{"id":2381,"date":"2013-04-23T16:35:50","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T13:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fredsrecords.com\/site\/?p=2381"},"modified":"2013-04-23T19:08:12","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T15:38:12","slug":"a-huge-congrats-to-rose-cousins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredsrecords.com\/site\/2013\/04\/23\/a-huge-congrats-to-rose-cousins\/","title":{"rendered":"A Huge Congrats to Rose Cousins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year, as you know, we celebrated our 40th Anniversary. \u00a0We featured many fantastic events over the course of the year, The Tenors<\/a> global launch of “Lead With Your Heart”, Ron Hynes<\/a> signing copies of the DVD “Man of a Thousand songs”<\/a>, the debut CD launch of \u00a0City on the Coast<\/a>\u00a0and a rockin’ live show from Long Distance Runners<\/a>, to name a few.<\/p>\n

But my personal favourite event was the performance from Rose Cousins, who took home the\u00a0Folk Album of the Year <\/em>award at the Juno’s this past weekend.<\/p>\n

When I first asked Rose if she would do a set at Fred’s, I thought, “Yeah, in my dreams”. \u00a0But I was knocked back by her considering it an honour to perform at our humble record store.<\/p>\n

Giving us a six song set from her stunning album, “We Have Made a Spark” joined by Andrew Dale (from The Once<\/a>), Andrew James O’Brien<\/a>\u00a0and Don Brownrigg. \u00a0I was on the verge of tears, consumed by her perfect voice, emotional lyrics and the sheer intimacy of her performance. \u00a0It was one of those surreal moments where I had to pinch myself and marvel at how fortunate I was to be here taking in these moments, having\u00a0introduced\u00a0her to a lovely group of familiar faces on that dreamy Thursday evening in May.<\/p>\n

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Congratulations, Rose. \u00a0A well-deserved award and national recognition for her brilliant and gorgeous CD.<\/p>\n

Indeed – We Have Made a Spark<\/p>\n

– Tony<\/p>\n

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