ROSE COUSINS NATURAL CONCLUSION

There are many turns along the journey of a heart breaking, mending and thriving again. Moments of sorrow, bareness, determination, courage, risk, restraint and resilience. When acceptance finally appears, we arrive at what is and always would be a Natural Conclusion.

Rose Cousins took a deliberate break from her active touring schedule and traveled to create. . Los Angeles. . Nashville. . Her goal was to connect with artists, writers and producers to make songs in new ways, new sounds with new people, not knowing where they would go and not needing to. Her catalogue and perspective expanded, and her new album was conceived.

On Natural Conclusion Rose Cousins steps boldly forward, a fully mature writer/artist in her next great stride.

Cousins enlisted Grammy Award winning producer , who she befriended in 2012. She and Henry each gathered trusted colleagues and met in Toronto. PRODUCED BY JOE HENRY Henry brought longtime collaborators from Los Angeles - Engineer 1. Chosen 4:35 , drummer and bassist 2. Like Trees 3:44 who collectively worked on many notable projects (, 3. Freedom 4:28 , , ). 4. White Flag 3:34 5. Chains 3:14 Cousins invited Toronto pianist Aaron Davis (, Jane 6. The Grate 4:33 Siberry) and player Gord Tough (, Sarah 7. My Friend 1:32 Harmer); touring mates Asa Brosius (Anais Mitchell, Heavy 8. Tender Is The Man 2:39 Blinkers) from Halifax on pedal/lap steel & dobro and Zachariah 9. Lock and Key 5:18 Hickman (Josh Ritter, Ray Lamontagne) from Boston on bass; 10. Grace 4:21 friend and fellow PEIslander /violist Kinley Dowling (Hey 11. Donoughmore 3:15 Rosetta!) added strings and joined the choir that also included 12. Coda 3:20 Hickman and longtime friends , Caroline Brookes (Good Lovelies), and Miranda Mullholland ().

The result is what Cousins calls “the most honest and vulnerable TITLE: Natural Conclusion thing” she has made to date. RELEASE DATE: February 3, 2017 LABELS: Outside Music (Canada), Old Farm Pony Records (rest of world) ABOUT ROSE CATALOG: OFPR021 A native of Prince Edward Island, Rose Cousins lives in Halifax UPC: 623339910422 . She deeply values being part of multiple music communities, and is constantly fueled by collaboration. Cousins’ 2012 album We Have Made A Spark celebrated her Boston ONLINE MEDIA KIT community and featured a cast of musicians Cousins had known and played music with for a decade. It won a , 3 East Rosecousins.com/media-tools Coast Music Awards, a Canadian Award, was nominated for the , and made picks/best of lists LISTEN, LYRICS & LINER NOTES in USA Today, NPR Music and Oprah Magazine. Her music has Rosecousins.com/music found its way into several TV shows including Grey's Anatomy.

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CREDITS Rose Cousins – guitar, , vocals Zachariah Hickman – upright bass, string arrangements, vocals Jay Bellerose – drums, percussion Aaron Davis – keys, organs, burning piano Asa Brosius – steel Kinley Dowling – viola, violin, vocals David Piltch – upright & electric bass Miranda Mulholland, Caroline Brookes, Jill Barber – vocals Gord Tough – electric & acoustic guitars

All songs written by Rose Cousins (SOCAN) except “White Flag” written with KS Rhoads, “Chains” with Jeffrey Bowman and Andrew Combs, “Lock and Key” with Ryan Roberts, “Grace” with

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