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" The great collection of children's songs had me a little weepy in the car.....(it) reminded me of being in a magical place.... WONDERFUL!"

Rose Coen's dream was finally coming true in a recording studio in Tennessee, at the other end of the Appalachian Mountains from where it began. The gal who grew up on 193rd St. between Kingsbridge Road and Marion Ave. and went to Bronx High School of Science was singing country songs, for which she was first inspired by summers spent in the Catskills.
Her clear, sincere, sure voice and heartfelt lyrics in songs like "No One Left To Lie To" caught the ear of legendary Nashville producer/sound engineer Bil VornDick, who heard themes that would touch people whether they're in the Bronx or the backwoods of the south.
Her debut CD was released last weekend. "When I received her rough demos, I heard songs that she had written about real life. So many artists that send me songs to listen to, they are all about you love me, or I love you," VornDick told me via e-mail from his studio.
"The day-to-day life that Rose writes about - I think listeners do like to listen to . . . a different story and a different point of view, or a different way of putting a 'love' approach to a song. Those kinds of songs are what draws me in to help artists."

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