Rebecca Gates is a musician, curator and audio editor who began playing music in the Pacific NW DIY indie culture scene as a member of The Spinanes. After 5 years of recording as The Spinanes, Gates released 2001’s Ruby Series which Spin called “a warm, thoughtful, and melodically gorgeous record.” Since that time she has appeared on records by Laetitia Sadier, Ted Leo, The Mekons, The Decemberists, The Minus Five and Willie Nelson + many more. Gates is preparing two albums for release in 2011. Read more about Rebecca Gates on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.