Biography
Raina Rose is a boot-stomping sinner/songwriter born on the day the music died. She sings americana-folk songs of long travels, fictional characters, time that plays tricks and the tricks that governments play with a biting honesty. Starting her life in Los Angeles during the Regan era, her family soon emigrated to lovely Portland, OR where Raina cut her teeth on the notable music scene. Raina took off on tour in late 2005 and has been at it ever since. Thanks to the campfires of the Kerrville Folk Festival, Raina found the draw of the Austin music community too strong and now calls the Live Music Capital of the World her homebase. She let that southern flavor sink in and now serves a brave and heartbreaking brew of fingerpicking, flatpicking, and fresh-voiced stories. Catch this bird in flight all over the country. Raina was a 2007 Kerrville New Folk Finalist, has received honorable mention in the Telluride Troubadour contest, as well as appeared at High Sierra Music Festival in '06, '07 & '09 and Oregon Country Fair in '09.
Instrumentation
Raina Rose plays acoustic & hollow-body electric guitar, sings and stomps her feet.
Touring consistently, The Raina Rose Trio is a high energy, intimate blend of folk & americana alt-country featuring virtuosic performances by Trevor Smith on banjo and Andrew Pressman on upright bass. Raina's grab-you-by-the-heart lyrics and "dirt & honey" vocals keep an audience mesmerized, and damn the girl can play!
Discography
Raina Rose's 4th full length album "When May Came" was recorded LIVE in September 2009 over 4 days. Mixed by Jonathan Byrd, the self produced album will be out in February 2010.
2009's Blackwater, EP
self-produced
2009's "End Of Endless False Starts" produced by John Elliott of The Hereafter . Performing Songwriter top 12 DIY for May/June '09 said:
"Raina Rose's new cd End of Endless False Starts requires the listener to tap the brakes and tune in. It’s not mindless, groove-oriented stuff here, so an appreciation for poetry is a prerequisite."
2007's "The Prophet, The Panhandler and The Moon" featuring Tony Furtado on banjo. self produced.
2005's "Despite the Crushing Weight of Gravity" produced by Jim Brunberg at Mississippi Studios featuring Tracy Grammer on fiddle.
2002's "The Gypsy Moths" Raina Rose and Meredith Cushing, self produced.
Links
| http://www.rainarose.com |