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 The
youngest of four children, Rose Polenzani was born into a midwestern
family that valued music above all things. The prize of the household
was an ornate baby grand piano...it was no mistake that the children
grew up to have music as a major part of their lives (Rose's brother
Matthew sings with the Metropolitan Opera). In 1995, Rose left
school so she could concentrate on songwriting, immersing herself
for two years in the Chicago open-mic scene and a hand -me-down
four-track machine. She was a local girl until 1997.
Her
first tour took her to the Northeast in November of 1997. Within
7 months, she would be invited to play the Newport Folk Festival
and winning a slot in the 1998 summer Lilith Fair. Balanced
on the brink of 60's folk literacy and modern adult alternative,
Rose has been able to straddle the largely streamlined music scene,
opening for acts such as David Gray, Kristin Hersh,
and Vic Chestnutt, as natural in a rock club as a coffeehouse.
Despite her attention to lyrics, it's her voice that captures
an audience and brings them to a hush, as the Minneapolis City
Pages put forth: "[Rose's] ever-shifty and never precious
vocal presence must have been long cultivated to arrive in public
so fully formed."
Press
Quotes:
"In
their psychic intensity, Polenzani's compositions sometimes evoke
the spirit of the late Velvet Underground chanteuse Nico, albeit
without that singers icy aloofness. Indeed, Polenzani's breathy,
tremulous voice has a beckoning power more akin to that of a child
ghost in a graveyard."
--Request Magazine
"Somewhere
in-between the raw emotion of singer Patty Griffin and the poetry
of Anne Sexton, you'll find Rose Polenzani."
--Utne Reader
"One
of the best songwriters around...Rose Polenzani actually has a
chance to pick up the Mitchell mantle."
--BUST Magazine
"[Rose
has] an otherworldly quality that transcends musical categories,
much like Rickie Lee Jones's early work. Anybody has me searching
for Polenzani's self-released 1998 debut, Dragersville."
--CMJ
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Rose
Polenzani - August
This 2004 self-release is a collection of intimate,
misfit home records.
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Rose
Polenzani - s/t
The new self-titled release is Rose's second record
on Daemon, the follow up to her critically acclaimed 1999
release "Anybody". It is her first full-length
studio effort of all new material. Anybody was a compilation
of early demos and homemade four track recordings. Rose's
s/t shows growth and expansion, using instrumentation to
the songs fullest advantage. While it features Rose's first
band material, it is not without some signature acoustic
moments.
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Mary
Lee
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Rose
Polenzani - Anybody
Anybody is a collection of her earlier home & studio
recordings, compiled by Amy Ray and Rose. Rykodisc recording
artist Andrew Bird makes an appearance with his searing
violin on "Molly's Lily," and epic tale of family
debt, poison meadows, and the devil; and on "Abalin,"
a ghostly love story. The Indigo Girls bring close, beautiful
harmonies to "Or," a song of separation. "Look
No Hands" highlights the intimate, experimental style
of Rose's home recordings and writings, which often bend
the ears of gender and sexuality, as on "Olga's Birthday"
and "Perihelion."
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Rose
Polenzani - Dragersville
Dragersville is a self produced collection of 11 original
songs released in 1998. This is the release that got Ms.
Polenzani signed to Daemon. A few of the tracks are on her
Daemon release, Anybody, but worth the price just for the
first song. Beautiful!
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