View basket “Double Roses (White Vinyl)” 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 Tunng Turbines (Limited Colour Vinyl) Folk | Full Time Hobby | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 1st July 2013 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tunng Turbines (Limited Colour Vinyl) £16.00 Genre: Folk Label: Full Time Hobby SKU: FTH170LPA Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 1st July 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sam Lee Old Wow Folk | Cooking Vinyl | 1LP Released 31st January 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sam Lee Old Wow £20.00 Genre: Folk Label: Cooking Vinyl SKU: COOKLP743 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 31st January 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Anna St. Louis In The Air Folk | Woodsist | 1LP Released 30th June 2023 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Anna St. Louis In The Air £26.00 Genre: Folk Label: Woodsist SKU: WOODSIST106/MARE007 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 30th June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Martyn Joseph Here Come The Young Folk | Pipe Records | 1LP Released 25th January 2019 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Martyn Joseph Here Come The Young £16.00 Genre: Folk Label: Pipe Records SKU: PRVA028 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 25th January 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Michael Head and The Strands The Magical World of The Strands Folk | Megaphone | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 29th July 2015 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Michael Head and The Strands The Magical World of The Strands £24.00 Genre: Folk Label: Megaphone SKU: LPMEGA24 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 29th July 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bob Dylan The Karen Wallace Tape, May 1960 Folk | Cornbread | 180g, 1LP Released 2nd August 2018 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bob Dylan The Karen Wallace Tape, May 1960 £17.00 Genre: Folk Label: Cornbread SKU: CRNBR16059 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 2nd August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Charlie Parr Little Sun Folk | Smithsonian Folkways | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 22nd March 2024 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Charlie Parr Little Sun £20.00 Genre: Folk Label: Smithsonian Folkways SKU: SFW40262LP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 22nd March 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Joan Baez Diamonds and Rust in the Bullring Folk | Analogue Productions | 200g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 17th July 2020 £65.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Joan Baez Diamonds and Rust in the Bullring £65.00 Genre: Folk Label: Analogue Productions SKU: AAPF080-45 Formats: 200g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 17th July 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Samantha Fish Wild Heart Blues | Ruf Records | 1LP Released 4th December 2015 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Samantha Fish Wild Heart £25.00 Genre: Blues Label: Ruf Records SKU: RUF2019 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th December 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rick Deitrick Coyote Canyon Folk | Tomkins Square | 1LP Released 27th August 2021 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rick Deitrick Coyote Canyon £20.00 Genre: Folk Label: Tomkins Square SKU: TSQ5838 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th August 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Folk Start again
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