Shea Rose

Last updated
Shea Rose
Shea Rose Live at Brighton Music Hall.jpeg
Shea Rose performing at Brighton Music Hall in Boston, MA
Background information
Born Boston, Massachusetts, United States
GenresSinger-songwriter, soul, rock, hip hop, folk
Instrument(s)Voice, guitar, piano
Years active2010–present
Labels Independent
Website shearose.com

Shea Rose is a singer-songwriter, performing artist, and music curator based in Boston, Massachusetts. She explores soul, rock, and hip hop while congruently inspiring her community to use the power of music for social change. [1]

Contents

Music career

Rose has been described by former Boston Globe music critic Steve Morse as "that rare artist who can bridge diverse styles such as soul, funk, rock, rap and jazz – and bring her unique stamp to each." [2] She has been labeled the "artist most likely to make an impact on the national stage" by the Boston Globe. [3] In addition to her independent releases, Rose is a featured songwriter and performer on two Grammy award-winning jazz albums, "The Mosaic Project" (2011) [4] and Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue (2012), [5] [6] both produced by legendary drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and featuring an all-star cast of musicians including Esperanza Spalding, Patrice Rushen, and the incomparable Herbie Hancock. Rose received a SESAC National Performance Activity Award for her collaboration on "The Mosaic Project". [7]

Rose has shared the stage with Gladys Knight, Macy Gray, Nneka, Alice Smith, and Talib Kweli, and she has performed internationally in Bucharest, Romania, Athens, Greece, Naples, Italy, St. Michaels, Barbados, Santiago/Havana, Cuba and Kingston, Jamaica. [8]

Rose graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2011 [9] and has received numerous awards and honors since, including multiple Boston Music Awards [10] and a scholarship from the Songwriters Hall of Fame for "excellence in songwriting." [7]

D.T.M.A. (Dance This Mess Around) - 2017

In 2017, Rose released the D.T.M.A. (Dance This Mess Around) EP. [11] Rose recorded and produced the album independently with funding from a Kickstarter before being offered a contract by Virgin Records, and before turning it down. [12] The album, which was released one track at a time with accompanying artwork and behind-the-scenes interviews, follows Rose's personal and creative evolution during this journey. The songs describe a struggle with the conformity that often accompanies mainstream success and a desire for freedom and self-expression. She's Got Her Ticket describes Rose's transition "from the tough star with her eyes on success, to a stripped-down confident woman who has found herself." [12]

The accompanying D.T.M.A. interviews reveal the process as art, displaying not only the final, polished work, but the challenges and effort that went into making it. Both beautiful and painful at times, the process and Rose's personal experiences while creating this project became as important as the album itself and are now inseparable from the music. [13]

"Black Boys On Mopeds" – 2016

In the summer of 2016, Rose released a cover of Sinéad O’Connor's "Black Boys on Mopeds," available on iTunes, [14] Spotify, [15] and Bandcamp. [16] Though the lyrics reference England in the 1990s, Rose felt that the song served as a universal statement on the social and political climate of the world in 2016. The song came to mind after the shooting and unrest in Ferguson. As more and more stories of police brutality came out, Rose was hesitant to release her recording, fearing it could be taken the wrong way. As the song goes, "To say what you feel is to dig your own grave." But following the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, and with a Presidential election coming that year, Rose chose to use her platform to spark a conversation about the disquieting conditions across the world. [17]

Together with producer Simone Scazzocchio, Rose presented this song not as a musical performance, but as a conversation with the community. This conversation took place through social media on both Facebook Live and a Twitter live chat, as well as in person at community meetings and listening parties. [17]

Little Warrior – 2011

“Little Warrior" is not only the title of her album, [18] but a moniker that Shea Rose embodies physically and artistically. Rose expresses the "Little Warrior" on stage, through her music and fashion sense, and in her daily life with her music for social change initiatives and outreach. She describes a "Little Warrior" as:

Little Warrior: (noun) An Empowered, Independent, Tenacious, and Resilient Woman; A Citizen of the World, Zealous in nature, who uses Amity and Strength as her weapons of choice when presented with any battle. [19]

Rose believes we all have the power to face our battles with faith, strength and courage, embracing our inner warrior.

In the summer of 2015, Rose launched her "Warrior Wednesday" campaign, where she interviewed several "Warrior Women" in the Boston area to share their words of wisdom to other young women. Featured guests included Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley and Editor and Chief of Boston Common Magazine Lisa Pierpont. One video was shared every Wednesday on Rose's YouTube and social media pages. [20]

Rock 'n Rose – 2010

Rock ‘n Rose, Shea Rose's first EP (2010), was an introduction to her genre-blending style. [21] At that time, Rose was known for her soulful rap-meets-rock sound, a big Afro, and killer heels. Her image was a fearless rapper with a rock-edge, but that was only one side of her. [12] Rose's image has evolved greatly since this EP, as revealed through her more recent releases.

Community Outreach

Off stage, Rose is dedicated to working with local and national communities to promote music for social change. [22] Her outreach includes volunteering, live and in-studio performances, coaching, workshops, lectures, and clinics. She has worked with over 30 community organizations and served as an AmeriCorps State and National program volunteer for two years. Rose is the recipient of the Berklee College of Music, Walter W. Harp Liberal Arts Music and Society Award for her demonstration of outstanding achievement in research, civic engagement, and performance relating to music and society. [23] She's an "Artist for the Amazon," representing the Amazon Aid Foundation, [24] and co-wrote their call-to-action song, "Anthem for the Amazon," to raise awareness about the environmental issues in the rainforest. [25] She is also an artist representative for Music2Life, [26] a non-profit foundation started by Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary, [27] and partners with the Safer is S.E.X.Y. [28] campaign, spreading HIV awareness among teenage girls in underserved communities. [29]

Fashion

Rose was named one of the "Most Stylish Bostonians," gracing the cover of Boston Globe magazine's annual style issue, [30] and has also appeared on the covers of Improper Bostonian, Exhale and Performer magazines. [31] She's been featured in brand campaigns for CoverGirl, [32] Tory Burch, [33] Puma, [31] Plndr and Converse, [8] and she made her international television debut hosting the "Boston Contemporary" episode of CNN's travel and lifestyle show, "CNNGo.”

TEDx Talk

Rose was chosen as a speaker for TEDx Beacon Street [34] in the fall of 2014. Her talk, entitled "Somebody Stole My Voice Again," addressed her experience following vocal surgery to remove a polyp:

The voice has been described as the “muscle of the soul”. Then why do most of us cringe at the sound of hearing our own voice? Through personal stories and singing, Shea Rose, a two-time Boston Music Award winner and Berklee College of Music graduate, shares what she discovered about the human voice, after a major surgery on her vocal cords. [35]

The full talk is available to view on YouTube. [36]

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum RISE Series

Currently, Rose is curating the RISE Music Series [37] at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston with Composer/Producer Simone Scazzocchio. [38] RISE features local, national, and international aspiring and established artists from the realms of pop, rock, and hip-hop. [39] Since September 2015, Rose and Scazzocchio have brought artists including KING, Yuna, Will Dailey, and Goapele to the museum's performance space and sonic cube, Calderwood Hall. [40]

Awards and nominations

Discography

Independent Releases

Collaborations

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Boston Music Awards</span> American annual award ceremony

Founded in 1987, the Boston Music Awards are a set of music awards given annually that showcase talent in the Boston, Massachusetts, area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amanda Palmer</span> American musician and performance artist (born 1976)

Amanda MacKinnon Gaiman Palmer is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and performance artist who is the lead vocalist, pianist, and lyricist of the duo the Dresden Dolls. She performs as a solo artist and was also a member of the duo Evelyn Evelyn and the lead singer and songwriter of Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra. She has gained a cult fanbase throughout her career, and was one of the first musical artists to popularize the use of crowdfunding websites.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lizz Wright</span> American jazz and gospel singer

Elizabeth LaCharla Wright professionally known as Lizz Wright, is an American jazz and gospel singer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ingrid Jensen</span> Canadian jazz trumpeter

Ingrid Jensen is a Canadian jazz trumpeter.

Michael Blieden Wolff is an American jazz pianist, composer, and actor. He was the bandleader on The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–94).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Terri Lyne Carrington</span> American drummer (born 1965)

Terri Lyne Carrington is an American jazz drummer, composer, producer, and educator. She has played with Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Clark Terry, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Joe Sample, Al Jarreau, Yellowjackets, and many others. She toured with each of Hancock's musical configurations between 1997 and 2007.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Helen Sung</span> American jazz pianist

Helen Sung is an American jazz pianist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tia Fuller</span> American saxophonist, composer, and educator

Tia Fuller is an American saxophonist, composer, and educator, and a member of the all-female band touring with Beyoncé. Fuller is currently a faculty member in the ensembles department at Berklee College of Music. Fuller was a Featured Jazz Musician in Pixar's full length computer-animated feature Soul. For the film Fuller plays an alto saxophone with a Vandoren mouthpiece for the character Dorothea Williams. The appearance of Dorothea Williams is influenced by Fuller, and the character's speaking lines are voiced by Angela Bassett.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grace Kelly (musician)</span> American jazz musician

Grace Kelly is an American jazz musician, composer, and arranger. Kelly has produced and released recordings of her own, scored soundtracks, and tours with her band. She was named one of Glamour magazine's Top 10 College Women in 2011; and she has been featured on CNN.com and on the NPR radio shows Piano Jazz with both Marian McPartland and Jon Weber, as well as on WBGO's JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tineke Postma</span> Dutch jazz saxophonist

Tineke Postma is a Dutch jazz saxophonist.

<i>The Mosaic Project</i> (album) 2011 studio album by Terri Lyne Carrington

The Mosaic Project is an album by jazz drummer Terri Lyne Carrington released in 2011 on Concord Jazz Records. The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 4 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.

<i>Radio Music Society</i> 2012 studio album by Esperanza Spalding

Radio Music Society is the fourth studio album by Esperanza Spalding, which was released through the record label Heads Up International on March 20, 2012. The album earned Spalding Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for the track, "City of Roses".

wiidope is a production group of three musicians, composers and engineers that assembled in 2009 while attending Berklee College of Music for postgraduate studies. Members are Carl Seanté, Kofi Owusu-Ofori and Kyuwon "Q" Kim. Their most notable works include YouTube/MTV personality Todrick Hall, RuPaul, Brandy, Tamar Braxton, Korean Boy-band SHINee and their work on the Grammy Award winning album, The Mosaic Project, with jazz drummer, composer and vocalist Terri Lyne Carrington.

Gabrielle Goodman is an American jazz singer, composer, author, and associate professor of voice at Berklee College of Music. She began working as a backup vocalist for Roberta Flack while at the Peabody Institute and later sang with Michael Bublé and Chaka Khan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shun Ng</span> Musical artist

Shun Ng is an American fingerstyle guitarist, singer and songwriter known for his flamboyant guitar style and energetic performances. He is a Boston Music Award winner and recipient of the Songwriters Hall of Fame 'Holly Prize'.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rhonda Smith</span> Canadian bassist

Rhonda Smith is a Canadian bassist, best known for her work with Prince and Jeff Beck.

<i>Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue</i> 2013 studio album by Terri Lyne Carrington

Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue is an album by Terri Lyne Carrington. It was released by Concord Jazz. It won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.

<i>Structure</i> (Terri Lyne Carrington, Jimmy Haslip, Greg Osby, and Adam Rogers album) 2004 studio album by Terri Lyne Carrington, Adam Rogers, Jimmy Haslip, and Greg Osby

Structure is an album by drummer Terri Lyne Carrington on which she is joined by guitarist Adam Rogers, bassist Jimmy Haslip, and saxophonist Greg Osby. It was recorded at Castle Oaks Studio in Calabasas, California during November 2003, and was released in 2004 by the German label ACT Music.

<i>Jazz Is a Spirit</i> 2002 studio album by Terri Lyne Carrington

Jazz Is a Spirit is an album by drummer Terri Lyne Carrington. It was recorded before an audience at Master Control Studio in Burbank, California during February 2001, and was released in 2002 by the German label ACT Music. On the album, Carrington is joined by saxophonists Gary Thomas and Katisse Buckingham, trumpeters Terence Blanchard and Wallace Roney, keyboardists Herbie Hancock and Greg Kurstin, guitarists Paul Bollenback, Kevin Eubanks, Jeff Richman, and Danny Robinson, bassists Bob Hurst and Malcolm-Jamal Warner, and percussionists Ed Barguiarena and Darryl "Munyungo" Jackson.

Marianne Trudel is a Canadian pianist, improviser, composer and arranger. She has collaborated with Chucho Valdes, Kenny Wheeler, Mark Feldman, Ingrid Jensen and David Liebman among others; as well as releasing 8 recordings as a leader.Trudel teaches at McGill University and at Cégep de Saint-Laurent.

References

[44] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56]

  1. ↑ "Official Website of Shea Rose". Official Website of Shea Rose. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  2. ↑ "Shea Rose: Extraordinary Girl". The Huffington Post. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  3. ↑ "BMA rocks with the tried, true, and new – The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  4. ↑ "The Mosaic Project by Terri Lyne Carrington on iTunes". iTunes. January 2011. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  5. 1 2 "Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue – Terri Lyne Carrington | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  6. ↑ Gans, Charles (February 15, 2013). "Review: Carrington's 'Money Jungle' a fresh take". US News. Archived from the original on 2013-02-17. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 "SongHall – Shea Rose". www.songhall.org. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  8. 1 2 "Official Website of Shea Rose". Official Website of Shea Rose. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  9. ↑ "Shea Rose's Onesheet". Shea Rose's Onesheet. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  10. 1 2 3 Design, Tom Eagan. "Boston Music Awards History". www.musicdrivesus.org. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  11. 1 2 "D.T.M.A. (Dance This Mess Around), by Shea Rose". Shea Rose. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  12. 1 2 3 "Shea Rose Comes Back with a New Attitude, Three Years After Turning Down a Major Record Deal". She's Got Her Ticket. 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  13. ↑ "Shea Rose Announces Unconventional Release for 'D.T.M.A.' EP". us7.campaign-archive2.com. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  14. ↑ "Black Boys on Mopeds – Single by Shea Rose on Apple Music". iTunes. 12 July 2016.
  15. ↑ "Black Boys on Mopeds". Spotify . 12 July 2016.
  16. 1 2 "Black Boys On Mopeds, by Shea Rose". Shea Rose.[ dead link ]
  17. 1 2 "Shea Rose Addresses Police Brutality With Sinéad O'Connor "Black Boys On Mopeds" Cover". us7.campaign-archive1.com. Retrieved 2017-08-06.[ dead link ]
  18. ↑ "Little Warrior, by Shea Rose". Shea Rose. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  19. ↑ "Wednesday Warrior – YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  20. ↑ "Official Website of Shea Rose". Official Website of Shea Rose. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  21. ↑ "Discography by Shea Rose| ReverbNation". ReverbNation. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  22. ↑ "Official Website of Shea Rose". Official Website of Shea Rose. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  23. ↑ "Shea Rose | Over My Shoulder Foundation". overmyshoulderfoundation.org. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  24. ↑ "Amazon Aid Foundation". Amazon Aid Foundation.
  25. ↑ "Shea Rose". Amazon Aid Foundation. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  26. ↑ "Music2Life". music2life.org.
  27. ↑ "Music2Life – Soundtrack for Social Change". music2life.org. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  28. ↑ "saferissexy".
  29. ↑ "Loren's Badass Chick: Musician Shea Rose" . Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  30. ↑ "25 Most Stylish Bostonians 2012 (Photo 11 of 50) – Pictures – The Boston Globe". www.bostonglobe.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  31. 1 2 "Official Website of Shea Rose". Official Website of Shea Rose. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  32. 1 2 COVERGIRL (2010-11-22), Queen Latifah U.N.I.T.Y. Reignited #6: Shea | COVERGIRL , retrieved 2016-03-12
  33. ↑ "Insider's Guide: Shea Rose's Boston | Tory Daily". Tory Burch. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  34. ↑ "TEDxBeaconStreet – An Independently Organized TED Event – Ideas in Action". www.tedxbeaconstreet.com.
  35. ↑ "Watch "Somebody Stole My Voice Again | Shea Rose | TEDxBeaconStreet" Video at TEDxTalks". TEDxTalks. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  36. ↑ TEDx Talks (31 December 2014). "Somebody stole my voice again – Shea Rose – TEDxBeaconStreet" – via YouTube.
  37. ↑ www.tendercreative.com, TENDER -. "Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum : RISE". www.gardnermuseum.org.
  38. ↑ "Shea Rose brings a rock/soul/hip-hop series to the Gardner – The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  39. ↑ "Gardner Museum goes pop (and rock and hip-hop) – The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  40. ↑ www.tendercreative.com, TENDER -. "Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum : RISE". www.gardnermuseum.org. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  41. ↑ "Boston Music Awards release 2015 nominees list: Ruby Rose Fox, Bad Rabbits, Speedy Ortiz, Ballroom Thieves..." www.bostonherald.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  42. ↑ "List of Boston Music Awards nominees – The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  43. ↑ "2013 Boston Music Award nominees revealed". www.bostonherald.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  44. 1 2 "SESAC's Shea Rose Named 2012 SHOF Scholarship Winner". Sesac.com. 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  45. ↑ "Underground potential: Is your 'hood home to Boston's next break-out artist? | Dorchester Reporter". www.dotnews.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  46. 1 2 "Official Website of Shea Rose". Official Website of Shea Rose. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  47. ↑ "Official Website of Shea Rose". Official Website of Shea Rose. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  48. ↑ "Scene and Heard: Shea Rose". The Boston Globe. 2012-01-13. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  49. ↑ "Shea Rose is a local R&B singer to keep an eye on". The Boston Globe. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  50. ↑ "BMA rocks with the tried, true, and new – The Boston Globe". Boston.com. 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  51. ↑ "Video News - CNN.com". Edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  52. ↑ "Shea Rose in Brighton, Gronk at Strega". The Boston Globe. 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  53. ↑ "September 8, 2012 | Shea Rose at Brighton Music Hall". Stuffboston.com. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  54. ↑ Robicheau, Paul. "Take the Stage – Features | Improper Bostonian". Improper.com. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  55. ↑ "Shea Rose: Extraordinary Girl | Holly Cara Price". Huffingtonpost.com. 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  56. ↑ "Karmin, Mean Creek, David Wax Museum in the winner's circle at the Liberty Hotel". Blog.thephoenix.com. 2012-12-02. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.