Rebecca Folsom ~ Sanctuary

For Your Consideration

• Sanctuary - Best Folk Album
• Sanctuary - Best Music Video
• Brilliantly Boldly Alive - Best Americana Performance
• Sanctuary - Recording Package and Limited Edition Package

About Rebecca Folsom
and the
Sanctuary Album

FYC: Sanctuary Video | Best Music Video

Sanctuary is a beautiful tapestry of songs written with or for marginalized communities, each with a message of hope, an intimate light shining on cultural shadows, and an offering of positive solutions. The music of Sanctuary is woven from deeply powerful social justice outreach programs that create empowerment through self-expression and utilize music as a humanitarian bridge.  Rooted in folk and gospel, Sanctuary moves from lilting folk ballads to sing-along gospel anthems. Produced by 3-time Grammy® winning producer Tom Wasinger and 5-time Grammy® winning producer Shaun Martin.

Americana Highways calls Sanctuary, “…simply impressive” and “…worthy of awe.”

Rebecca’s world-class voice moves through a four-octave range to pluck the instrument of the heart. Her songwriting courageously touches human vulnerabilities and disparities then arcs with hope and solution towards a positive future. From tender ballads to full, fiery vocal release, Rebecca inspires passionate aliveness. Westword Magazine says, “Her songs hit like little earthquakes.”

Videos

Brilliantly, Boldly Alive

Open Your Voice Workshop

Project Credits

  • Producers: 3-Time Grammy® winner Tom Wasinger, Rebecca Folsom, 6-Time Grammy® winner Shaun Martin, Grammy® nominee Mark Oblinger, Grammy® Nominee Andrea Roberts, Steve Szymanski

    Mixed by: Tom Wasinger, James Tuttle, and Rebecca Folsom

    Engineering: Tom Wasinger, Mark Oblinger, Andrea Roberts, Rebecca Folsom, Kevin Clock, Don Bearie, Brad Dole, Jasmine Mills

    Mastered by: David Glasser

  • Lyrics and Music: Rebecca Folsom, Sally Barris, Kimberly Crecelius, Nick Forster, Mark Oblinger, Dana Cooper, Steve Szymanski, Carli Zug, Bob Lecy, Mirelle Bakhos, Raqaya Alfaris, Heather Kawamoto, Dee Moore

  • Musicians by Instrument:

    Lead Vocals: Rebecca Folsom

    Acoustic Guitars: Rebecca Folsom, Tom Wasinger, Mark Oblinger, Sally Barris, Dana Cooper, Nick Forster Weissenborn, Viola Da Gamba,

    Stick, Oud: Tom Wasinger

    Viola, Violin and Nyckleharpa: Lauren Spalding, Lily Lyons, Sandra Wong Electric

    Guitars: Nick Forster, Ainjel Emme

    Piano, Keyboard, Organ: Shaun Martin, Eric Moon, Park Peters, Andrea Roberts

    Harmonica: Dana Cooper, Paul Davies Wall Bass, Electric Bass,

    Acoustic Bass: Tom Wasinger, Eric Thorin, Ainjel Emme Drums and

    Percussion: Christian Teele, Daren Garvey, Elizabeth Goodfellow, Tom Wasinger, Steve Szymanski Backup

    Vocals: Saul Gates Chorale-Saul Gates, Hale Butcher, Kierion Johnson, Alexis Gates, Octavian Lewis, Mychall Woods, Denise Wilson, Nychelle Winters, Tom Wasinger, Mark Oblinger, Robert Johnson, John Scott Clough, Mike Clough, Amy Jacquemard, Sally Barris, Dana Cooper, Mireille Bakhos, Raqaya Alfaris, Greg Jones, Freddie Diez, Orlando Guevara, Perry Wasano, Huyna Tam, Fred Barker, Augustine Quidachay, William Webb, Robert Ray, Monsel Dangen, Nathan Dunlap, Carli Zug, Steve Szymanski, Ainjel Emme, Elizabeth Goodfellow, Leann Roberts, Andrea Roberts

  • Art Designer: Susan Wasinger

    Art Director: Rebecca Folsom

  • Label: Sunshine Productions

    Digital Distribution: A-Train

    Publisher: Easy World Productions

    Publicist for Sanctuary:  Beatrice Kimmel at EMPKT PR

    Radio Promotion for Sanctuary: Bill Wence and Kari Estrin

    Social: McCartney Multimedia

Praise for Sanctuary

Americana Highways

“The songs of Sanctuary are….worthy of awe. Each song is carefully loaded with its message, its transformative instrumentation, and Rebecca’s remarkable vocals…simply impressive.”

Vents Magazine

Empowering anthems, an incredible showcase of talent, an intimate telling of universal stories.

Rebecca sharing on career moves for success in Songwriting Magazine, UK

“Lead with generosity, walk into a room with the thought "How can I help? What can I do to support someone or make their life better?" People feel your generosity. It generates aliveness and excitement. Shift to generosity and you resonate abundance and offering - a magnetizing resonance. Shift to "What can I give?" and watch the doors open and opportunities unfold.”

Len Holton KUAR Radio

Rebecca Folsom is an emissary of love and courage, offering a dynamic infusion of truth, humor, hope and possibility.

Deni LaRue KRFC Radio

“A stunning anthem for our time! The songs on the Sanctuary album connect our hearts  to the hearts of others by bringing to light many of the challenging realities of the 21st century.”

Congressman Joe Neguse on Rebecca’s live performance of the songs of Sanctuary

”This is the best music I’ve heard at one of these events since I became a congressman.”  

FYC: Recording Package and Limited Edition Package

Stopping to smell the roses.

Ready for T.V.

The all-women team in LA creating our Brilliantly Boldly Alive song! Grammy Nominee Andrea Roberts producer/engineer.  Created by all-women artists, producers, engineers, and 4th Street Recording woman owned studio. Brilliant indeed!

Recording with the inmates at Colorado State Penitentiary

Co-writing with Mireille & Bakhos with IRC &
Raqaya Alfaris - Artist & Syrian Refugee

Hangin’ out with 3-time Grammy® Winning Producer Tom Wasinger

Media

Rebecca joined the McCartney Gals in September 2023 on their Teaflix Tuesday Chat Show.