Rose Spearman “Aquarius”
Rose Spearman has magic in her music where the golden, smooth tone meets soft groove and rich texture. Her vocal delivery is always graceful with a smile that makes your heart sing. She usually saves the most brilliant, mesmerizing melodies to a special tune and the most intense and drastic climax to a special moment. The rest, she seems so at ease, wielding those smooth melodies with a sweet aftertaste that lingers long. Listening to Spearman’s performance and recording is such a delightful experience.
“Aquarius” is sonically nostalgic. It brings us to the golden age of R&B and soul music and immerses us with a groove that feels timeless. It preserves the best from a different era in a song form, where it could exist forever, where everyone can still approach and learn from. Unlike normal day people, who usually shy away from talking about their family (especially secrets and history), Rose Spearman dedicated a band to dig a little deeper into her family’s history and brings the complex stories but also the truth to our modern day society.
“Aquarius” talks about a boy born from a beautiful union of a white woman and a black man in the ‘40s. A union that was at the time socially unacceptable and boundary breaking. Yes, that’s part of the history Rose Spearman is telling. Her ancestry traces back to Harlem Renaissance and jazz scene in the Bay Area. Spearman herself is a classical violinist and a contemporary vocalist. The very interesting combination indeed brings a very unique sonic palette and instrumentation to her music.
Spearman’s voice, if we were to compare to anyone, would be described as Michael Jackson meets Adele. She’s soulful, expressive, powerful and full of potential. Naturally, she has an iconic voice that is behind the description of being unique. Her studio recordings create such a vibe that seems to fill up the entire space, wherever you are, and her live performance is one that you can watch forever.
Rose Spearman’s music is intoxicating, that seems to be more accurate. She reminds you of the same immersive, ethereal experience created by Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars with their recent collaboration Silk Sonic, a sonic time machine that brings you back in time in the present, where the soul of the genre is breathing and beating.
