<h3>Rosie and Me, Taking a Closer Look at Artists from Around the World.</h3>
<p>For obvious reasons, we spend a lot of time keeping up with the country and folk artists here in the good ole U.S. of A. But there are a lot of them out there in the lands beyond our borders too. These musicians and performers are talented and gifted, and we&#8217;d like to take the time to give them a bit of a shout-out! </p>
<p>To kick off what will hopefully be a weekly post, I have chosen a group that will be featured at next week&#8217;s <a href="http://sxsw.com/">SXSW</a> (March 13th &#8211; 18th), <strong>Rosie and Me</strong>. They&#8217;re from Brazil and include, <strong>Rosanne Machado</strong> (vocals/acoustic guitars/banjo), <strong>Ivan Camargo</strong> (acoustic guitars), <strong>Thomas Kossar</strong> (electric guitars), <strong>Guilherme Miranda</strong> (bass guitars) and <strong>Tiago Barbosa</strong> (drums/perc). </p>
<p>They&#8217;re music is not country (definitely not in a <a title="Carrie Underwood" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/carrie-underwood-tour-dates/">Carrie Underwood</a> or <a title="Jason Aldean" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSAldean/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fjason-aldean-tickets%2F">Jason Aldean</a> kind of way). Their brand of music is folk, and its even kind of a pop infused folk. It has an honest, soul-touching honesty to it, and you can&#8217;t deny that Machado knows how to play that banjo! </p>
<p>So far they&#8217;ve released a 5-track EP, <strong><em>Bird and Whale</em></strong> and full 10-track album, <strong><em>Arrow of My Ways</em></strong>. You can hear the first track of the album in the video below, and let us know what ya think. </p>
<h3>Rosie and Me, &#8220;Home(Intro)&#8221;</h3>
<p>[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d15E2VHlngU]</p>