folk bad ass.
on December 29, the day of the last sub rosa, Billy Beard found this on the Weekly Dig online:
“FOLK NIGHT / Rose Polenzani @ Lizard Lounge “Folk badass” might seem like an inappropriate term for an artist as intimate and soulful as Polenzani–but you know what? We’ll risk it. She’s kinda like Leonard Cohen and [...]
New Video - “Broken Wings”
I’ve been building up quite a backlog of video footage for editing and posting - this has been a huge year for me! I moved, I got married, and I got a car (more touring!). It’s been an incredible ride, and I’m left on the other side of it all feeling peaceful and excited to [...]
Rose & Annabelle at Hi-n-Dry May 10!
Do you remember when Annabelle Chvostek and I made our youtube duet? it was the debut rosepose88-channel duet! We covered a beautiful Mason Jennings song, “If you ain’t got love.” Here it is again:
My friend Annabelle is coming back to town! We’re doing a sweet little show at the new Hi-n-Dry. Reserve your tickets now!!!. [...]
NewSong Video Posted: “You Were Drunk”
Mountain Stage NewSong just posted a video of my performance at the finals in West Virginia. This was taken on October 11th or 12th - what a nice bunch of people - Check out NewSong’s channel - there are so many great performances captured…
Robby and Rose set sail in a canoe… Rose makes a weather prediction, who is the owl and who is the dog?
Long titles take the pressure off the actual post. Now my post is free to be you and me!
I made a poster yesterday for my upcoming duet of shows with my friend Robby Hecht. It’s based on the cover of Robby’s record, which is pictured here (somewhere near this paragraph). But instead of an owl [...]
New photos from Club Passim Feb. 16 show
Thanks to folktraveler for these lovely photos of the Club Passim set on President’s day. I was joined by Austin Nevins (not pictured) on electric guitar, baritone guitar and acoustic guitar, Jeremy Curtis on upright bass, Jennifer Kimball on harmony vocals, and Dinty Child on Banjo, Mandocello, pump organ and glockenspiel(s). What a wonderful show! [...]
“Eat Your Sherbet” considers my record, with personality.
Click here to read the “Eat Your Sherbet” review of “When the River Meets the Sea”.
This is a very interesting review of my record -
she thinks I’m great but he also thinks I ruin some things - I like balance.
Recording with Brian Webb
Last week, my good friend Brian Webb called me up to say that he was going into the studio -hurrah!- and to ask me if I could come and sing on his new record -yes-. Oh, yes. There is nothing I would love better. Brian is one of those people I would drop anything for [...]
Rose + friends playing tomorrow at Atwoods = New Poster
Just thought I’d share this poster with you all because it took me so long to make it!
Polecats
Hey there.
I just finished editing a new video: Rose Cousins, Jennifer Kimball, Anne Heaton and I singing “lonesome polecat”, which is one of my favorite songs of all time. Here is the video:
In all the time I’ve known this song (from when I was a wee little girl), I did not know what a polecat [...]
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