Rose Gerber takes listeners down an ‘Untraveled Highway’ with the title track to her newest EP. Featuring a train beat coupled with jangly Byrdsesque guitars, the song instantly evokes the cool open spaces of the Pacific Northwest.
“Life has always felt like a struggle for me between the urge to be untethered and free and the need for stability and comfort. I found it funny when people called me a free-spirit. Like, what did that imply about them? As I’ve grown older, I’ve learned the tough balance we all strike in the reality of 9-5s and pragmatism.” says Rose. “This set of songs is an exploration of how that dichotomy has shown up for me and those around me throughout my life.”
Ed Donnelly is a multi-instrumentalist, recording engineer and record producer from Los Angeles. He has worked with Willie Nelson, Crowded House, Marc Cohn, Jools Holland, Matchbox Twenty, The Cult, BoyHaunt, Gladys Knight, Trent Summar and The West Coast Mob, Smashing Pumpkins, Del McCoury, OK Go, Exodus, Molly Leach, Tom Morello, O.A.R., Madness, The Crystal Method, DrunkHungry, Deadmau5, Zac Brown, CrysP Tyger, Bighead Todd and the Monsters, Jake Shimabukuro, Barenaked Ladies, Tsar, Killola and more. Donnelly regularly performs with Nathan Jacques as well as Little Silver Hearts and records with GhostsDream. Little known fact: He previously held Top Secret Security Clearance with the U.S. Department of State and Q Clearance from the Department of Energy.
He currently runs The Barber’s Basement Recording Studio in Highland Park and is a partner in The Atmos at Lemontree Studio.
I almost didn’t listen to the first song on this EP because of the short write-up, but I liked it so much I listened to all 5