Vocals, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo 

See also: bardlive.com 
 

Rachel Nelson has received a Minnesota State Arts Board grant to videotape her live performance blend of songs, stories, and spoken word poetry, a blend she calls BardLive.  Her BardLive creations include the touring environmental show Finding Our Place.  While living in North Carolina, Nelson was awarded a North Carolina Visiting Artist Residency, serving communities in three piedmont counties for eight months.  A graduate of many bands playing traditional, Celtic, or swing music, Nelson’s focus has shifted in the last five years to performing her own maverick roots-based originals. 

"Violin-playing folk singer Rachel [Nelson's] singing and idealism recall Joan Baez back in the day…. ...[her CD] Change is a Thousand Hearts features songs about peace and compassion that speak to the times " 
- Minneapolis Star Tribune   

"With a voice recalling 19th century Appalachia, a wonderful fiddle technique, and lone guitar-based songs, Rachel Nelson has emerged as a musical voice for peace."  
-  Pulse of the Twin Cities