"Rose sings about love and her two pendants: hope and disillusion", the biography on her site states, "avec un simplicité attachante." This simplicity is treacherous - it seems Rose (or Keren Rose, as she calls herself on her first album) is just another nice, understated jazzy singer/songwriter, but the more you listen to her, the more enchanted you get. Take these two examples, chosen because the piano (not played by Rose, she's on guitar) is very noticable so it fits nicely in the projet. Je M'Ennui is about drinking your troubles away ("J'ai vomi ma haine sur vos regards/Parait même qu'étais pas belle à voir"), but sounds like a song about waking up with your amant on Sunday morning. And what beautiful noise at the end. Rose might be about herself, and plays with both the name and the colour ("J'vois désormais ma vie en Rose"). She likes Janis Joplin (hence her name) and Bob Dylan, but I'd put her next to the Joneses: Ricky Lee and Norah. More on MySpace.
Rose - Je M'Ennui
Rose - Rose
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