Tessa Rain

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| caption = Tessa Rain performing at The Ruby Lounge, Wellington (2010)

| background = solo_singer

| origin = Wellington, New Zealand

| instrument = singing, guitar

| genre = Indie Folk

| occupation = Singer-songwriter

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Tessa Rain is a New Zealand indie folk singer-songwriter best known for her collaboration with Fly My Pretties. She wrote the songs Carrier Pigeon and Smoke Me from The Return of Fly My Pretties, and Mauri from A Story. Her debut solo album "Dirt Poems" was released in August 2010.{{cite web | title = Rip It Up Magazine | url=http://ripitup.co.nz/contentitem/news-tessa-rain-releases-her-debut-album-dirt-poems/600 | accessdate = 12 September 2010}}

Biography

Tessa Rain is also known for her past collaborations with Age Pryor; together they released the album Homerecordings. The song Funny Shadow from this album was written by Rain and was later featured in the Miramax film Eagle vs Shark.{{cite web|title=Internet Movie Database |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0494222/soundtrack |accessdate=24 September 2009 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827053939/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0494222/soundtrack |archivedate=27 August 2009 }}

In 2006, Rain was the subject of a 45-minute interview broadcast nationally on Radio New Zealand National, where she performed several songs including Smoke Me.{{cite web | title = Radio New Zealand website | url = http://www.radionz.co.nz/search?mode=results&queries_all_query=tessa+rain | archive-url = https://archive.today/20240524113945/https://www.webcitation.org/5jbqSu6P5?url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/search%3Fmode=results&queries_all_query=tessa+rain | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2024-05-24 | accessdate = 7 September 2009}} In 2007, Rain returned to Radio New Zealand National for another live broadcast performance with Jess Chambers.{{cite web | title = Radio New Zealand website | url = http://www.radionz.co.nz/search?mode=results&queries_all_query=tessa+rain | archive-url = https://archive.today/20240524113945/https://www.webcitation.org/5jbqSu6P5?url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/search%3Fmode=results&queries_all_query=tessa+rain | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2024-05-24 | accessdate = 7 September 2009}}

Rain has also made appearances as a harmony singer and has contributed to several popular recordings, including Jess Chambers and the Firefly Orchestra, Age Pryor's Shanks' Pony and City Chorus, and Ryan Prebble's Fruits. Outside of Fly My Pretties tours and in addition to performing as a solo artist, she has performed or toured with Age Pryor, Ryan Prebble, Eva Prowse, and Jesse Rivest.

References

External links

[http://dirtpoems.blogspot.com/ Tessa Rain official website]

Category:20th-century New Zealand women singers

Category:New Zealand women songwriters

Category:Living people

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)