Natural Conclusion

Rose Cousins took a deliberate break from her active touring schedule and traveled to create. Toronto. Los Angeles. Boston. Nashville. Ireland. 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 Joe Henry, who she befriended in 2012. She and Henry each gathered trusted colleagues and met in Toronto.

Henry brought longtime collaborators from Los Angeles - Engineer Ryan Freeland, drummer Jay Bellerose and bassist David Piltch who collectively worked on many notable projects (Bonnie Raitt, Solomon Burke, Allen Toussaint, Billy Bragg).

Cousins invited Toronto pianist Aaron Davis (Holly Cole, Jane Siberry) and guitar player Gord Tough (Kathleen Edwards, Sarah Harmer); touring mates Asa Brosius (Anais Mitchell, Heavy Blinkers) from Halifax on pedal/lap steel & dobro and Zachariah Hickman (Josh Ritter, Ray Lamontagne) from Boston on bass; friend and fellow PEIslander violin/violist Kinley Dowling (Hey Rosetta!) added strings and joined the choir that also included Hickman and longtime friends Jill Barber, Caroline Brookes (Good Lovelies), and Miranda Mullholland (Great Lake Swimmers).

The result is what Cousins calls the most honest and vulnerable thing she has made to date.