ABOUT RACHEL + A native of Napa, Rachel moved to Chicago in 1998 where she studied opera, performed internationally, and led worship for 8 years. Having returned to Napa, she has spent the last year composing, recording and teaching music. Her desire is that through this album you will be lifted to new heights, plunged to deeper depths, and experience the immeasurable breadth of the love of an extravagant King. + “Rachel embodies worship.The Father’s passion pours like light through her skin, her fingers, her melodies, her eyes. She sings, she plays, she writes with reckless, celebratory abandon, always transcending the moment-- lifting, looking, running in relentless pursuit for the presence, the holy that is at hand. She points, she plays, she leans and leads towards the affection of a Father with the poise, posture, and confidence of a King’s daughter. She is His, and He is hers. Her affection for the Father is palpable, whether through her music, which is but one way she worships, her presence, her lyrics, her openness, her excellence, her intimacy made visible, her kindness. Hers is a message of experience and encounter, marked by encouragement. She ushers in high and lofty, heaven to earth, heart made flesh.” {Heather Treadway, Director, DreamChicago & co-writer on the album} The Gold Room is Rachel’s debut CD - a 5 Song EP that was birthed out her years as a worship leader in Chicago. ALBUM CREDITS: {All Songs} Engineered and Produced by John Bottrell Fender Rhodes and Vocals by Rachel Allen String Arrangements by Erik Lutz Mastered by Wayne Miller © 2012 Brush & Bell CD Artwork, Painting by Anthony Allen © 2012 Cover Photo © Elise McGillivray, 2006