Patti Rain

Patricia RAIN Gianneschi:
Visual Artist, Musician, Teacher, Gardener, Thinker, Activist, Mother, Wife, Sister, Daughter, Lover, Friend.
RAIN was born and raised in Chicago, and is an artist working across Poetics.

In her multimedia work, whether music or visual art, the intersection of social justice and spirituality is a thread that runs through all the disciplines of  her work.





RAIN served in the Philippines where her art, and now her new art form, her music, began to take root in the folk clubs in Manila in the Philippines. Upon her return to Chicago she soon became a focal point at the famous folk club, “The Earl of Old Town”.  Here she honed her skills and began to write her songs. Rain return to Asia as a folk Singer to Japan, where she played and toured for several years. While in Asia, she returned to the Philippines and released her first “45” single in Manila. Now politically & spiritually situated, Rain returned to Chicago with her new music.  Mainstream radio was not ready for this music, but she was embraced and awarded by the Chicago Reggae Arts community 3 years in a row for her contributions to “Cross-over Reggae Music”.   Her first album on iTunes, "I & I" is a blend of folk rock & reggae, "RAIN ROCK".  She won “Americana Artist of the Year & Album of the year at the LA Music Awards for the album "I & I".  Rain recently opened for LEON RUSSELL to a sold out house in Chicago.  With the release of her second album, "Six DAys at the Mouse House", she recorded at the studio of Modest Mouse, in Portland, Oregon.   Working with musicians from "Mimicking Birds" she and her producer Lee Popa, created an authentic and rich collection of class Rain.  The single off her second album "American Man:" is a relevant and poetic  attempt to send the same wake up call to Americans that she sent out when originally written for her first album.

"the intersection of social justice and spirituality is a thread that runs through all the disciplines of  her work..."

Both albums are available on Soundcloud, itunes, CD Baby and other platforms.