Hahira, Georgia May 22, 2025 — Rachel Grubb of Lake City, Florida, will sing her haunting encore from last year, as well as the song she won with, as Headliner for the 2025 Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest.

Come hear the finalists this year, Saturday, September 6, 2025, at the Turner Center for the Arts, in Valdosta, Georgia. “Musicians, send in your own song!” said Gala Committee Chair and WWALS Board President Sara Squires Jones.
https://forms.gle/LfXFBVESipd231Dr7

The Contest is part of WWALS River Revue, which features food, drink, a silent auction, and speakers from Georgia and Florida. Rachel Grubb’s encore, “Ghost of the Suwannee,” will call you home.
https://youtu.be/IVKrUqiwXBk?si=EtZ3K8SsqbOyrhHP

Then the Finalists will play, and three judges will pick winners in multiple genres, as well as Best from Inside the Suwannee River Basin, Best from Outside, and First Prize.

Persistence paid off last year when Rachel Grubb came back after several years with her song, “Cruising Down the Suwannee.” She won plaques not only Best Americana Indie-Folk Song, but also First Prize, with $300 check.

Rachel Grubb with her two prize plaques –Karen Corbin

Here are videos of her winning song and her awards:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKwQ5xfKf-QwHgcxLdwOzUQNJDAj4zEi3&si=S6_kNrttvtPm5nd3

Rachel wrote about herself, “I’m a singer-songwriter from Lake City, Florida. I find a great deal of inspiration in the beauty of the our area springs and rivers. I am currently completing my second solo album entitled “Florida Home,” a collection of songs about rural north Florida and its natural beauty.”

Best Americana Indie-Folk Song, “Cruising Down the Suwannee,” Rachel Grubb

For more about her winning song, see Videos: Rachel Grubb, First Prize, Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2024-09-07.
https://wwals.net/?p=66055

You can listen to all the 2024 finalists and their awards, plus “Ghost:”
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKwQ5xfKf-QzJ7P8gLZAeDYW2TpNdVIdP&si=NfPiARQ47Tk63Olp

For more information abou the 2025 WWALS River Revue and the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest, see:
https://wwals.net/pictures/songwriting2025

Flyer: WWALS River Revue 2025

Y’all come.

Proceeds of WWALS River Revue benefit the advocacy and activities of WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc., a 501(c)(3) IRS nonprofit educational charity, working since 2012 for a healthy watershed with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable water. Since December 2016, Suwannee Riverkeeper® is a project and a staff position with WWALS.

Mission: WWALS advocates for conservation and stewardship of the surface waters and groundwater of the Suwannee River Basin and Estuary, in south Georgia and north Florida, among them the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Little, Santa Fe, and Suwannee River watersheds, through education, awareness, environmental monitoring, and citizen activities.

Our Watershed: The 10,000-square-mile WWALS territory includes the Suwannee River from the Okefenokee Swamp to the Gulf of Mexico, plus the Suwannee River Estuary, and tributaries such as the Withlacoochee and Alapaha Rivers as far north as Cordele in Georgia, as well as parts of the Floridan Aquifer— the primary water source for drinking, agriculture, and industry for millions of Georgia and Florida residents.

Contact: Suwannee Riverkeeper
song@suwanneeriverkeeper.org
850-290-2350

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