Jillian Rae

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mpls indie alt folk rock violiny rocker darling ⭐️ https://www.jillianraemusic.com/links

Lauded as a “triple threat on vocals, fiddle and composition” (Star Tribune), Jillian Rae is a fiercely unique spirit who cares more about making authentic music than about fitting into a tidy box. The Minneapolis-based, classically trained violinist turned country/rock fiddler has become a commanding international presence--writing powerful genre-bending songs, heading up her own critically accla

06/10/2026

In non-music news… “What the hey!” I went and joined a cult.

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I friggen love you & ❤️‍🔥

06/08/2026

⚡️ Fresh new week, fresh new batch of shows. ⚡️ Twin Cities Edition, with a little across-the-border Wisconsin field trip for good measure. ⚡️ For your listening & gathering pleasure. ⚡️ Looking forward to each & every one & hey maybe I’ll you out there! ⚡️

Thurs 6/11 - St. Paul, Mn
Wed 6/17 - Mpls, Mn .mpls
Thurs 6/18 - St. Paul, Mn
Sat 6/20 - Mpls, Mn
Sat 6/27 - Eau Claire, WI



Look everyone! Gramma made a reel! 😉👵🏻😘

hashtag not technologically savvy

Photos from Jillian Rae's post 06/02/2026

Aaand THE CDs ARE IN!! 💿 The Live Album is finally HERE in all of her physical forms & glory. And I’m so excited about it I had to run downstairs this morning & snap a few photos for ya fresh outta bed in my friggin bathrobe. Cause sometimes that’s just how we do.

This cute lil labor of love dream project happened in phases. 💗 Recording/performing our ‘live show song arrangements’ in our studio last summer + ‘Surprise!’ releasing these tunes to the world digitally last fall + Slowly but surely working on the physical media & artwork throughout the 1st part of 2026 (which we all know got off to a pretty fu¢k¡ng rough start, especially here in Mpls) + With the VINYL arriving in early May + And now the last piece of the puzzle is finally in place with the CDs in hand. 🤗 Holy sh¡t, what a rollercoaster! I am so honored to be able to do this AND that you are enjoying these tunes & this “live show vibe” listening experience. WHAT friggen FUN!

🎢 Order l¡nks are now LIVE in the Merch Store for both The Live Album CD & VINYL.
🎢 I gotta cute lil L¡nk in my B¡0 for you to get there all eazy peazy.
🎢 Or you can simply visit jillianraemusic.com/merch on your own accord & peruse around.

THANK YOU for listening & for being here & for being you. And PLEASE CONTINUE to buy merch & go to shows & support local musicians & artists any way you can. We kinda need each other. Now more than ever. 🫶🙏💘

xo J

05/28/2026

I wrote this real pretty piano ditty a couple-a months back. She blossomed into a song. Finally put the finishing touches on the recording a few nights ago & now she’s in the mixing process. I can’t wait for you to hear this one! And now I can’t help but plunk it out any time I walk by a piano.

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05/27/2026

BUT CAN A.I. DO THIS?! 😉😆

I decided to get off the screenz for a couple minutes, take a deep breath, break out the markers & scissors, & make for you dear frands this most excellent “info graphic” of my upcoming summer gigs. AND YA KNOW WHAT? It was frickin fun.

Check out this lovely smattering of live show collaborations I have coming up. Each week I have the pleasure of performing with the most awesome music-folk & human-folk around. It’s moments like this that I am reminded, even in these troubled times, that life is but a dream.

🔗💁🏼‍♀️ L¡nk in B¡0 for all the dirty deets.
🤘✨ See you out there!

Photos from Jillian Rae's post 05/21/2026

I’ve been hit real hard by The Nostalgia Bug™️ lately.
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Maybe this is normal every now & then? I did just celebrate another birthday, afterall. A “getting older thing” perhaps? Maybe this is just a part of being what one of my students calls “peak Millennial core?” (lol)
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Whatever the case, sw¡pe thru for a cute lil collection of Jillian Rae & Co + Co**se Reviver + Steve Kaul & the Brass Kings stage goodness I found from over the years. It’s pretty cool what this weirdo little life in music provides. And it’s pretty wild how fast the time does indeed fly.
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📸 OH HEY if you took any of these photos please please tag yourself! I just pulled em outta the way back machine in my phone w no info in sight. I am so grateful to all of my photog buds & strangers who snap these awesome pics at shows. 🙏🫶

Photos from Jillian Rae's post 05/14/2026

‼️THE VINYL IS IN‼️

From years of high energy live shows, to spur the moment recording / video session, to surprise digital release, to umpteen reel shares, to radio love, and now to physical media. This is the stuff of dreams, people! ✨ THE LIVE ALBUM. Made by me & my talented-ass band + + . Performed & recorded live at our very own recording studio space in St. Paul, Mn. NOW AVAILABLE ON 12” VINYL BAYBEE! ✨ Pre-Orders will be going out today (HUGE THANKS to all ya’ll who pre-ordered, U da realest of indie music lovers & supporters) + the rest of our stock is officially on sale in our online Merch Store (at jillianraemusic.com/merch + the l¡nk in my b¡o will take you there). ✨ This is the best piece of music I have ever recorded. I am so proud of how she turned out (hello this is a LIVE album with no big studio tricks!) & hot damn the physical albums are freakin gorgeous. Just wait til you open in up, slide it out, and see all of the inner artwork treats…

🔥 Get ‘em while they’re hot!
😎 Supporting small, local, independent ANYTHING that is human-made with hands & hearts & eyes & ears is the COOLEST thing you can do.
❤️‍🔥 The Band & I love you 4ever & appreciate your support & fellowship & excellent taste in good music!

xo🤘J

Photos from Jillian Rae's post 05/11/2026

🔥AWESOME SUMMER SHOW ALERT🔥

The Band Boyz™️ and I are hoppin over to NE Mpls for what is known to be the most rockin brewery block party of the Minneapple summer! It is safe to assume that I will, indeed, be whipping my hair back & forth at this one…

🤘Join us on SATURDAY 6/20 for music, brews, foods, fun, & sun at Day 2 of the PRYES BREWING BLOCK PARTY (although this one IS rain or shine🌧️)
🔪This k¡ller line up includes Yours Truly + + + + the freakin GEAR DADDIES

🎟️t¡¢kets & info in B¡0 *of coirse*
👉WE CAN’T WAIT TO ROCK OUT W YOU!

📸most excellent hair-whipping shots by + +

Photos from Jillian Rae's post 05/07/2026

‼️✨MARK YOUR CALS✨‼️

Our dearest, loveliest, most talented-est, most badassy-est singer songwriter bestie SARAH MORRIS has been chosen as a finalist in the incredibly prestigious Troubadour Songwriting Contest at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival! GAH!!

This is a huge incredible honor & one we all know Sarah absolutely deserves. It is also a costly trip to make, especially during festival season. We are hoping to take some of that burden off of Sarah so she can focus on doing what she is there to do… be Sarah.

SO HERE’S WHAT WE’RE GONNA DO…
A cute lil handful of Sarah’s friends/fans are gonna gather onstage at the in St. Paul on THURSDAY 6/11, and we’re gonna cover our favorite songs. Along with maybe an original or two.

🎤 Performers include • • .sax.1 • • • yours truly • and more FRIENDS:)

🎵 Show will run from 6-8pm.
💸 All of the proceeds will go directly to Sarah to support her trip to Telluride.
💘 The hope is that she can head off on this big adventure feeling light & supported— the same way she makes so many of us in the Mn music community feel every single day.

🪎 If you can’t join us IRL on 6/11 but wanna join in on the giving-fun >>>swipe>>> on over to the 2nd slide + gaze upon the nifty QR code + do yo thang.

THIS IS GONNA BE SO MUCH FUN! I’ve wanted to cover my good friend Sarah’s music for ages. She is the best & so is every single person who is gonna be onstage for this one. SEE YOU AT THE WHITE SQUIRREL BBZ! 💖🤘🦄🐿️

05/07/2026

✨LAST VIDEO CLIP OF THE LIVE ALBUM SESSION✨

It was so much fun to make this record! And so much fun to share this footage with you little by little. I’ve never “surprise released” anything before this & am absolutely tickled that ya’ll climbed aboard & journeyed through it with us. My life long dreams of a) Putting out an album/albums of my own original music, b) Recording live with my band, and c) Having enough tunes to deem worthy of a “greatest hits” sorta compilation / collection / vibe, have officially been achieved here. And I couldn’t be happier or more proud. *cue up the sappy violin music here*

🙏THANK YOU for watching & listening to The Live Album!
💿PLEASE DO Pre-Order your very own physical copy (both vinyl & CDs are coming) today!
👉VIA the l¡nk in my b¡0 -or- by visiting my website jillianraemusic.com/merch
⭐️THIS IS BY FAR my favorite album release yet & the love and care and badassery that went into the cd+vinyl art is really something special.

With love & good music,
xo💋J

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