Abbie Thomas

About Genevieve Racette: Nationally renowned, Québécois folk-pop musician, Geneviève Racette, has captivated listeners with her gentle, yet compelling, emotional resonance, and garnered impressive industry support for her folk-pop tracks ever since her first EP in 2014. Through her vulnerable lyricism and ethereal vocals, Geneviève has emerged as a rising star in both French and English-speaking Canadian music scenes. Satellite, Geneviève’s third full-length record (March 2022), is a 9-song collection delivering honest stories of self-discovery and reflection through the cycle of love. The album filled with intimate vocals, lush instruments and expressive harmonies, evokes moments of love, heartbreak, healing, forgiveness and ultimately falling in love again. Like a body orbiting a star in the silence and emptiness of the universe, a satellite depends on the other to maintain its orbit, a fragile, solitary and uncertain love. Each of us will find ourselves in this cycle of love, in this eternal period of beginnings and endings. The recognition Satellite received upon its release has been even greater than Geneviève has experienced in the past. With glowing critique from major outlets, including Rolling Stone, Exclaim!, CBC, Women of Americana, Americana Music Association, Sirius XM and countless other publications and radio stations, this has undoubtedly been her most successful release to date. The trajectory for Racette’s career has been on a tremendous incline since her previous album, No Water, No Flowers, which catapulted Geneviève from Quebec recognition to national praise, including a Canadian Folk Music Award, performing on stage with City and Colour at Osheaga, rave reviews from media, music publications and blogs, and tracking on multiple radio stations right across Canada. As a woman in music, it is essential to Geneviève that she surrounds herself with like-minded females in the industry. She is proud that over half her team involved in the creation of Satellite are female musicians and members of the industry. Through fine-tuning her artistic vision and developing a profound network of professionals, Geneviève approached the release of this latest record with a newfound creative state of mind and a vision to export her music across North America and beyond. A feat she unwaveringly conquered. About Abbie Thomas: Independent singer-songwriter, Abbie Thomas, mixes pop melodies with soulful vocals and hints of Blues, Jazz, and a vibe from the songwriters of the 70's. Touring regionally, she has most recently opened for Laine Hardy, Girl Named Tom, and Cathy Richardson of Jefferson Starship. Her standout music video, "Fireflies" has earned over 10 nominations for awards, including a "Best Female Solo Artist" nomination in 2021 for the California Music & Video Awards, and a "Best Independent Music Video" nomination for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards. She also earned the vibrant praises of Grammy winner Jim Peterik after becoming a finalist at Michigan's Acorn Theater in June 2019. It was the 2019 competition that turned Abbie from a part-time hobbyist, to full time musician by 2021. She currently keeps a 130+ per year live show calendar, and also just composed for, and performed with the Elkhart County, Indiana Symphony Orchestra. She just wrapped up her first short film score, and just wrapped up a composing/concert collaboration with the South Bend, IN Symphony Quartet. In fresh news, Abbie was just nominated for 4 Josie Music Awards (the equivalent to The Grammy’s for independent artists); Artist of the Year, Song of the Year for “Dirty Little Things”, Entertainer of the Year, and Songwriter Achievement for her unreleased track “Lucky Penny”. The awards show will take place at The Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, TN in October of 2023. She was also just nominated for 2 Hollywood Independent Music Awards (HIMA’s) for Album of the Year for her first album, “Who I Am” (released in 2021), and “Best Live or Streamed Performance” for her NPR Tiny Desk Contest entry with her full backing band for “Try”. She’ll be headed to Hollywood, California on August 17 for the awards show. At the end of September, she’ll be teaming up with Canadian and Rolling Stone reviewed singer songwriter, Geneviève Racette for a double bill tour through Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin. The tour will be announced in August of 2023. As an independent artist with no team, Thomas surpassed 100,000 streams on major platforms in early 2023, and new music is currently being recorded, and slated to begin releasing in late 2023.