Whitney Rose is a Canadian singer and songwriter who describes her sound as "vintage-pop-infused neo-traditional country." Rose won awards while living in Toronto and recorded her self-titled debut album for Cameron House. In 2014 she toured Canada as an opening act for the Mavericks. The band's frontman, Raul Malo, was so taken with her performances that he offered to produce, sing, and play on her next recording. She took him up on it. Titled Heartbreaker of the Year, it was released in 2015. In January 2017, she released the mini-album South Texas Suite, followed in October by the full-length Rule 62. We Still Go to Rodeos appeared in 2020. Given the pandemic and touring, it would be three years before she returned with Rosie. ~ Thom Jurek