View basket “Muleskinner – A Potpourri Of Bluegrass Jam” has been added to your basket. Medicine For Living Alexa Rose SKU: BLM0567 Barcode: 854255005675 15.00 £15.00 Genre: Folk Label: Big Legal Mess Released Date: 4th October 2019 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Alexa Rose was born in the Alleghany Highlands of western Virginia, raised in the tiny railroad town of Clifton Forge. Though no one in her immediate family played or sang, she inherited a deep musical legacy. “Growing up I would hear stories of my great-grandfather Alvy who, for a time, lived and played with [bluegrass great] Lester Flatt when they were both young men,” says Rose. “Apparently, Lester tried to get him to move to Nashville and pursue a career. But my great-grandfather decided to stay in the mountains with his wife on their farm.” “There are so many musicians where I’m from, people who just play on their porch or in some local bar — and they’re amazing. They don’t do it commercially, that’s not the essence of what they do. There’s a deep connection between their sense of place and the music they make. That’s what really inspires me about the musical culture in the South and the mountains, especially.” That visceral connection is at the core of Rose’s debut album, Medicine for Living (Big Legal Mess, October 4th). A stunning ten-track effort, it finds the 25-year-old singer-songwriter bringing a wellspring of tradition to bear on an enlivening collection of contemporary roots songs. A mostly self-taught musician, Rose picked up the guitar as a teen. “I always grew up with traditional mountain music in my ear and in my community, but I don’t think I actualized its influenced on me until I moved to North Carolina in 2013.” It was there, as a music major at Appalachian State University, that Rose was fully exposed to a wealth of old time music, regional stylists like Doc Watson, and most crucially, the ancient folk ballads carried over from the British Isles. “Those traditional songs are presented in a stark way that preserves the stories. It’s all about the storytelling,” she says. “That really affected the way I started crafted my own songs and how I sang.” Despite her studies, playing music was never a bloodless academic pursuit for Rose but rather a deeply intimate act. “I was a bedroom singer and songwriter. I didn’t perform out very much. Music was a very personal practice. I used it as something to come home to at the end of the day, and it always made me feel better. Artist Alexa Rose Genre Folk Label Big Legal Mess Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Red Balloon Borrow Your Heart Like a Child Fine Tooth Comb The Way Love Is The Last Wildflower Tried and True The Leaving Kind Untitles No. Medicine For Living Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Folk View Product Quick View Mike Cooper Life and Death in Paradise + Milan Live Acoustic 2018 Folk | Paradise Of Bachelors | 1LP, Includes CD Released 14th July 2023 £32.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mike Cooper Life and Death in Paradise + Milan Live Acoustic 2018 £32.00 Genre: Folk Label: Paradise Of Bachelors SKU: POB070LP Formats: 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 14th July 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Lily and Maria Lily and Maria Folk | Columbia | 1LP Released 28th April 2020 £12.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Lily and Maria Lily and Maria £12.00 Genre: Folk Label: Columbia SKU: nn201267 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 28th April 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Martin Carthy Martin Carthy Folk | Topic Records | 1LP Released 23rd February 2024 £21.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Martin Carthy Martin Carthy £21.00 Genre: Folk Label: Topic Records SKU: TTSLP005 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 23rd February 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Bert Jansch Jack Orion Folk | Sanctuary | 1LP Released 9th October 2015 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bert Jansch Jack Orion £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Sanctuary SKU: 5414939921506 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th October 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jeffrey Martin Thank God We Left The Garden Folk | Loose Music | 1LP Released 3rd November 2023 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jeffrey Martin Thank God We Left The Garden £18.00 Genre: Folk Label: Loose Music SKU: VJLP281 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fionn Regan Cala Folk | Abbey Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 9th August 2019 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fionn Regan Cala £15.00 Genre: Folk Label: Abbey Records SKU: ABBEYLP191 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 9th August 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Greg Brown The Iowa Waltz 30th Anniversary Edition Folk | Red House | 1LP Released 24th February 2014 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Greg Brown The Iowa Waltz 30th Anniversary Edition £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Red House SKU: RHRLP01 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th February 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jake Blount Spider Tales Folk | Free Dirt Records | 1LP Released 8th January 2021 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jake Blount Spider Tales £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Free Dirt Records SKU: DIRTLP0097 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 8th January 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Paul's picks View Product Quick View Jon Boden Last Mile Home Folk | Hudson Records | 1LP Released 14th May 2021 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jon Boden Last Mile Home £16.00 Genre: Folk Label: Hudson Records SKU: HUD022LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 14th May 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Clannad Fuaim (Remastered) Folk | Tara | 1LP Released 16th July 2021 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Clannad Fuaim (Remastered) £20.00 Genre: Folk Label: Tara SKU: 877478 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 16th July 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Folk Start again
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