than come out to his parents. All I could think of when this song fell out was the unimaginable suffering of Nex’s family, long after the headlines faded. The song recounts something very tragic, but I also felt it was crucial to draw some hope out of how we can come together. Fear and silence are best combatted by standing together and doing our best to show solidarity. By raising our voices collectively against hate, we can shift the cultural tide for the better. This song is about mourning, survival and transformation – and how in dark times we need and must be there to lift each other up, all the more.”
Currently on the North American leg of her Joy = Resistance Tour, Sage has been bringing the inclusive musical message of her upcoming album Canopy to major cities across the country. Featuring recently released single “Belong To You” as well as fan favorites “Canopy,” “Just Enough,” “The Best Version,” and “Live It Up,” Canopy is a much-needed musical reprieve from our current cultural upheaval that confidently spans Americana, pop, and neo-folk. Equal parts emotional exhale and invitation to a more compassionate future, as well as a balm to all the divisiveness in the world that brings our collective humanity back into focus, Canopy is a masterclass in radical self-acceptance and a statement of self, recorded by Sage with the people that have made her who she is as a person and artist to continue her ongoing journey of storytelling with the goal of creating a community in which everyone feels safe and embraced for exactly who they are. PRESS HERE to pre-save Canopy which was produced by Rachael and GRAMMY-nominated engineer Mikhail Pivovarov before being mixed by GRAMMY-winning producer Andy Zulla (Kelly Clarkson, Rod Stewart, Diana Ross).
ABOUT RACHAEL SAGE
Rachael Sage has made a name for herself as a gifted storyteller, consummate multi-instrumentalist, and prolific songwriter. Having received critical acclaim from Billboard, American Songwriter, Under The Radar, The Bluegrass Situation, Earmilk, PopMatters, Music Connection, for her string of vibrant, dynamic albums, Sage is fueled by an irrepressible determination to find light in the darkest places – an unwavering calling which catapulted her 2020 single “Blue Sky Days” into Billboard’s Top 40 Indicator Chart.
Since founding her own label MPress Records, Sage has steadily released a slew of vibrant, dynamic albums. She has toured with an eclectic list of artists including Rufus Wainwright, Ani DiFranco, Beth Hart, Howard Jones, and Grammy® winners Shawn Colvin and Judy Collins – with whom she also recorded a critically-acclaimed duet of Neil Young’s “Helpless.” In addition to being a six-time Independent Music Award-winning musician and producer, Sage is also a John Lennon Contest Grand Prize winner who has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, SXSW, and toured globally from Japan to Berlin. Sage is also a visual artist and former ballet dancer who performed with the New York City Ballet. A self-described "cancer thriver," she is a philanthropic advocate who has raised money for a wide range of causes, including Foundation For Women's Cancer, WHY Hunger, American Refugee Committee/Alight, and National Network For Youth (NN4Y).
2025 TOUR DATES:
October 17 – Mucky Duck – Houston, TX**
October 19 – Colony – Woodstock, NY#
October 23 – Cutting Room – New York, NY (album release show)
October 24 – Towne Crier – Beacon, NY
October 28 – Union Chapel – London, UK^
October 29 – Worcester Cathedral – Worcester, UK+
October 30 – Warwick Arts Centre – Coventry, UK^
October 31 – Derby Cathedral – Derby, UK+
November 13 – City Winery – Boston, MA##
November 17 – Wyvern Theatre – Swindon, UK*
November 19 – William Aston Hall – Wrexham, UK*
November 22 – Grove Theatre – Dunstable, UK*
November 23 – Baths Hall – Scunthorpe, UK*
November 24 – Orchard West – Dartford, UK*
November 27 – Royal Hippodrome Theatre – Eastbourne, UK*
December 1 – Festival Theatre – Malvern, UK*
December 5 – Memorial Theatre – Frome, UK*
December 6 – Granville Theatre – Ramsgate, UK*
+ with Rebecca Ferguson
^ with Toyah Willcox
* with The Overtones
** with Willy Porter
# with Annalyse & Ryan, Ginger Winn
## with Hannah Judson
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