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RADIO PLAYS:
Please go to the EVENT page to read about radio plays for electric violinist Roswitha’s DESTINY album, Podcasts & features.
ALBUM REVIEWS:
for electric violinist Roswitha’s DESTINY album…
… by Jane Lambert, Modern Mystery Blog, CLICK HERE to read all. “…DESTINY, has been critically acclaimed and has garnered comparisons to the likes of Sia, Sade, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Björk, Florence and the Machine, Les Nubians, Stevie Nicks among others… Roswitha mixes gorgeous violin playing alongside her sultry vocals. With an infectious blend of jazz, classical, R&B, hip hop, rock and pop, Roswitha creates music that appeals to the masses, which transcends to the stage flawlessly.”
… by G.W.Hill, Music Street Journal, CLICK HERE to read all! “I’ve put this album under “progressive rock.”…“art rock,”… This is great music that features a lot of violin and very complex compositions and arrangements. There’s a real focus on R&B and soul music, but plenty of other things, most notably world music … Personally, I’d say it falls closest to Bjork… quite an intriguing album … vocals on this cut make me think of Stevie Nicks quite a bit… pure style.”
… Matthew Forss, Inside World Music, CLICK HERE to read all! “…Roswitha dazzles crowds with genre-bending compositions with mixed rock, funk, classical, new age, world fusion, and experimental-folk explosions of sonic beauty….vocally congruent with Adele, Leigh Nash and Katie Melua… Roswitha is an innovative musician that showcases fourteen unique musical concoctions that are almost indefinable. Nothing is amiss here.”
2014
*GRAMMYS 2014
Electric violinist Roswitha’s “LIVE in NYC” album made it onto the 57th Grammy ballots for:
Album of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album
Several songs made it into the following categories:
Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, Best Arrangement – Instruments and Vocals
Electric violinist Roswitha’s “DESTINY LIVE in NYC: The Concert Film” made it onto the 57th Grammy ballots for Best Music Film
*9/6/14: OFFICIAL WORLDWIDE RELEASE! Electric violinist ROSWITHA’s album “LIVE in NYC” made it into 10 categories for a potential Grammy nomination in 2014!
*8/30/14: OFFICIAL WORLDWIDE RELEASE of Electric violinist ROSWITHA’s “DESTINY LIVE in NYC: the concert film”, which you can stream in full on YouTube HERE. ROSWITHA’s concert film made it into the category “Best Music Film” for a potential Grammy nomination in 2014! We also released a limited edition of DVDs, contact us directly at roswitha@queenrosemusic.com.
*Blogger’s Corner – Living The Dream, Larger Than Life – Roswitha, Violinist, Singer-Songwriter, and Producer Brooklyn, NY, March 30th, 2014, by Noreen Sumpter, click HERE to read ALL!
2013
*Electric violinist Roswitha’s OFFICIAL DESTINY CD Release party November 18th, 2013, The Metropolitan Room, NYC, the best audience ever:
Thanks to all the wonderful fans & friends who came out to support, special thanks to the wonderful Ms.ROBERTA FLACK! Love you much! My band ROCKED: Ben Altman, David Fauntleroy, Nat Emmanuel & Seidel Harris!
*GRAMMYS 2013
Electric violinist Roswitha’s DESTINY album made it onto the 56th Grammy ballots for:
Album of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album & Best Engineered Album, Non-classical.
Several songs made it into the following categories:
Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance & Best Contemporary Christian Music Song
*Electric violinist Roswitha’s DESTINY CD Release Party at the Metropolitan Room to Benefit New York City Youth Leadership Organization Rock Ur Heart Out, November 18th 2013, 9:30 pm Brooklyn, NY, October 29, 2013 PRESS RELEASE, click HERE! Austrian-born singer-songwriter, violinist, Building Bridges founder, and former Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar Roswitha celebrates the world premiere of her DESTINY album, which made it into several categories of the 56th Grammy ballots: CD Release Party at the Metropolitan Room to benefit New York City youth leadership organization Rock Ur Heart Out, November 18th 2013, 9.30pm.
*Written Online Features… in the DAILY MUSIC ZINE of Hellhound Music! READ THE ARTICLE HERE!
*May 7th, 2013: Herbie Hancock & Roswitha, both performing at Donald Byrd’s memorial, Abyssinian Church NYC, Roswitha with James Carter, Najee & Nat-Adderley Jr. (from left to right)
*March 13th, 2013: DESTINY by Roswitha got officially released through the crowd fundraising platform pledgemusic! CONGRATULATIONS to all the pledgers! Together we reached 130% of our goal!
*March 7th, 2013: Online PR campaign launched. …“I’m very vulnerable on this album,” says violinist, producer, and singer-songwriter Roswitha. “I want to create a shift from negative to empowering messages and inspire people to live their dreams because I know how much strength it takes.”… Though the album has garnered favorable comparisons to such diverse artists as Sia, Sade, Florence and the Machine, Corinne Bailey Rae, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Tracy Chapman, Esthero, Les Nubians, Zap Mama and Björk, it‘s purely Roswitha. She organically inhabits a broad array of styles, tying them together with her euphoric and liberating message. “The general theme is live your dreams; free yourself from any external influences and seek answers from within,” she explains… Click here to contact Roswitha’s digital PR team!
2012
*July 19th, 2012: Roswitha’s interview and performance on the floor of the NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Read the article, watch the interview (in German!) and performance HERE!
*July 1st, 2012: Read Roswitha aka Queen Rose’s whole interview on FEMMIXX.com HERE
*March 2nd, 2012: The Song “Fly Away – Roswitha aka Queen Rose featuring Honey Larochelle & Blitz the Ambassador” was announced as a finalist in the 2011 International Songwriting Competition in the “R&B/Hip Hop” category! Queen Rose co-wrote & co-produced the song with Blitz the Ambassador, we chose my friend Honey Larochelle as the featured singer! CONGRATS! Listen to the raw mix 😉 & enjoy!