Rose Cousins

FACTOR funding was key to making Rose Cousins’ 2017 Natural Conclusion the way she envisioned—at Noble Street Studios in Toronto, gathering GRAMMY award-wining producer Joe Henry and engineer Ryan Freeland along with a cast of brilliant musicians and singers from Los Angeles, Nashville, Toronto, Halifax, Boston, Vancouver and Prince Edward Island.

FACTOR also supported the visual representations of the music in partnerships with photographer Vanessa Heins and designer Mat Dunlap to create the album artwork and to create videos for “White Flag” (with Halifax filmmaker Shehab Ilyas, premiered by NPR Music, nominated for ECMA Video of the Year) and “Grace” (with PEI filmmaker Jenna
Macmillan, ECMA Song of the Year).

Natural Conclusion’s journey brought a JUNO nomination for Songwriter of the Year, a GRAMMY nomination for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, eight ECMA nominations / three wins, and two Music Nova Scotia Awards.

The album was featured on year-end lists including the LA Times, whose lead music critic claimed, “…Cousins delivered an exquisite album that’s easily one of the most distinguished Americana releases of 2017.”

NPR  Music described Natural Conclusion saying, “Cousins has a disarmingly fluid vocal tone and an ability to convey the most internalized emotions— disappointment, grief, resolve, forbearance—without an ounce of fuss.”

Her song “Chains” spent seven weeks in the CBC Radio 2 Top 20, made the Top 20 Fan Favourites of 2017, and CBC named it to the 100 Best Canadian
Songs of 2017.

Thank you FACTOR for your ongoing support in creating and expanding the reach of Canadian music! —Old Farm Pony Records

Photo Credit: Vanessa Heins