[2] The New York Times describes Sage as "alternately channeling her inner Fanny Brice and Jewish Norah Jones".

[7] Sage attended Stanford University where she hosted a nighttime college radio show as "Full Moon Rachael".

[16] "Brave Mistake" from the album Delancey Street was nominated for Best Story Song at the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards in 2011.

[19] On May 20, 2016, Sage released her 12th studio album, Choreographic, on MPress Records, featuring some of the songs that she wrote to accompany dance competition routines for Maddie Ziegler.

[22] Sage regularly tours in North America and Europe and has shared stages with A Great Big World,[23] Semi Precious Weapons,[24] Sarah McLachlan, Judy Collins, Marc Cohn, the Animals, Jamie Cullum, and Ani DiFranco.

[25] Producer Phil Ramone said of working with Sage that he was reminded of collaborating with Bob Dylan and that "She has a very unusual way of treating a pop song.

"[26] Sage's paintings and collages have been shown in small galleries in Lower Manhattan,[27] and she has also contributed original artwork to her own CD package designs.

In 2016, she teamed with cellist Dave Eggar to produce a benefit concert to help victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting, a hate crime against gay people.