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Get Your Own! | View Slideshow Rosa Rebecka Born in Gothenburg to a Swedish mother and an American father, Rebecka grew up by the pine forests and lakes of southern Sweden. She wrote songs and poetry from the age of five, and eventually started playing flute and guitar.
She left Sweden to study music in Devon in 1998, and spent three years in Dartington, studying, composing her songs and jamming with her fellow students.
After her graduation, she went on to work as a musician for Wren, a community music charity. She chose to stay in Devon, where she still lives, leading choirs, giving singing tuition and performing.
In 2003, Rebecka recorded the CD album Water Carvings, produced by MaJiKer. It was made in memory of her late husband Tom, a gentle and much-loved young man who died in cancer earlier that year.
In concert, Rosa Rebeckas gentle and intimate songs are alternated with traditional music; Swedish heartrending love songs and joyous polskas, her haunting voice a capella, accompanied by her guitar or soaring over the lingering note of the Tibetan singing bowl. She links the songs together through flute tunes and stories, adding yet another texture to the experience.
Rebecka has recently launched the new album 'Untold', produced by Rob Waite.
ROSA REBECKA'S ALBUMS CAN BE BOUGHT ON HER WEBSITE WWW.REBECKASONGS.COM

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Member Since: 4/4/2006
Band Website: rebeckasongs.com
Band Members: Rosa Rebecka
Influences: Early Joni Mitchell, Swedish folk music, Bob Dylan and James Taylor, local storytellers...
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My Blog

Well, that was fun!

Well, that was fun! Here's a huge, huge thank you for everyone involved in the album launch on the 31st of May. A special thank you to those who came or helped spread the word - it sold out! - and to ...
Posted by Rosa Rebecka on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:41:00 PST

Countdown

Waaaay back in 2005, I started recording an album. It all seemed straight-forward enough: the producer, Rob Waite, is a great guy with a keen ear, the studio well-equipped and the guest musicians were...
Posted by Rosa Rebecka on Sun, 04 May 2008 07:50:00 PST

Whoops...

I used to have a blog with a radio interview I did for John Govier. And then, when it got one of those horrible spam comments (see-who's-watching-you-on-myspace) I pressed the delete button with a lit...
Posted by Rosa Rebecka on Sun, 04 May 2008 07:29:00 PST

Performance clip from Gothenburg, Sweden

When I was in Sweden last April (yeah, ages ago now, I know...) I performed at Galleri Bella in Gothenburg. It's a gorgeous, intimate and artsy venue, and I had a great time. Stas Bernasinski was in t...
Posted by Rosa Rebecka on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:30:00 PST

I'm a cow!

After a lovely stay in Sweden, I'm now in England again. Back there,I played at an informal gathering, and one of the lovely people at it, artist Malmad, promised that she would make a pictu...
Posted by Rosa Rebecka on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 05:56:00 PST

Meanwhile, in Sweden...

I've temporarily left Devon to visit my parental home in Sweden. The bad news is that I now don't have access to sound on the computer, so here's an apology to my new band friends whom I have yet to l...
Posted by Rosa Rebecka on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 04:40:00 PST

review

By Phil Scoble, Dartmouth Chronicle:  
Posted by Rosa Rebecka on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 03:49:00 PST