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LISTEN: Whitney Rose, ‘Trucker’s Funeral’

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Artist: Whitney Rose
Hometown: Prince Edward Island, Canada, and Austin, Texas
Song: “Trucker’s Funeral”
Album: Rule 62
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Label: Six Shooter/Thirty Tigers

In Their Words: “One thing that’s happening with my songwriting as I’m getting older is that I’m exploring outside of my own experiences a lot more. Most of my life is spent on the road now and, as a result of that, I get to meet a hell of a lot of people. Different kinds of people, too. It’s great, and one of my favorite things about what I do. ‘Trucker’s Funeral’ is one of my favorite songs on the album and one of the most fun to write, too, because it’s based on a true story. I had a meeting at Bank of America here in Austin last year and, when the meeting was over, the B of A employee told me about going to his grandfather’s funeral here in Texas and finding out he had a whole other family on the west coast. Because he was a trucker and always on the road, neither family had any idea. As he was telling me this story, I was jotting down lyrics on my banking papers because it was just too intriguing of a story to not be made into a song. If I was a filmmaker, I’d have made a movie about it.” — Whitney Rose

Photo credit: Jen Squires

LISTEN: Whitney Rose, ‘Analog’

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Artist: Whitney Rose
Hometown: Prince Edward Island, Canada & Austin, Texas
Song: “Analog”
Album: South Texas Suite
Release Date: January 27, 2017
Label: Six Shooter/Thirty Tigers

In Their Words: “What I love about (Austin writer) Brennen Leigh’s tune — other than the cleverness and comedic factor of the lyrics, which is characteristic of her writing — is that she broaches a subject where it would be easy to come off as being condescending or bitter, but she gracefully eludes doing that. She’s embracing these new times and all of this new technology and saying, ‘Yes, this is all well and good. The world is progressing, and that’s really wonderful, but don’t forget to slow down sometimes. Don’t forget to preserve some of the natural beauty in this world that could be on its way to being an endangered species.’

I don’t want to put words in her mouth, but this is how I perceive the song. Because, when we’re on our death beds, I think it’s safe to say that most of us won’t be thinking about our most successful Instagram posts. I know I’ll be thinking about the people I love, and ‘Analog’ gently reminds me to look them in the eye as much as possible while I can. That’s how I like to think of this song — not as a bash to the new age, just a gentle reminder.” — Whitney Rose