KINSEY ROSE

                                                               "When Trucks Fly" 

                                                               Independent Release

Though many people will now recognize Kinsey Rose from this season (2021) of the hit NBC television program The Voice, her career has actually been developing before the eyes of Music City residents and tourists for the past 12 years.

Since her early days when she was forging her path with weekly gigs under the neon lights of Lower Broadway, the Kentucky born Rose has always been able to deliver very powerful original music that delighted the music industry types (“Streets of Maytown,” “Broken”), but masterfully balanced memorable tongue and cheek originals into the mix (“The Mullet Song,” “Get Yer Redneck On”) to entice the tourists and earn a solid following long after they returned back to their home states.

Her most current single, “When Trucks Fly,” co-written by Rose, Buddy Owens, and Kevin Post, absolutely leans more toward the tongue and cheek side of her arsenal, but it also hits a stride that showcases her ability to drop in lines that are poignant, topical, and capture your attention.

With a 1-2 rhythm behind it, “When Trucks Fly” carries a nostalgic vibe in its instrumentation, while still allowing room for Rose to add just enough modern splashes to give it a perfect balance in the here and now.

She weaves us through an all too real story of realizing that the person you’re with isn’t ever going to change no matter how much you may wish they would.

She uses each of the verses to daydream about what could’ve been as she sings of him making her a happy wife as they settle down and buy a house, make it a home, and have babies, while she cooks dinner every night and he no longer drinks or comes home late.  

The tongue and cheek aspect truly arrives through the twist in the chorus when she laments that he’ll only change his ways when trucks fly, cowboys ride unicorns across the sky, babies don’t cry, and politicians don’t lie.

With it’s more traditional sound leaning against Rose’s built-in twang and amped up sass in the lyrics, “When Trucks Fly” not only encompasses everything that has made Rose a household name to anyone who has seen her playing live throughout the years, but in many ways, it also begs to be compared to Kentucky’s legendary country music icon, Loretta Lynn!

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis)

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