Rose Spearman is currently on world-tour with the well known band Kraak & Smaak. Meanwhile she's gathering her thoughts and visions for her third album that'll be released around March 2010. Watch the concert section for upcoming gigs to watch this powerful diva live on stage.
When she was young, all Rose wanted to do was become an artist, just like her dad, jazz saxophonist Glenn Spearman. At the age of 6 she started playing the violin and discovered her passion for music and singing. After years of classical training she fell in love with Jazz and Soul and became ready to broaden her horizon. She took every opportunity that came her way, starting with jumping on stage and grabbing the mic during a DJ Tony Humphries gig in New York. While living in Switserland she toured across festivals nationwide, like the Montreux Jazz festival, while enjoying the success of her first mayor club hit with producer Boris Duglosh. From then on she worked with internationally renowned artists like Kerry Chandler and Roger Sanchez. Her debut ‘Trust’ (2002) was top of the bill, certainly for a Dutch artist; it was produced by American celebrities such as King Britt, James Poyser & Vikter Duplaix (known from their work with Erykah Badu and Lauren Hill) and with string arrangements by the legendary Larry Gold. The album had a broad international sound and got raving reviews. In 2006 she joined the internationally well known group Kraak & Smaak, the cooperation has been a big success up to now. In 2007 Rose released her second album "Livin' It". For this album Rose – literally and figuratively – stayed close to home. She recorded most of the songs in her own living room and that personal approach has worked very well. The close cooperation with keyboard player Sven Figee, producers Dutchflower and Roland Dirkse has resulted in a coherent collection of soulful songs. Livin’ It blends vintage soul and contemporary influences into a style that is typically Rose. On Livin’ It Rose returned to her roots; she has African-American, Indian, Jewish and Dutch blood in her veins. Rose grew up in an artistic home; her mother is a visual artist and her father, who passed away, was an African-American jazz musician. “I grew up with the music of Joan Armatrading, Aretha Franklin and Billie Holiday, but I managed to create my own style without copying the things I was influenced by." The album contains contributions of Floris Klinkert (FLORiS, Room Eleven) and American soul diva Sandra St. Victor of The Family Stand. Rose is currently composing songs for her third album while touring the world with Kraak & Smaak. Watch out for her new release set on March 2010.
“ I discovered my priority is life itself. However, I also discovered that making music & singing is an absolute necessity for me.â€