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Rodan
Rodan
American math rock band
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Balmorhea
Balmorhea
American instrumental band
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The Sonora Pine
The Sonora Pine
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Tim Hodgkinson
Tim Hodgkinson
English experimental music composer and performer
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Helen Grime
Helen Grime
Scottish composer
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Erkki-Sven Tüür
Erkki-Sven Tüür
Estonian composer
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Fred Frith
Fred Frith
English musician, composer and improvisor
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Bruce Mather
Bruce Mather
Canadian composer
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Shipping News
Shipping News
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The Six Parts Seven
The Six Parts Seven
musical artist
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Movietone
Movietone
English post-rock group
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Bent Sørensen
Bent Sørensen
Danish composer
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Joseph Schwantner
Joseph Schwantner
American composer
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Calexico
Calexico
American indie rock band
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Brett Dean
Brett Dean
Australian composer, conductor
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Wyrd Sisters
Wyrd Sisters
Canadian folk music group
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Louis Andriessen
Louis Andriessen
Dutch composer and pianist
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Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen
French composer
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Gregor Samsa
Gregor Samsa
band from Virginia
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3 Mustaphas 3
3 Mustaphas 3
band
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Makoto Shinohara
Makoto Shinohara
Japanese composer
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Karlheinz Essl
Karlheinz Essl
Austrian composer
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Chester Biscardi
Chester Biscardi
American composer
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David Karsten Daniels
David Karsten Daniels
American musician
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Rachel's were an American chamber music group that formed in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1991. Former Rodan guitarist Jason Noble played music individually and referred to himself as Rachel's but then began collaborating with core members violist Christian Frederickson and pianist Rachel Grimes. The group's work was strongly influenced by classical music, particularly inspired by the minimalist music of the late 20th century, and its compositions reflect this. While the trio formed the core part of the band, the group's recordings and performances featured a varying ensemble of musicians, who played a range of string instruments (including viola and cello) in combination with piano, guitars, electric bass guitar, and a drum set that included a large orchestral bass drum. A key influence on the music of Rachel's was the music of the English composer Michael Nyman, whose music the group's work resembles in both instrumentation and compositional style.

A profile of the band is included in the book Second-Hand Stories: 15 Portraits of Louisville by Michael L. Jones.

Noble died of cancer on August 4, 2012, and Edward Grimes died on March 25, 2017.