Folk-pop polymath Rachael Sage has always thrived at the crossroads of intimacy and theatricality. With her longtime band The Sequins at her side, Sage now returns with “Belong To You”—a gospel-tinged ballad that folds devotion, friendship, and radical empathy into something that feels both timeless and freshly urgent. The single previews her forthcoming studio album Canopy, out October 24 via MPress Records.
Built on swelling organ, warm harmonica lines, and the grounding elegance of cello, “Belong To You” isn’t just another love song. It’s a communal hymn, a celebration of the loyalty that binds us even in the face of fracture. “It was really meaningful that so many of The Sequins ended up singing on it, versus just me singing all the harmonies myself,” Sage shares. That choice transforms the track into something larger than personal expression—it’s an embrace, a shared affirmation of belonging.
If the single feels universal, Canopy widens the frame even more. Sage calls the album “a masterclass in radical inclusivity and self-acceptance,” a project that dares to imagine safety and shelter as birthrights rather than luxuries. In a cultural moment steeped in divisiveness, the record offers itself as both a reprieve and a rallying cry, weaving together folk, Americana, pop, and gospel with equal parts elegance and grit.
Alongside the lush balladry of “Belong To You”, the 14-track collection delivers the buoyant piano-pop of “The Best Version” (a wry reflection on social media dissonance), the jubilant energy of “Live It Up”, and the title track “Canopy”, which reimagines a world where everyone has a safe place to rest. Produced by Sage with GRAMMY-nominated engineer Mikhail Pivovarov and mixed by GRAMMY winner Andy Zulla, the record also comes in a limited-edition 40-panel hardcover art-book CD and orange vinyl—because Sage has never been one to treat music and visual storytelling as separate languages.
Critical praise has long followed her career (NPR dubbed her work “witty, graceful, and powerfully intimate”), but Canopy also represents a milestone: the first full-band release under the name Rachael Sage & The Sequins. With violinist Kelly Halloran, drummer Andy Mac, harmonica virtuoso Trina Hamlin, and cellist Ward Williams rounding out the lineup, the project feels less like a solo endeavor and more like a collective vision of resilience and joy.
Currently in the middle of her Joy = Resistance Tour, Sage is carrying these songs across North America, pairing the catharsis of her live shows with the inclusive message of Canopy. Stops in New York, Los Angeles, Nashville, Chicago, and beyond have already proven that Sage’s blend of compassion and craft resonates far beyond the folk-pop niche—it’s a reminder that in music, as in life, belonging is something we build together.
