Kristi Rose and Fats Kaplin have long been revered as artists of “distinctive
personal approach” Kristi Rose as a singer with a voice that can “sing the stars from the
heavens” has been compared to artists ranging from Wanda Jackson to Patti Smith.
Fats, as a “brilliant multi-instrumentalist” has been sought over the years by artists as
diverse as The Tractors, The Manhattan Transfer, Pure Prairie League, Emmy Lou
Harris, Nanci Griffith, The Mavericks, Suzy Boggus, Elvis Costello, The Judds, Buddy
Miller, Jason Ringenberg, (with and w/o the Scorchers) and in his own Americana chart
topping band, Kane-Welch-Kaplin, as well as many, many more.
Together, Fats and Kristi Rose have created a musical genre, (and way of life)
known as Pulp Country. It is a world of cinematic proportion that blends music that has
been described as “Soultwang”, “Coltrane Meets Country” and an “eclectic walk on the
wild side” They write “splendid originals” of “the hooch-soaked, heartbroke
netherworld”
They have released two critically acclaimed albums, “This Is Pulp Country!” and
“Kristi Rose, Live In Holland”, have several self released EPs and in addition, Fats has
released 2 CDs, “The Fatman Cometh” and “Fats Kaplin’s World of Wonder” on which
Kristi Rose is featured. They have taken Pulp Country on the road, both as a band and
as a duo to thunderous response, playing stages as diverse as Lincoln Center, the
Brooklyn Academy of Music, major festivals and venues in Europe, as well as
honkytonks and legendary rock clubs.
Onstage, (and all the world is one) Kristi Rose and Fats, in stark southern gothic
style, with lone electric guitar, fiddle, and a voice that gives cry to the heavens, conjure
up the thinly veiled lives that we must all lead. Lives that are haunted by ghosts of
regret, disrupted by carnal dreams, yet still able to be given over to rapturous joy.
Four more little sonic gems for your August pleasure are now available on the site. Blitzen Trapper, Boulder Acoustic Society, Jay Brannan and The Wiyos. Yet another fine quartet even though we say so ourselves as picked them out.
Hi U2 I love both your cds, aand have been playing them on my program. If you get to L.A. again, come tape a program for me. My email address is folkscene@folkscene.com Roz
Hi pals! What a great page, just in time to promote your show at my Milwaukee loft July 12... And what a cool portrait! Hope to see you soon at my Nashville digs... xoxo Deone
Great to be your friends. I was traveling with Mr. Lee recently and the journey was enriched by the sounds of "World of Wonder Down Under". I hope to see you soon.
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