Caroline Rose Named NPR’s Favorite Discovery

Caroline Rose Named NPR Music’s “Favorite Discovery” at Americana Music Festival

Responds to Cultural Violence with Skittles and Stop-Motion Animation in New Video

“Blood on Your Bootheels” Premiering Now at NPR Music

US Tour Expanded in Support of New Album I Will Not Be Afraid

“She’s punky and witty, with a style teetering on rockabilly in its stripped-down, bluesy way. Caroline Rose’s saddle shoes scream fun, but her lyrics tell some serious stories,” writes NPR Music, who named Caroline their “favorite discovery” at the Americana Music Festival in Nashville last week. Caroline and her band have expanded their US tour throughout 2014 in support of her new album I Will Not Be Afraid.

24 year-old Rose is sharing her video for “Blood on Your Bootheels,” a song she’d written as a reaction to the Trayvon Martin Case. During the aftermath of Ferguson, Caroline created the stop-motion animation video with 12 bags of family-sized Skittles, most of which she “keeps finding in the pockets of her clothes.”

“Something was channeling through me, because that song is written from perspectives that aren’t mine,” Rose tells NPR. “It triggered all these thoughts about peoples’ obsession with guns, how there’s very little escape from violence for young black guys in the U.S…I thought about how this boy was holding a package of Skittles in his hand when he died, and how something as innocent as a pack of candy could be powerful and symbolic to pretty much any type of person.”

“I highly discourage working in this format,” says Caroline, regarding the Skittles. “It’s an incredibly time-consuming, painstaking, agonizing process that only brings one sleep loss and both physical and mental suffering. It also attracts ants. In other words, I enjoyed the process but I don’t think I’ll be doing another stop-motion video for a while, if ever again.”

Tour Dates

Sept 27 – Houston, TX McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Sept 28 – Dallas, TX Index Fest (w/ Mute Math)
Sept 30 – Austin, TX Cactus Café
Oct 1 – Waco, TX Common Grounds
Oct 2 – Midland, TX ArtZen
Oct 7 – Los Angeles, CA Hotel Café
Oct 8 – San Francisco, CA Brick & Mortar Music Hall
Oct 11 – Seattle, WA The Vera Project
Oct 12 – Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret (w/ Noah Gundersen)
Oct 14 – Spokane, WA The Bartlett (w/ Noah Gundersen)
Oct 15 – Boise, ID Neurolux (w/ Noah Gundersen)
Oct 17 – Salt Lake City, UT The State Room (w/ Noah Gundersen)
Oct 18 – Colorado Springs, CO (w/ Noah Gundersen)
Oct 19 – Denver, CO Bluebird Theater (w/ Noah Gundersen)
Oct 22 – Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center (w/ Noah Gundersen)
Oct 23 – Stoughton, WI Stoughton Opera House (w/ Noah Gundersen)
Oct 24 – Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall (w/ Noah Gundersen)
Oct 25 – Detroit, MI The Shelter (w/ Noah Gundersen)
Oct 26 – Indianapolis, IN Deluxe @ Old National Centre (w/ Noah Gundersen)
Oct 28 – Nashville, TN High Watt
Oct 30 – Louisville, KY Zanzabar
Nov 1 – Knoxville, TN Barley’s Taproom
Nov 11 – Allston, MA Great Scott
Nov 12 – Bayport, NY Grey Horse Tavern
Nov 13 – New York, NY Mercury Lounge
Nov 14 – Asbury Park, NJ The Saint
Nov 15 – Brooklyn, NY The Knitting Factory
Nov 18 – Northampton, MA Iron Horse Music Hall
Nov 19 – New Haven, CT BAR
Nov 20 – Arlington, VA IOTA
Nov 21 – Philadelphia, PA
Nov 22 – Pittsburgh, PA Club Café
Nov 23 – Rochester, NY Lovin’ Cup
Nov 25 – Toronto, CAN
Dec 9 – Portsmouth, NH The Press Room
Dec 10 – Providence, RI Fete Lounge
Dec 11 – Kingston, NY BSP Lounge
Dec 12 – Ithaca, NY The Haunt
Dec 13 – Wellsville Creative Arts Center

Additional show information can be found here.

www.carolinerose.com / @CarolineRoseFM