Josh Rouse

Josh Rouse出生于内布拉斯加(Nebraska)，之后在很多地方生活过，如加利福尼亚(California)、犹他(Utah)、怀俄明(Wyoming)、内布拉斯加(Nebraska)、南达科他 ( South Dakota)、佐治亚(Georgia)和亚利桑那(Arizona)等。Josh Rouse少年时代崇拜的偶像是the Smiths和the Cure，于是就跟叔叔学弹吉他，18岁时写了第一首歌。1998年签约Rykodisc subsidiary Slow River后发行了首张专辑《Dressed Up Like Nebraska》，赢得了评论界的广泛称赞。移居纳什维尔(Nashville)后Josh Rouse结交了Kurt Wagner(传奇乡谣团Lambchop领军人物)，于是在1999年秋天，两人合作出了张EP《Chester》。Josh Rouse的个人第二张专辑《Home》紧随其后于2000年春出炉，2002年发行了第三张专辑《Under the Cold Blue Stars》。之后，Josh Rouse找来了制作人Brad Jones打造他的下一张专辑，也就是2003年发行的专辑《1972》，这张专辑兼具Rouse早期轻摇滚演唱风格和他嗓音中开朗深邃的一面。然后Josh Rouse的婚姻也走到了尽头，于是他从纳什维尔(Nashville)搬到了西班牙，2005年发行专辑《Nashville》。
Roots pop singer/songwriter Josh Rouse was born in Nebraska, living variously in California, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota, Georgia, and Arizona during the years to follow; obsessed as a teen with British cult favorites like the Smiths and the Cure, he learned to play guitar from his uncle and wrote his first song at 18. Signing to the Rykodisc subsidiary Slow River, in 1998 Rouse issued his debut album, Dressed Up Like Nebraska, to widespread critical acclaim; upon settling in Nashville, he was befriended by Kurt Wagner, frontman of the endlessly brilliant chamber country group Lambchop, and in the fall of 1999 the two singer/songwriters issued a collaborative EP, Chester.
Rouses second solo LP, Home, appeared the following spring and was followed by Under Cold Blue Stars in 2002. For his next record Rouse hooked up with producer Brad Jones, and the resulting album, 2003s 1972, was both an homage to the soft rock sounds of Rouses youth and an opening up and deepening of his sound. Before the release of his next album, Rouses marriage ended and he moved from Nashville to Spain. Released in 2004, Nashville served as a farewell to both the city and his marriage; it was also his most fully realized record to date. Once in Spain, Rouse settled in the small seaside town of Puerto de Santa Maria. His next record, early 2006s relaxed and intimate Subtitulo, was recorded there with Brad Jones once again producing. After the release of two EPs (Bedroom Classics, Vol. 2 and Shes Spanish, Im American, a duet record made with his girlfriend, artist Paz Suay), Rouse released Country Mouse City House in August 2007.