Rose Gerber’s New Single
Winter Rain
Release Date: July 6
Artist Information
Label: Independent Release
Genre: Alt/Country
Hometown: Portland, OR
RIYL: Gillian Welch, Emily Nenni, Lucinda Williams
For More Information Contact:
Rachel Morrison
rachel@sandstrommorrison.com
About the Upcoming Album
Can’t Take the Music is a collection of songs that speaks to the time we are in. While the weight of the world seems to be crashing down on all of us, Can’t Take the Music is a reminder that we survive, we persevere, the music still goes on.
Gerber shows her songwriting range on this record and lives up to the Alt/country genre she places herself in. The songs range from classic country to pop rock, to a folk ballad with soaring strings. Yet, these songs all feel cohesive. They feel like they belong together, with the whine of the pedal steel as a constant through line. They speak to that part of us that wants our struggle to be seen and to be offered some ounce of hope that we’ll get through it.
Upcoming Shows
June 26 | Pendleton, OR @ Jackalope Jamboree
June 28 | Portland, Oregon @ Atlantis Lounge
July 3 | Maupin, Oregon @The Riverside
July 10 | Bend, Oregon @Bend Cider
July 11 | Bend, Oregon @Brasada Ranch
July 12 | Portland, Oregon @ Lavern’s
July 16 | Portland, Oregon @Noon Tunes Pioneer Sq.
July 30, 31 | Happy Valley, OR @Pickathon
September 5 | Enterprise, OR @ Juniper Jam
Photos (Credit Julia Varga)
Press Images by Julia Varga
About the song
Rose Gerber’s first single off her new LP “Can’t Take the Music, is a song you relate to from the first line, “Just got to get through the winter rain”. The song, Winter Rain, was inspired by wet dark Portland, Oregon winters where country music is a fitting soundtrack to life. The song captures the struggle to stay hopeful through dark times whether that be a relationship that is being put to the test or just surviving the day to day grind.
The song fits in comfortably with the album’s theme of songs that tell stories of persistence and resistance. The pedal steel, shuffling drums and organ come out swinging driving the song from beginning to end. True to Gerber’s love of Americana and country music, there is a familiarity and dreaminess to the tune, making you feel as if you’ve known it for years.