Roy Rose tells us about his sound and playing on the Local Stage at Wildwood Festival.

November 2013 saw a re-entry into the musical world for Roy Rose after an 8 year hiatus. Since then Roy has played with and Supported the likes of Jeff Martin (the Tea Party) , Tex Perkins and Charlie Owen (the Cruel Sea), Kav Temperley (Eskimo Joe), Sleepmakeswaves, Ben Gumbleton (Benjalu, Booseeker), King of the North, the Mason Rack Band, the Lazys, Taylor Henderson, Jai Waetford and more.

He has also been billed on such festivals as Meatstock (Sydney, Wildwood, Blues BBQ (port macquarie), Bitter and Twisted (Maitland) and Sounds on Sunset (Tiona).
Roy is currently working on his first Solo EP.

 

Hi Roy, can you tell us a little about yourself?

I guess I’m a late runner. I gave music a miss for nearly 8 years and re-emerged as a singer songwriter 2 and a half years ago. I do regret losing time but on the other hand happy that everything feels new and fresh to me. Spilled milk – you know the story……..

What do you sound like?

That’s a hard one. I’ll listen to Blues & Rock then Pop or even Classical so I guess I’m somewhere in between RL burnside and Chopin….

What can we expect from your performance?

I’ll be sharing the stage with Mr Phil ‘Harmonic’ Moore so there’ll be some blues harp, stomps and slide. Maybe a weird take on a cover just to mix it up. Try and give it some oomph…..

What are you working on right now?

I’m currently finalising songs for an Ep set for release in December. Ive also managed to fill out the remainder of the year with shows including festivals and road trips. At the start of next year I’ll be crossing the Tasman to play in the ‘Land of the Long White Cloud’. Just trying to spread the musical love….

How can we hear your music?

 Checkout www.musosgarage.com/royrose or www.facebook.com/royrosemusic for shows, music and details.