<strong>Friday, September 13th
The Vermont Arts Exchange
North Bennington, VT</strong>


<strong>with special guest : Christopher Paul Stelling</strong>



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    "…Each track seems to tackle a new topic and make even the most familiar themes feel fresh."  –Paste Magazine

After setting out on a drive that turned into a near-endless journey criss-crossing the back roads of Middle America, Caroline Rose returned back east with books full of stories and poems that would become the songs of America Religious, a record that delves neck-deep in topics most people wouldn’t dare to discuss at the dinner table. From politics to religion, heartbreaking sadness to seemingly endless joy, Caroline Rose traverses a path paved by the likes of Townes Van Zandt, John Lee Hooker, and Joni Mitchell, to name a few.

    "Caroline Rose's lyrical honesty, vivid imagery and songwriting prowess are obvious to the ears upon first listen of her debut album "America Religious".  Her new single puts you in the front seat riding shotgun on a very real adventure that can't be explained quite yet."  –Ari Fink, Program Director, SiriusXM

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“I just want to write honest music,” says the songwriter, whose debut album is set for release June of this year.  “I don’t feel, nor have I ever felt, any desire to write something that I don’t need to say.  I started out writing just for myself, as some sort of outlet, and most of the things that would flow out of my mind were things that were much bigger than me, things that people might want to hear.”  From current political issues to vignettes of personal struggles, America Religious depicts stories of a contemporary American society that is far from perfect, yet full of life.  “If I can use music to bring to light real things, the hypocrisies and problems in society, as well as the beauty in things people take for granted, then I think that would make me feel pretty good.”  

    "AMAZING…Delivery is uncanny––It sounds like she's been smokin' Camels and drinkin' Jack for 40 years."   –David Dalton, Founding Editor of Rolling Stone and author of Who Is That Man? In Search of the Real Bob Dylan

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The long-awaited official debut album America Religious, co-produced with her partner of four years Jer Coons, is a gospel-meets-country-meets-blues-meets-alternative collection of toe-tapping, roadworthy stories and poetry set to music. Created at Coons’ Parkhill Studio in Burlington, Vermont, the duo are quite proud to say they’ve had complete control over the entire creative process. “I wrote and arranged all the songs, while Jer did nearly all the engineering and mixing. He’s great at everything I’m not and vice-versa, so it works out real well,” says Rose. On top of producing, recording, and engineering the record themselves, the duo played nearly every instrument, including lap steel, cello, organ, mandolin, drums, and more. Undeniably, America Religious is a unique combination of elements that stands on its own within an increasingly generic industry.

<strong>Opener: Christoper Paul Stelling</strong>

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