Rosie and The Thorns rock folk from the north coast

Chuffed to get a review from Martin Jones in Jan 2010 issue of Rhythms mag - Australia's roots music monthly. Rosie Sutherland is not exactly fresh to music (she first popped up in Andrew Kidman and Mark Sutherland's Val Dusty Experiment in the mid-'90s), but this is her debut album under her own name. Sutherland is a fan of left of centre American country - stuff like Neil Young and Lucinda Williams - but exudes a strong folk aesthetic in her writing and singing. She also exhibits the invaluable understanding of economy in her singing; delivering just what the song and lyric requires and no more... Read More…