Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Whitney Rose has announced the release of new EP South Texas Suite on January 27th 2017,plus a UK tour headlining London's Green Note on May 27th.The six song EP follows Rose's 2015 critically acclaimed record Heartbreaker of the Year, produced by Raul Malo of the Mavericks; which was awarded Country Recording of the Year in 2016 at the East Coast Music Awards in Canada. The breakout album presented Rose's vintage country-pop influences, converting critics with its beguiling blend of then and now.
South Texas Suite, however, sees Rose go it alone.
A recent move from her native Canada to Texas for a two month residency at Austin's famed Americana bastion, the Continental Club, Rose describes as 'lighting a fire in her' and she felt compelled to stay. Quickly becoming smitten with Texas and fascinated by the two-step dance culture, Rose found herself writing non-stop leading to the creation of the self-produced EP. South Texas Suite became a good old fashioned love letter to the lone star state; a touch nostalgic, deeply romantic and defiantly personal.
South Texas Suite is a meticulous study of sound and place; the work of an artist who is both an insider and an outsider, an observer and a maker, a listener and a storyteller.
The year also saw Rose tour extensively throughout North America, make her European debut, plus tour with Sam Outlaw; and a UK tour awaits for spring of 2017. The dates are, as follows:
23rd May - The Maze, Nottingham
24th May - The Greystones, Sheffield
26th May - Cluny 2, Newcastle
27th May - Green Note, London
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For more information on Whitney, including full details about her tour, visit whitneyrosemusic.com.
