Rai Lacoste singing in a dimly lit studio

Rai Lacoste

Singer, songwriter, nightly livestreamer

Songs for the small hours,sung live tonight.

I write the songs, I sing them, and I play them for you on stream before anyone else hears a finished mix.

Live every night, 9pm to midnight.

Rai Lacoste at a vintage condenser microphoneHands playing acoustic guitar stringsLivestream desk with ring light and mixerHandwritten lyric notebook on a wooden tableSmall venue stage under a single spotlightAnalog mixing console faders glowingAudience silhouettes at an intimate night showUpright piano and headphones in a rehearsal room
I stopped waiting for a label and started singing for whoever was awake

Rai Lacoste

Riverbend SessionsNocturne FMThe Midnight Club
Rai Lacoste seated with a guitar

Live Set

Ninety minutes of originals with guitar and loop pedal.
Rider, stems and stage plot sent on booking.

$1,800

Per night

Written For You

One original song, written from your story.
Recorded, mixed and delivered in three weeks.

$950

Starting

What rooms say

4.9/5 from venues and clients

Rai held a sold-out room completely silent for a song nobody had heard yet. That almost never happens.

Dana Okafor

Dana Okafor

→ Talent Booker, Riverbend Sessions

The demos arrive finished. Lyrics, structure, melody — there is nothing left for us to fix.

Marc Villalobos

Marc Villalobos

→ A&R, Nocturne

We commissioned a song for our couple's first dance and half the room was in tears by the second verse.

Priya Raman

Priya Raman

→ Event Producer, Hollis Events

Turned up early, soundchecked fast, and played a late slot like it was the headline. Easiest booking of the season.

Tobias Lind

Tobias Lind

→ Programmer, Harbour Nights

The stream feels like a living room. People show up nightly just to hear what Rai wrote that afternoon.

Alina Ferreira

Alina Ferreira

→ Community Lead, The Midnight Club

Rai held a sold-out room completely silent for a song nobody had heard yet. That almost never happens.

Dana Okafor

Dana Okafor

→ Talent Booker, Riverbend Sessions

The demos arrive finished. Lyrics, structure, melody — there is nothing left for us to fix.

Marc Villalobos

Marc Villalobos

→ A&R, Nocturne

We commissioned a song for our couple's first dance and half the room was in tears by the second verse.

Priya Raman

Priya Raman

→ Event Producer, Hollis Events

Turned up early, soundchecked fast, and played a late slot like it was the headline. Easiest booking of the season.

Tobias Lind

Tobias Lind

→ Programmer, Harbour Nights

The stream feels like a living room. People show up nightly just to hear what Rai wrote that afternoon.

Alina Ferreira

Alina Ferreira

→ Community Lead, The Midnight Club

Rai held a sold-out room completely silent for a song nobody had heard yet. That almost never happens.

Dana Okafor

Dana Okafor

→ Talent Booker, Riverbend Sessions

The demos arrive finished. Lyrics, structure, melody — there is nothing left for us to fix.

Marc Villalobos

Marc Villalobos

→ A&R, Nocturne

We commissioned a song for our couple's first dance and half the room was in tears by the second verse.

Priya Raman

Priya Raman

→ Event Producer, Hollis Events

Turned up early, soundchecked fast, and played a late slot like it was the headline. Easiest booking of the season.

Tobias Lind

Tobias Lind

→ Programmer, Harbour Nights

The stream feels like a living room. People show up nightly just to hear what Rai wrote that afternoon.

Alina Ferreira

Alina Ferreira

→ Community Lead, The Midnight Club

nightdrive

Six songs written on the road between empty cities and late radio

Track coming soon
City lights through a rain-streaked car window

Diner Hours

A live stream set, recorded in one take

Track coming soon
Empty late night diner booth with neon reflection

Understudy

First single, still the loudest

Track coming soon
Vinyl record spinning on a turntable

Put me on your stage

Let’s put a date on it

Venues, private events, commissioned songs and stream collaborations all come through here. I read everything myself.