Singer-songwriter Red Peralta performs both as a solo acoustic artist and with her band, Rebel Red.
Red's songs are populated by hobos, flowers, telepathy, motherhood, eternity, war, peace, housework, reincarnation, insanity, rage, childhood, old age, rivers, oceans, stars and control-obsessed X boyfriends...
Press reviews have likened her voice to Grace Slick, Patti Smith, Eartha Kitt, Marianne Faithful, Jim Dandy Mangrum and Joan Jett; her songs have been compared to Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Petty, Tommy James and the Shondells, and Levon Helm.
Red was born in New York City, but grew up in England. She cut her performing teeth playing clubs in Europe for several years, before returning to the USA where she collaborated with the late producer Steve Burgh (John Prine, Willie Nelson, Steve Forbert), who produced her first album, "Water Planet", and introduced her to a family of East Coast folk and roots musicians, some of whom she still works with today.
Red disappeared for 15 years to raise 2 boys ("..I think I'm getting the hang of it now...").
She returned in July, 2008 with a new Rebel Red album, "Sex, Religion, Politics", featuring guitarist Jeff Pevar (Ray Charles, Crosby, Stills and Nash) and saxophonist Erik Lawrence (Levon Helm). ("....yep, I play with a lotta people who play with a lotta people...").
Since her album's release Red has been booked at festivals, concerts and coffeehouses in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maine, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Texas. She has opened for Dire Straits, They Might Be Giants and Chris Smither.
Awards:
"The Wild Rose" - Honorable Mention - March 2009 Song of the Year Songwriting Competition
"On My Guard" - Honorable Mention - 15th Annual Billboard Songwriting Contest
"Pray" - Runner Up - December 2008 Song of the Year Songwriting Competition
#4 Americana Music Times Top Ten Albums of 2008.
