Nobody Here But Us
LP 2025
Riding the wave of their first season and experimental first EP recording (Due North 2024), the Minneapolis-based Bluegrass / Old Time all-women band, Rosie Daze has recently released their sophomore album,
Nobody Here but Us (Spring 2025),
to positive reviews and a sold out release show.
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"It’s a sure thing that the late banjo & fiddle master John Hartford would’ve appreciated the music of the Rosie Daze Band. ... It’s original music that sounds like it was composed back during the era of the Carter Family. Excellent, consistent musicianship is evident."
https://americanahighways.org/2025/05/14/review-rosie-daze-band-nobody-here-but-us/
"It’s the sort of music that will make all those kids learning to play the banjo or struggling to get a palatable sound out of the fiddle, all those instruments that others might tell them are uncool, suddenly feel like potential rock stars. How great is that?"
The Rosie Daze Band - Nobody Here But Us (SonavaBOOM Records) | The Big Takeover
"The Cajun-like album opening track "Keep It Clean" sounds like it came straight out of the swamps of Louisiana, while the following track "Poor Billy" is presented more as a traditional folk troubadour song. For the "Operator Blues," based on a mandolin riff, the vocal part again sounds as if it’s from the 1960s. The fiddle provides a melodic kick-off for the song "Tomorrow Falls," and the very brief "Cluck Ol Hen" is, like "Cowboy Joe," pure bluegrass that seems ready to celebrate its hundredth anniversary. It’s no coincidence that the founder and composer of the 'Rosie Daze Band' has been a member of the 'Minnesota Bluegrass And Old Time Music Association' for several years. This six-piece group is a fun bunch of women who want to freely express themselves in the songs and music they bring on this second album "Nobody Here But Us." (via googletranslate.com from Dutch)
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VM: Can fans find RDB performing live this season promoting the new album?
RDB: "Yes, we’ve started festival season here in the bold north and will be touring the Midwest through the Fall to spread the word on Nobody Here But Us with festival appearances at RecFest, Red River Festival in Fargo ND, and MBOTMA August Fest main stage appearance.
To get ready for the festival season, we started dusting off our instruments and harmonies back in February when we did a house concert tour in Florida. Songs from the LP were widely received. Poor Billy was a favorite and Monsters always finds a way into people’s hearts. Cluck o Hen entertained during a sunset beach concert as dolphins played in the waves. Yes. DOLPHINS. What a life! I’m not sure if we’ll have an experience to top dolphins, but we’ll keep an open mind."
VENTS (UK) INTERVIEW: Rosie Daze Band
