Rachel Harrington has been doing things in the wrong order for quite some time. She had extensive radio airplay before performing her first live solo show, and she opened several concerts for Grammy winners and nominees before her debut full-length record was even a glimmer in her eye.

Reared among the Pentecostal pines of Oregon, Harrington's rural gospel roots shone through on her 2004 living room demo. That humble four-song EP spent 13 weeks on the AMA chart and garnered the siren stellar reviews. By 2006, Rachel had won the Gig Harbor Folk Festival song competition, got honorable mention in the WCS International Song Contest, and got the call to join Falcon Ridge Folk Festival's legendary Emerging Artist Showcase.

From the crossroads of country, folk and bluegrass, Rachel's 2007 debut album, The Bootlegger's Daughter, features some of the Northwest's finest musicians, and was co-produced with two-time Grammy winner Garey Shelton. In short order, the disc has made its way around the globe, becoming a top-shelf spin on Bob Harris's renowned BBC program, hitting #1 on the Euro-Americana Chart, and climbing into the Top 40 on the esteemed Americana Music Association's radio chart in the US.

Rachel is touring internationally with duo partner and multi-instrumentalist Zak Borden on vocals, mandolin, guitar, and various other weapons of mass destruction. A solid songwriter in his own right, Zak has toured extensively throughout the US and UK having worked with, among many others, Casey Neill, The Watson Twins, and Zak's own platinum selling cousin, Willy Mason.

In the past year or so, Rachel & Zak have opened for Todd Snider, Guy Clark, Eliza Gilkyson, Jim Lauderdale, Fred Eaglesmith, Richmond Fontaine, and others. Currently, they are booked to share festival stages with The Greencards, Del McCoury, Marty Stuart, The Infamous Stringdusters, and many other outstanding acts in the coming year.

Harrington's follow-up cd, City of Refuge, is due out in the UK in June, 2008. US release will occur in August, 2008.