Oct 4, 2024
On today's episode, I talk to musician Rose Melberg. Originally
from Sacramento, California, Rose has been a performing musician
since high school in the early '90s. While only lasting a year, her
first band Tiger Trap garnered a cult following and put out a
self-titled album on K Records. Her next band Go Sailor lasted from
1994-1996, but in that short time, recorded a number of albums and
singles for Slumberland and Lookout! At the same time, Rose formed
The Softies with Jen Sbragia. While it was originally meant to be a
side-project, it became the main musical focus for the pair, and
between 1995 and 2000, they released three fantastic albums on K
Records: It's Love, Winter Pageant and Holiday in Rhode Island.
Since then, Rose has released a number of incredible solo albums
and performed in different bands, but most recently, she and Jen
started writing music together again, and their latest album The
Bed I Made was just released on Father/Daughter Records, and it's
the best!
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