Raina Rose's love of music was born high on a hill in Eagle Rock, CA as a toddler when her father would bust out his 1973 Mossman guitar and play Chuck Berry, the Everly Brothers, and the Lovin' Spoonful while she and her sister would dance and sing. Raina's sister used to play the Beatles and Joni Mitchell through the wall on an old turntable. At eleven, Raina's blossoming song writing skills were bolstered by a classical body steel string Mountain guitar that would soon become her constant companion. Raina's high school education consisted of skipping school and playing guitar in the lush green parks of Portland, OR.
Her smile and her songs reflect the renegade girl next door who'll dare you to call in sick and go to the beach...Now! Raina's guitar playing valiantly ventures way beyond the third fret, her songs are like falling down laughing in a garage sale when you find that one thing you never realized you've always been looking for.
After five years of being one of the front women of the Gypsy Moths, a funky folk duo/four-piece, Raina is debuting with a beautifully wrought solo album that swings from confident acoustic folk to danceable indie-pop to flowing orchestral ballad all with vocal and stylistic grace and poetic honesty.
The album, due for release on August 13th, is being produced by Jim Brunberg of Box Set, owner of Mississippi Studios, the premier live music venue/recording studio in Portland.
She is planning to tour her upbeat and fiercely fun solo show to promote "Raina Rose...Despite the Crushing Weight of Gravity."
