Iowa debut |
May 2007 saw the release of Rosie Burgess's newest album -
Humble Pie [MGM]. With national radio showing great support for the album it
has been an exciting time for this passionate musician. Finishing up the
year with the award of a Victoria Rocks Touring Grant, and a performance at
the ecofriendly Peats Ridge Festival, Burgess has firmly secured a place for
herself and her unique brand of urban folkroots music, in the Australian
music scene.
As a young kid Rosie started writing poetry on scrap pieces of paper and
then began to paste them into a book as the papers piled up. Nowadays she
has a bookshelf full of these poems which she weaves into songs, providing
intimate insights for her listeners into her unique view of the world.
Playing straight from the heart, Rosie keeps herself warm with her skillful
rootsy guitar, harmonica and mandolin playing, singing up a storm everytime
she takes the stage. Her music flows out - at times edgy and intense, at
times raw and beautiful, it is always original and gripping.
"When you have heard rosie perform, you're sure to be tongue-tied trying to
tell people how good she is..." says Dave Ritter, organiser of the Bruthen
Festival of Blues and Arts.
Travelling all over Australia, Rosie has had the pleasure of playing along
side some of Australia's finest musicians at our best festivals, including
Ash Grunwald, Mia Dyson, Deborah Conway, Chris Wilson and Blue King Brown.
Rosie's quirky and original tunes are captivating audiences wherever she
goes. Her high energy live shows and many live-to-air radio performances
have secured her a growing fan base of acoustic roots and folk lovers around
the globe
Thu Sep 24 | 5:30 pm
Greene Square Park | Cedar Rapids
Free | Donations welcome
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Thanks to the Iowa Women's Music Festival, our promotional partner for this
show.
The Landfall Festival of World Music
has received support from Rockwell
Collins, the Hotel Motel Fund of the City of Cedar Rapids, the National
Performance Network, the Fidelity Foundation and the National Endowment for
the Arts.
