Rebecca Loebe | |
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 Loebe performing in 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Rebecca Ann Loebe |
| Born | (1983-08-17)August 17, 1983 (age 41) Arlington, Virginia, US |
| Genres | indie rock,pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Website | www |
Rebecca Ann Loebe (born August 17, 1983) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. She has performed and toured with such recording artists asShawn Colvin,The Civil Wars,Gregory Alan Isakov,Mary Chapin Carpenter, andEllis Paul amongst others.[1] In 2011 she made her international broadcast television debut onThe Voice (American TV series)[2]. In addition to being a solo singer she is a founding member ofAustin-based bandNobody's Girl.
Loebe was born inAlexandria, Virginia to parents Albert Loebe and Cecelia Bonfils. She and her family moved toAtlanta, Georgia when she was eight years old. She performed in public school choruses and musicals and began playing guitar at age 11.[3] In her sophomore year of high school, her father took her toEddie's Attic inDecatur, Georgia where she began to play at the Monday night open mic.[4] Loebe graduated high school at the age of 16 and was accepted toBerklee College of Music as a vocal principal where she graduated with a degree in Music Production and Engineering.[5]
After college Loebe worked at a recording studio in Boston as an audio engineer. While working there, Loebe snuck into the studio to record demos of her own songs; these recordings comprised her first albumHey, It’s a Lonely World which was released independently in December 2004.[6]
Initially, Loebe continued to work as a freelance audio engineer while performing at colleges and coffeehouses on the east coast of the US. She has said in interviews that she worked as an assistant engineer at Gallop Studios in Atlanta in between tour dates for over a year to barter time for the recording of her second full-length albumMystery Prize.'.[7]
In 2010, Loebe's album, “Mystery Prize”, spent 10 weeks on the Americana Top 40 chart. She signed an album deal with European record label Continental Record Services.[8] She was slated to perform on a European tour in the Spring of 2011 but the tour was canceled when she was cast on the first season of NBC'sThe Voice.[9]
Loebe recorded and releasedCircus Heart in 2012, produced by Austin songwriterMatt the Electrician on the Black Wolf Records imprint. The album was funded by fans who pre-ordered the album off of her website.Circus Heart was released in Europe by Continental Record Services.[10]
In 2013 Loebe toured nationally with folk songwriterEllis Paul. She also toured in Texas and Oklahoma withRaina Rose and Smokey & The Mirror, and those shows were recorded by Virginia-based Americana label Goose Creek Music and was released as a 3-album live set in 2014.[11]
In 2014, Loebe led a creativity workshop and performed atYokota Air Base inFussa, Tokyo. Later in 2014, Rebecca performed in The Netherlands for the first time and has performed every year since. On her second tour of The Netherlands in 2015, she performed onVoetbal Inside, a sports show hosted by Dutch football starJohan Derksen.[12]
Blink, her fourth full-length studio album, was released in 2017. Record label executive Denby Auble saw Loebe performing while on tour promoting the album and offered her a record deal onBlue Corn Music.[13]
In 2018, Loebe co-founded the bandNobody’s Girl with songwriters Betty Soo and Grace Pettis. The group was initially formed as a one-time package tour but after a songwriting retreat at Fischer Studios in Fischer, TX they were offered a record deal by Luckyhounds Music and recorded their first EPWaterline.[14]
Loebe was mentioned as a new favorite musician of the character Morgan, in the 2018 New York Times Bestselling novel,Leah on The Offbeat, written byBecky Albertalli.[15]
In 2019, Loebe released her fifth full-length studio album,Give Up Your Ghosts. Her single,Growing Up was featured in Rolling Stone magazine listed as theTop 10 Best Country and Americana Songs of the Week.[16]
In November 2019, Loebe announced plans to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of her album “Mystery Prize": she planned an intimate, acoustic concert tour in 2020 where she was to re-visit songs and stories from the album. However, due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, those dates had to be postponed to 2022.[17]
In July 2021,Nobody's Girl released their first full-length album, titledNobody's Girl.[18]
In 2011, Loebe was invited to audition for the first season ofNBC's "The Voice," where she sangNirvana's "Come As You Are" in the auditions, makingAdam Levine's team[24] and charting oniTunes in the US, Europe and South America.[25] In the Battle rounds, she sang "Creep" againstDevon Barley, at which point Barley advanced and Loebe left the show.[26] Her version of “Come As You Are” was the only recording by a non-semifinalist to be included on the compilation albumThe Voice: Season 1 Highlights released byRepublic Records.[27]
| Album name | Format | Year released |
|---|---|---|
| Hey, It's a Lonely World | LP | 2004 |
| The Brooklyn Series | EP | 2007 |
| Mystery Prize | LP | 2010 |
| Bees & Zombies | EP | 2011 |
| Circus Heart | LP | 2012 |
| Three Nights Live (with Raina Rose and Smokey & The Mirror) | LP | 2014 |
| Rebecca Loebe Live | LP | 2014 |
| Vittles & Valentines | EP | 2016 |
| Blink | LP | 2017 |
| Waterline (with Nobody's Girl) | EP | 2018 |
| Filthy Jokes (as Rebecca Loebe & Findlay Napier) | EP | 2018 |
| Give up Your Ghosts | LP | 2019 |
| Nobody's Girl (with Nobody's Girl) | LP | 2021 |
