Inner worlds. That’s the through-line for the music and lyrics of Rebecca Pronsky, the Brooklyn-born/raised/based songwriter, singer and producer. Whether written in her own voice or the voice of a character, Rebeca’s songs delve into the complex inner worlds of individuals, and explore the murky boundaries of self.

After growing up in Brooklyn, NY, Rebecca attended Brown University, where she studied music and wrote her first songs. As her introspective writing evolved in the years following, she met twangy, ambient guitarist Rich Bennett, and a long-term collaboration began. The two produced four critically acclaimed albums and two EPs together under Rebecca’s name, and spent more than a decade recording and touring internationally. Rebecca’s darkly personal songs were featured on NPR Music and BBC Radio, and her 2013 album “Only Daughter” was named a Top 10 Country Album of the Year by the UK’s The Telegraph.

Following the 2016 election, Rebecca’s focus shifted, and she wrote and produced “Witness: Hillary's Song Cycle,” a one-woman musical theatre piece. “Witness” goes inside the mind of Hillary Clinton after her devastating election loss, and imagines her journey from grief to acceptance. Both comedic and heartrending, “Witness” premiered at the NY International Fringe Festival in 2018 to sold out audiences. A studio recording of the songs featured an all-female band and creative team. As the 2020 election drew closer, Rebecca took on and completed an expansive 26-song concept project of writing a satirical song about each of the many candidates running for the Democratic nomination.

Once Covid took hold, Rebecca wrote and produced "Together All the Time,” a 10-part documentary podcast which follows three New Yorkers through the early "lockdown" phase of the pandemic. The podcast weaves together emotional first-hand accounts of life in their households to create a vivid picture of a strange and painful time as it unfolded.

Rebecca’s passion for foraging, gardening and mushroom hunting has inspired her artistically over the past several years. A TikTok and Instagram series of spontaneous plant jingles earned her the name “Singing Forager.” More recently, she received a gift of a begonia that once belonged to Einstein. This living artifact of genius is the subject of Rebecca’s next musical project, “Einstein’s Begonia.” Told from the perspective of the begonia, after its caretaker, Einstein, dies, the piece deals with grief, captivity, and the search for a sense belonging.