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“Celebrate”

I wrote this song May 5th, right off the heels of a protest of racist gerrymandering in TN earlier that day where I stood up and sang the star spangled banner….a song meant to unify the people of the U.S with our shared hope of a better future.

Needless to say, I couldn’t sing a song of hope without acknowledging the dark shadow of despair, and the struggle to balance both. All while just trying to be human.

With this reflection , I wrote this “celebrate “, and posted it later that day. Not just as a my own cathartic creative outlet, but an acknowledgment of those fighting even on days it feels too much. When we wish for a timeline where this could have been prevented, while accepting the fact that we did not in fact fall out of a coconut tree and our eyes are open to what was there all along.

It’s been about two months since then countless absurdity’s and hypocrisies have been committed. In the past few days since the fourth:
White Nationalist march in Washington
A black man has been found dead
A black man has been killed in Memphis by National guard
15 mass shootings
US firing on Iran
Cubas electric grid collapse due to US Oil blockade
…and that’s just within a few days..to be a concious,empathetic or aware person in this country is daily exhaustion and resilience to keep looking and caring.

I look forward to a time when “celebration” does not come laced with fear, survivors guilt and sadness,but as an affirmation of hope being realized by action.

Special thanks to:
Jordan Ring and @jr2photograph inc for helping me create this vision
@ally.anduril for being an amazing friend, support and actress
@singingresistancenashville for being my comrades in these dark times
@the5spotnashville and @jessejamesdeconto for hosting an amazing show
@midtndsa for being a gracious audience and your work

A Jackalope Rune Studio Production:
“Celebrate”
Original music by Rachel Maxann
Recording/Mixing by Rachel Maxann
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, and Ukulele by Rachel Maxann
Video editing by Rachel Maxann
Videography by Jordan Ring

#fourthofjuly #freedom #independence #stillwerise #folkmusician by @rachelmaxann

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17 days ago

✨This July, let Freedom Ring
See you soon, in my dreams or otherwise❤️

7/2 @the5spotnashville w/ @thepinkertonraid

7/11 @capitoltheatretn

7/29 Zebra Lounge Chicago

7/30-8/2 @mileofmusicfest

❤️✨🏳️‍⚧️ https://givebutter.com/tansingin by @rachelmaxann

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a month ago

*repost from @officialannielennox

We stand with international humanitarian and human rights organizations, unions, policymakers, grassroots movements, a majority of Americans, and citizens around the world calling on our leaders to uphold U.S. and international law.*
It is illegal to supply or use weapons to commit “grave human rights violations,” including striking schools or hospitals, restricting humanitarian aid, and killing children.
In partnership with @oxfamamerica, @actionaidusa, @warchilduk and @childreninconflict, Artists4Ceasefire stands for an immediate and permanent ceasefire now, the release of all hostages, delivery of humanitarian aid, and freedom, justice, dignity and peace for all people.
The “Barb Wire Peace Dove,” by renowned artist Shepard Fairey, (@obeygiant) represents our common humanity, and the action needed to save precious lives.
Approximately 1,200 Israelis were killed on October 7th, 2023 and over 200 were taken hostage by Hamas. In the last
11 months, Israel’s military operations in Gaza have killed at least 40,000 Palestinians, 16,500 of them children.
Starvation, dehydration, and disease have reached devastating levels in Gaza, with nearly all 2.2 million people there displaced from their homes.
Stop Weapons. Save Lives. Compassion Must Prevail.
#Artists4Ceasefire
#PermanentCeasefireNow #StopWeaponsSaveLives
For more, visit artists4ceasefire.org
*Foreign Assistance Act, Arms Export Control Act, Geneva
Conventions of 1949 by @rachelmaxann

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2 years ago

🔥✨Buy Local Smut✨🔥

🔥Congrats to @slowburntn on your two year anniversary!! Love your inclusive,dreamy space! Thank you for joining me on a book adventure @ally.anduril …I’ll be borrowing the western one😝😉

🔥Shorts exclusively by @suroor.901 ! Go buy all of their things!!!✨🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸

🔥 I’m holding @jcageauthor (Jessica Cage’s) book “I accidentally Summoned a Demon Boyfriend” for inquiring minds-Yes melanated smut!!

*if you’re too young to know this song you probably shouldn’t be following me anyways lol

#shoplocal #booklover #frienddate #smut #supporttransartists by @rachelmaxann

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5 days ago

“Trying to reason with whiteness is akin to reasoning with a clinical narcissist who refuses to go to therapy: frustratingly impossible because the untreated narcissist simply does not have the requisite tools to see themselves as anything other than “good”
-Ruby Hamad

Sunday is for art,reading,creating. Amen. Ashe.
Working on my next music/video editing project:results to follow

#whitewomentears #erikakirk #rubyhamad #arcane #feminism by @rachelmaxann

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6 days ago

It takes a lot of power to be this soft✨

🌊Finding my balance between Yemaya and Olokun, sweet and deep, guitar and bass, nurturer and protector

🔥I’m angry, and I can tell when things have been channeled incorrectly. So I turn within and learn, reassess, come out stronger the next round.

And slap da bass.

Janice Marie Johnson is an idol, she’s where I want to be on bass…and there’s some similarities to Oshun…it’s all connected 😳😌 taste of honey indeed.

Take care of yourselves, this is a marathon ❤️

#bassbeginner #tasteofhoney #orishas by @rachelmaxann

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8 days ago

Just a few songs I’ve been practicing for my upcoming Zebra Lounge gig!🎹🎶

🎹Not a lot of people know but the only instrument I was ever trained on was the piano..but frankly those are way too hard to lug around so I self taught everything else😝

I performed Bright Eyes “First Day of my life” in high school with my bestie @f_lu.id …I choose to remember us crushing it lol

And Unwritten, well that’s just been in my head lately

What else should I learn?

#pianobarplayer #unwritten by @rachelmaxann

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9 days ago

✨Good People and Good Causes✨

Thank you again to @wilsondemocrats and @capitoltheatretn for an absolutely magical evening, I wish I had taken more pictures!

I appreciate the messages given to me, more than you could know. My heart was touched, my vision clearer.

I love y’all, keep singing your hearts out ❤️

#benefitshow #stillwesing by @rachelmaxann

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11 days ago

When you become so filled with music it begins to flow out everywhere ❤️✨

🎶Young Hearts X Chappell Roan mashup just felt right to me, sort of a call and response between times.💔

✨I’m still absorbing all of last night, and how the kind words, new friends and meaningful connections filled a part of me if didn’t even know was needed-and for that I’m so grateful *pictures of this magical event at the @capitoltheatretn to come!!

✨I’ll be doing one of my faves soon-piano bar! I’m heading to Chicago to play a set at the Zebra Lounge before heading to the Mile of Music Fest in Wisconsin!

✨I’m determined to be able to two step, sing, and play bass at the same time-wish me luck on my journey 🫡

✨It’s difficult to change strings and listen to @allisonrussellmusic at the same time 🥰🌈🌈🌈

#pianobar #mashup #basspractice #rainbows #musicsaves by @rachelmaxann

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13 days ago

“There is no Them: Just Us, Forgiveness, Compassion, Second Chances, Unconditional Love & Freedom for all of us. For All Humans, for All Beings. Every Song A Freedom Song, Every leap of Creativity & Imagination & Loving Communication is a Harm Reduction Invocation in the Names of Our Ancestors for the Sake of Seven Future Generations. Little Covenants of Goodness & Grace & Hope & Trust between us.”
- @allisonrussellmusic ✨❤️

#inthehourofchaos

*pictures taken at an Elephant rescue in Phuket, still waiting for rides to be dismantled in Thailand🙏🏽 by @rachelmaxann

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16 days ago

🇺🇸Hey folks! Today is last day to register, for americas sake VOTE!!!!!

✨Honored to be part of an amazing set of musicians supporting the @wilsondemocrats !

✨We know more than ever how primary and general elections matter, and though they thought they could cheat to win and bury us in the ground, them dumb, racist, fascist, fuckheads forgot we were seeds❤️🌱

🎶See you Saturday at the @capitoltheatre!! Bring your encouragement, hope, excitement, rage, empathy and most importantly LOVE!

It takes a whole lotta love to be this angry at injustice to others✨🥰

#vote #votingrights #tennessee #gerrymandering #stillwerise taken in Nashville, Tennessee by @rachelmaxann

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18 days ago

The fireworks are over, let’s get back to work💪🏼✊🏽

This years message for @blackamericanafest is “Still We Sing: Black Protest Traditions in Americana” and I can’t imagine a more fitting theme in these tumultuous times.

The national guard murdered an American citizen. A black man from Memphis. Unprecedented and Unacceptable.

Let’s keep writing these songs fam, we’ve still got a ways to go. See you soon❤️

#blackamericanafest #stillwesing #blackamericanafest2026 #blackfolkmusic #blackbanjoreclamationproject by @rachelmaxann

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19 days ago