Renee & The Renegades
City Winery Boston presents Renee & The Renegades live on Sunday, Dec 8th at 12pm.
Renee is a 26-year-old singer songwriter from the Greater Boston area who has recently been awarded the inaugural Artist of the Year award for the New England Music Hall of Fame. She started singing at the age of 3 and began to write her own music at 13. At a young age she entered her first contest at the age of eight, finishing in 2nd place overall.
She's been #1 on the CDX Southern Gospel and Positive Country Charts for her song "Walk with the Big Guy" and has performed in Times Square NY at the Wonderama Season 7 set. Renee has 34 original songs spanning over four albums, and two singles) and gigs with her band around the New England area. Renee has performed with the North California hit band MAGIC GIANT at the Armory in Cambridge and has performed on the main stage at the Christian music event called SoulFest. She has headlined at the Music Room in Yarmouth MA and the Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport MA. Having played on several different country radio stations including Country 102.5, the Bull 101.7, XM Sirius radio, Ireland's Kildaire FM (KFM), and many more, Renee feels that her music career can only go up. Renee has been invited five times to sing the American National Anthem 4 times and Canadian National Anthem 3 times at Fenway Park for the Major League Baseball franchise the Boston Red Sox.
Renee has even performed on stage with the likes of Gary U.S. Bonds on the Gary Leavitt and Friends show and Southside Johnny at Boarding House Park in Lowell MA. During summer 2018, Renee opened for International Country Star “Cam” as part of an acoustic show at Prescott Park in Portsmouth, New Hampshire where she wowed people that came to see the headliner. In addition to her appearances with big name musicians, Leavitt has headlined quite a few of her own shows around the North Shore and Greater Boston areas. The singer even got to showcase her talent on a parade float at the Columbus Day Parade 2018 in Yarmouth MA and she performed at the 2019 Yarmouth Country Fest.
She has performed at SoulFest in Gilford NH in 2022 and at SoulFest in Topsfield in 2023, showcasing her talent on the main stage with the likes of For King and Country, Ben Fuller, and more! She also has been a regular act at the Music Room in Yarmouth MA, as well as the Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport MA.
Renee has just embarked upon her fourth college degree at the Berklee School of Music in Songwriting, receiving prior a Bachelor's in Political Science and Theology at Assumption College, a Masters of Theological Studies at Boston University, and an advanced Theology Masters in Systematics at Boston College.
