AcoustiMix: Discoveries — Alexa Rose

Today we'd like to tell you about Alexa Rose

Alexa Rose was born in the Alleghany Highlands of western Virginia, raised in the tiny railroad town of Clifton Forge. Though no one in her immediate family played or sang, she inherited a deep musical legacy. A mostly self-taught musician, Rose picked up the guitar as a teen. As a music major at Appalachian State University, Rose was fully exposed to a wealth of old time music, regional stylists like Doc Watson, and most crucially, the ancient folk ballads carried over from the British Isles.

Her debut album Medicine for Living is a fully realized, multi-layered merger of old country music, traditional folk songs, colored by rock and roll and mountain soul.

Most recent release: Medicine for Living, October 2019

Also check out: This page of lyrics from Medicine for Living. “I find a lot of beauty in everyday life,” Rose says. “How we look upon the small things, and how we handle those larger obstacles that stand in our way.”

You can also find Rose on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. (If you go to YouTube, be sure to subscribe to her channel!)