No longer the naïve Midwesterner from a decade ago, this is the globetrotting Rouse who has found a home in Spain-and deserves to find another in your record collection. He is a wonderful story teller whos songs take you on. At the end of July, Rouse released his 7th LP, Country Mouse. For those of you that may not be familiar with Josh Rouse, he is an excellent song writer/performer. Though his guitar serves as the conduit, the music is fused with modest horns and gentle organ fills, with buoyant songs such "Hollywood Bass Player," "Domesticated Lovers," and "London Bridges," along with the jazzy "Pilgrim" and the splendid rocker "Nice To Fit In" leading the way. Josh Rouse (born 1972 in Paxton, Nebraska) is an American roots/melodic folk singer.
It may take a few listens to connect with the CD, but it's well worth the extra effort. Thus, there are few bombshells on his seventh release, one flowing with lustrous arrangements and Rouse's pacifying voice. Overall, 'Country Mouse City House' is as good as anything Josh Rouse has recorded, which makes it better than 90 of what's being released. Annually, it seems, Rouse re-emerges to say hello, streaming his pop awareness and weaving stories in the simplicity of songs, always with an air of candor and reticence. In the nearly 20 years since, he has developed a reputation as one of the leading American singer/songwriters of his generation.
JOSH ROUSE BEDROOM CLASSICS 30723/NETTWERK (1 1. Since his debut record showcased a youthful Nebraskan with an open road of promise, on through the five albums that followed Josh Rouse has followed that road in dawdling, nomadic spurts across America and the Atlantic to Spain, where he now lives his life and makes his music. Josh Rouse released his first album, Dressed Up like Nebraska, in 1998. Hutton Morgan Freeman/John Cusack Josh Hutcherson/Annasophia Robb Nicolas. According to his press release it was recorded over a six day session in Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain with overdubs done later in Nashville. However, Country Mouse, City House folds Rouse’s influences early.
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With such critically acclaimed records as 1972, Nashville and Subtitulo (the first for his own Bedroom Classics label) in his arsenal, soulful singer/songwriter Josh Rouse warms up the summer with his 7th full length release, Country Mouse, City House on July 31st. Due July 31st on Bedroom Classics, Country Mouse, City House is Josh Rouse’s seventh proper full-length album. Rouse’s ardor manifests itself through attention to detail: the eerie George Harrison guitar of God, Please Let Me Go Back, the blase bounce of Hollywood Bass Player, the pedal steel that takes the lullaby of Sweetie just to the cusp of AOR country-rock.