This video is from our performance on Eclectic Evenings at the Music Initiative in 2012- Two new songs:" Spec of Truth" and "What If?"

What does Rene Russsell sound like...well, my playing style sounds like a funky bass player, a claw-hammer banjo player and James Taylor playing a 12-string guitar.  I have been told my voice sounds like Stevie Nicks, Natalie Merchant, Ellen Degenerous, and  Melissa Etheridge, but really it just depends on whose song I'm singing.  When I sing my own songs I don't sound like anyone else.  
I have played all over the country in the past 20+ years and the roller coaster of my life keeps on going.  I want to focus more on songwriting in 2013 and put myself out there in a more personal way, but I will still play all the cover tunes that I enjoy as well.  Keep moving forward and concentrate on your "Best Life" !

"Rene Russell can handle almost any musical request. The singer/guitarist has nearly two decades worth of live performances under her belt, from Nashville, to Texas to Charleston. In recent years, she's won the adoration of local audiences with her technical proficiency on the 12-string, her versatility, and her warm singing style. She can make the transition from a U2 pop hit to an Eagles twanger to a Melissa Etheridge anthem with ease. " Ballard Lesseman, Charleston City Paper