Description
Rose Cousins is a Canadian-born, Boston-based singer-songwriter whose latest full-length, We Have Made a Spark, is a collaboration with a number of Boston musicians. Impeccably recorded and performed, We Have Made a Spark benefits from the contributions of a number of talented people, including but not limited to Zachariah Hickman on upright bass and organ, Charlie Rose on pedal steel, banjo and dobro, and Laura Cortese on violin and backing vocals. The album is full of excellent tunes that benefit from accents of dobro and mandocello and sultry vocals reminiscent of Neko Case. The band is tight and Cousin’s stylings are simultaneously energetic and world-weary, but the real secret is found in the songs themselves, possessing as they do clear melody, lively harmonies and engagingly complex arrangements.
