Rachel Sedacca

I have so much to tell, mostly about life outside of music which is why I have been quiet here.  I do use Facebook for all the day to day stuff and hope to connect with some of you there too. Life has been challenging me in so many ways over this past year.  I have been forced to put music on the back burner as I am putting all my love energy towards my new roles as wife, step-mom and advocate for both my own health as well as my stepson George's battle against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Time that I wish…Read more

Today I realized that I haven't written in this blog for over two years!  Life has changed so much for me!  I have been staying close to home through 2012 and started off 2013 with a close call.  I was hospitalized due to a rogue blood clot that apparently shot out of the hole in the top of my heart and hit and damaged a kidney.  Who knew?  Very scary and extremely painful for me.  Lucky for me, I had one of the best men in the world by my side, my amazing John.  We had met the previous summer and for me…Read more

I'm so excited to be featured on the cover of VC Buzz, our amazing new magazine highlighting everything that's cool in and around Ventura County!  The featured story speaks to everything from my Multiple Sclerosis, my medical marijuana work, my great dog Steve and the new love in my life.  Certainly the most exposed I've ever been in print!  The photo shoot was so much fun at the Acacia Mansion in Ojai with rock photographer Amanda Peacock, Danielle White as stylist and Tiffany Hughes doing my makeup.  I…Read more

I have been staying close to home here in Ventura and have been loving the house I rented last December, even harvested some yummy veggies in my garden! This was before Steve came along. He's just about 11 months old, (not the two years I originally bargained for), an already about 70 lb. Vizla Hound. I adopted him from the National Search Dog Foundation from Ojai, right here in the county. A flunkie from the program to train dogs for rescue, he has some training and is learning fast. My biggest challenge…Read more

I hope this message finds you well and with song in your heart. I am feeling pretty good these days with more ups than downs and am in and still entering a transformation of sorts in so many ways. I have been nesting for the past 10 months in the house on the Westside of Ventura and raising the young hound dog I adopted a couple of months ago. Juggling the dog, garden, work, social life and music, it’s been a very busy summer!

The biggest change coming is that I have decided to sell my beautiful school bus…Read more

After hearing from my friend Alicia McGovern, an amazing artist from Utah, I realized I have been, once again, remiss in writing.  I assure you I am alive and well, enjoying my summer here on the California coast at home in Ventura.  i have been getting settled in my new 3 bed. room that I rented in December and have been able to collect quite a harvest from the half baked musician's garden in my big yard.  Then along came Steve.  Steve the dog dropped out of the National Search Dog Foundation's training…Read more

Hope you all are enjoying the summertime wherever you may find yourself.  I have been staying pretty close to home although I've been having a great time playing several regional festivals and parties and getting my big bus out for long weekend stuff.  I have been staying close to home in my new place, working to keep the grass green and the newly planted garden under control and safe from the gophers.  I have a whole new appreciation for the movie Caddyshack these days.  So far, so good.  I have the go…Read more

It has been some time since I've written and I've been staying busy getting settled in my new home.  It's always so flattering to see some of you and hear how you actually read my emails and follow my travels from my intermittent emails and blog entries.  I'm now on the Westside of Ventura off of "The Avenue" in a great 3 bd. 2 ba house with a huge yard.  The yard is so big, my bus "Patience" fits comfortably in it, right outside my bedroom window.  I can't really explain the feeling of well being I get…Read more

I have put this off long enough, here's the end of the story.

It's Wednesday, October 12th as I wind through Sam Houston National Forest on farm road 1725, I finally pull up to Backwoods Bar & Grill. I know I’m in the right place as my friend Jess is waving me in and onto a waiting space right next to the patio along the side. I hardly recognize the place from my last trip to the Houston area 3 years earlier when the inside was still bare and the place was still just a work in progress. Now, a bustling hub…Read more

Wow! It’s been over a month since I really felt like I could sit down and recount the trip. After a long trip on the road by myself, there’s a certain amount of processing that needs to be done before the stories can be recorded. That’s how I work anyway. The biggest thing about touring like this, is that itt’s hard work. Everyday it’s something else and it’s mine, all mine and if it weren’t for the exhilaration of live performance for quality audiences I wouldn’t still be be doing this after 10 years. The…Read more