Based in Eugene, Oregon, Axial Tilt is a "seasonal duo" that appears, like migratory waterfowl, during the spring and fall, when both Rachel and Axon are in the Pacific Northwest. Each of them is primarily pursuing their own solo careers, but they have such good chemistry, sweet harmonies, and loads of fun when they sing together that they now perform together as an expandable duo during Eugene's high season.
Rachel and Axon met at an open mic in Cottage Grove several years ago, and continued running into each other at honkytonks, hootenanies and listening rooms in the Pacific Northwest. In 2025, they began singing together and discovered their voices blended splendidly.
Working together remotely while Rachel tours, they've developed a tasty collection of originals and cover tunes from their respective repertoires suited to duet treatment. Tasting room and corporate event audiences have been delighted with the results.
While Rachel and Axon comprise the core duo, they call on an extensive network of side players in the region to expand Axial Tilt to suit. Axial Tilt is available for taproom, tasting room, bistro and coffeehouse engagements. Now booking for April and May 2026, and considering dates for September, October and November 2026.
📷 Eve Hazelwood
Alan Chamberlain
✆ 530-898-0815
🖂 axon@axonometrix.com
Rachel is a born and raised Alaskan, pursuing her dreams of music and adventure while basing out of Homer.
She brings new life to an eclectic mix of indie/folk covers while weaving in a few of her own originals. With ethereal vocals and some mad fingerpicking skills, she has quickly captured the hearts of audiences in Homer and beyond!
Pursuing a solo performing career takes Rachel from her home base in Alaska during the summer months to the desert Southwest in the winter. While sojourning through the Pacific Northwest, Rachel performs with Axial Tilt during the spring and fall. MORE
Axon writes and sings songs in the Western herban cowboy tradition. A seasoned baritone voice and a signature guitar technique deliver an authentic Americana revue one observer labeled "Hayseed Jazz". A half a century of performing experience, across a variety of genres, infuses a roots repertoire with elements of folk, blues, jazz, tonk and gospel.
Axon has been writing songs his whole life, and performing for more than half a century. He was influenced by the singer-songwriter boom of the sixties and seventies, from Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and the Greenwich Village folkie scene to Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Jackson Browne and the Laurel Canyon scene, to the psychedelic free verse of the San Francisco Sound. MORE
Cover of Jason Isbell's 2020 radio hit. Recorded live at the Oregon Wine Lab, Eugene, OR 11/16/2025
📹 Videography by Eve Hazelwood for Evening Star Recordings