The albumвЂ™s acclaim led to tours with Aimee Mann, Mark Etzel and the late Vic Chestnut. Josh Rouse was born in Nebraska, and following an itinerant upbringing he eventually landed in Nashville where he recorded his debut Dressed Like Nebraska (1998). I decided that if I was going to make a holiday record, I didn't want to load it up with sleigh bells and choirs and sing the same old standards that everybody else has already sung, says Rouse. They resolve without seeming overly tidy or pat. It was that realization that led the acclaimed songwriter to find the only English-speaking therapist in Valencia, Spainthe small town on the Mediterranean coast where he's lived for the last decade with his familyand face his. The result is a holiday record built for the long haul, a wholesome, whip smart collection that's guaranteed to stay with you well after the snow has melted and all the decorations have come down. JOSH ROUSE (With Band) 'I got too many things on my mind,' Josh Rouse sings on his new album, The Embers Of Time. The arrangements are eclectic and intoxicating, drawing equal influence from Rouse's Midwestern childhood and his decade and a half spent living in Spain, and the performances here are sparkling and fizzy to match, blending jazz sophistication with rootsy sincerity and sly crooner charm. Available format and bitrate: MP3/320kbps. And in 2019 he tackled the Christmas album on The Holiday Sounds of Josh Rouse but instead of well-worn carols or classics, he wrote an entire record of original holiday themed pop songs. Kids Spooky Offer: 'Gustavo, the Shy Ghost' Happy Halloween Books for All Ages: Buy 1, Get 1 50 Off. The Embers of Time, was one of his strongestself-described as my surreal, ex-pat, therapy record. Save 10 Off Your Order With Code: SAVE10. Nick in a suit and sunglasses there's a lonely ex pat waiting by the mailbox for cards that never seem to come. This album by Ron Sexsmith was released in 2015 it consists of 16 tracks. Buy Josh Rouses album titled The Embers of Time. Written off and on over the course of the last ten years, the record is joyful and festive of course, but, much like the holiday season itself, it's also laced with an undercurrent of longing and melancholy.ДЇor every playful portrait of giddy lovers on New Year's Eve, there's a stranded traveler spending Christmas alone for every slick St. But the singer-songwriters trademark sense of groove prevails. It makes sense, then, that The Holiday Sounds of Josh Rouse isn't your typical yuletide collection. MADE TO MOVE: The questions on Josh Rouses The Embers of Time cut deeper than pop-savvy musings on love found and lost. Growing up, I remember hearing Vince Guaraldi and Bing Crosby and all the staples everybody listens to each winter, but I never collected Christmas music or anything like that.

I was never a holiday record kind of guy, he laughs. Josh Rouse never planned on making a holiday record.

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