Mya Rose
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Mya Rose Gill is an indie folk-alternative artist, born September 4, 1979 . She has spent the last 13 years gigging around the world from huge stages to street corners, from Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

 to England
England
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, California
California
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 to North Carolina
North Carolina
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. Her music is described as 'soulful vocals backed by rockin' folk with a hint of country'.

Musical career

At 18 she co-created the indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 group Slappin Patties and was the bands lead vocalist, songwriter and acoustic guitarist. While Mya was with Slappin Patties they released the album 'Take Me Home'. After the group disbanded in 2002 Mya played solo until creating a new band: Mya Rose & the Flux band. After breaking away from the Flux band in 2006 Mya continued her solo act. Also in 2006, Mya Rose wrote, recorded, & produced her first solo album: 'breaking free.' Half of this CD was recorded on her 30' O'day sloop
Sloop
A sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....

, "Risky Business". In 2008 she completed her second solo album 'Sailin' South' aboard her boat studio "Burnett Trilogy", a 30' Pearson sloop
Sloop
A sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....

 in the harbor of Ocracoke, North Carolina
Ocracoke, North Carolina
Ocracoke is a census-designated place and unincorporated town located at the southern end of Ocracoke Island, located entirely within Hyde County, North Carolina. The population was 769 as of the 2000 census...

 while living out on the hook in the O'day.

Major Performances

Beaufort Music Festival,
Ocrafolk Festival,
Hoke County Ho Down,
WOVV
WOVV
WOVV is a planned FM radio station and current internet radio station with a FCC issued construction permit for Ocracoke, North Carolina, USA. The station is currently owned by Ocracoke Foundation....

fundraiser concert,
Fort Bragg Fair (with Slappin' Patties),
99.1 'the sound' Acoustic Lunch,
Creater and host of Mango Loco and Dirty Dick's Open Mic Nights

Critical Acclaim

Mya Rose's music is generally well liked by most critics. Marlene Palumbo from Indienink Music described Mya's solo debut album as "Her accomplished deep sultry vocals adeptly wrap around the lyrics, to pull you right in... This is one that will be in my player many times...". Darryl Gregory from Indie-Music.com described the same album as "...The voice is great, the songs are good. I look forward to hearing the next one." Other notable positive reviews came from Rob Lucey at Carolina Currents Magazine who said "...she found a niche in the island's music scene playing her folk rock with a country tinge..." and Jamie Tunnell of the Ocracoke Observer who said "The Mya Rose Band has soulful vocals backed by rockin' folk with bluesy harmonica and vibrant sax. She sings and plays guitar from deep within her soul..."

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