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And, you know, I've been lucky enough to travel around Europe, in the states a lot. So that's definitely that's all been there. I moved to Spain and started playing with different people who had different influences, and got me to different things. “I mean, it always starts with doing some songs, and liking the direction, and deciding ‘okay, I'm going to continue in this direction.’ That's the way I've been working for the past decade. “I don't really plan things very well, or I don't really have a vision for it,” he laughs. Others, with Josh Rouse as a prime example, do it simply because they’re following a restless muse. Some artists defy expectations as a kind of marketing tool, trying on different personas or sounds to make a buzz.
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And he followed that up with Nashville, which went in an entirely different direction. In 2003, he released 1972, which was simultaneously a breezy, nostalgic pop romp and a middle finger to the expectations placed upon him as a rank-and-file singer/songwriter. Two years later, when Cameron Crowe used Rouse’s song “Directions” in the film Vanilla Sky, his status as as adult contemporary radio up-and-comer seemed cemented.īut Rouse, never one to get too comfortable in one place, dodged both genre and major labels, instead beginning a string of standout records on Rykodisc, each with its own distinct sound seemingly defying the record that came before it.
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Singer/songwriter Josh Rouse first hit the scene in 1998 with his debut, Dressed Up Like Nebraska, a lovely amalgam of Laurel Canyon pop, Brill Building wit, and midwest melancholy.