Rose Polenzani

“Pretty Black Ship”

July 26, 2006 Home Recording to Analog 8-track – $0.99 I bought a cassette 8-track machine off ebay last month, and the first thing I recorded on it was a silly round that my friend Anais Mitchell taught me, about an alligator named Albert. I sang it eight times, once on each track, to test [...]

Beautiful 11×17 Posters for Sale Now!

Two items have been added to the Rose Polenzani Paypal shop: gorgeous 11×17 posters, designed by Meghan Dewar. Especially exciting is the limited edition, hand-silkscreened “blue” poster, printed on cardstock and signed & numbered. Only 75 made. Order yours now!.

I made a music video because I could.

it is so funny. First I wrote the song (Tuesday), then I recorded it (Wednesday) and then I made a music video (Thursday) – I am floored by the modern technology and by my love of dancing around in my office. Watch the “Pretty Black Ship” Video on YouTube.

Photos from Toad

These are a couple months old, but they’re very sweet… my friend Thomas took photos at a Toad show (Cambridge) that I played with my band… Jennifer Kimball and Dinty Child both sang a bit as well.

Session Americana on the brain

As soon as I got back from my Summer tour, I went back into the studio to record a couple new songs for the record I’m doing with Session Americana. Since then, I’ve been spending 1-3 hours each day putting the songs in various orders (like making a mix-tape). With 14 songs, this becomes a [...]

panics

I was up very late last night, just kind of tossing and turning, getting up, wandering around, thinking sinister thoughts, pinching myself etcetera. I took an aspirin to help me sleep, and it had this strange weightless effect on my body, and I kept having to smack myself to keep my various parts from floating [...]

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