Raechel Whitchurch is an alt-country singer-songwriter who grew up in Broken Hill, NSW, Australia. She found her love of country music while performing in her travelling country family band, The Lees, and lived in a caravan for most of her childhood. In April 2021, she released her debut album ‘Finally Clear’ on Compass Bros Records (Universal), featuring the hit singles ‘My Father’, ‘You Ain’t One of Us’, and ‘I Used To Think I Was An Outlaw’. It debuted at #1 on the ARIA Australian Country Album Charts and #3 on the AIR Independent Album Charts. It was also nominated for 2 Toyota Golden Guitar Awards, New Talent and Traditional Country Album of the Year, and she was invited to perform on stage at the 2022 Golden Guitar Awards. Raechel spent 2021/22 on the road with Award-winnign Australian artist, Adam Harvey, for a 50-date national tour, and has also been a guest on Fanny Lumsden’s Country Halls Tour, as well as opening for Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham, Shane Nicholson & The Whitlams Black Stump Band. She has appeared at the Gympie Muster, Boots & Beach, Groundwater Country Music Festival, Tumbafest, and NQ’s Rock’n Country Festival. In 2023, she released her first new music since her debut album with hit radio singles, ‘I’m Not Cool’, ‘Untangled’ and her newest release, ‘Where Magnolias Grow’. 

“Raechel is a perceptive, thoughtful songwriter who deftly crafts her music to create songs that are personal yet universal – the mark of a true songwriter”

– Sue Jarvis, Capital News 

“[Whitchurch] has taken care to produce a truly thoughtful, beautifully written and brilliantly executed collection of songs… the sort of care that comes from an artist who takes her audience seriously”

– Sophie Hamley, Sunburnt Country Music 

“This album is full of songs that just feel like someone who understands themselves, but also know how to write a really catchy song”

– Bernard Zuel, ABC Radio Sydney