Come Sunrise
January 2010
Great News! My new album, Come Sunrise, has been nominated in the best country album category for the 2010 Independent Music Awards! To vote for or rate it, you can visit the IMA SITE, BEST COUNTRY ALBUM . (To listen to Come Sunrise, ask the bird at the bottom right of the page.)

Austin's 3rd Coast Music Magazine has named me "Best Female Artist of 2009" (along with Eilen Jewel and Rosie Flores.) Big thanks to John Conquest of 3rd Coast Music! Also big thanks to Iaan Hughes of Seattle's KCBS and No Depression for naming Come Sunrise as a top album of the year, and to 6 djs of our beloved local radio station, KVMR 89.5fm, for also naming Come Sunrise as a top album of the year.

Come Sunrise was produced and played on by Rich Brotherton (Robert Earl Keen, Caroline Herring,) at Ace Recording in Austin, Texas. Lots more Austin greats play on it as well.

Here is a sampling of U.S. reviews: Twang Nation , Country Standard Time , Rock and Reprise , Folk and Acoustic Music Exchange , 3rd Coast Music , and Fiddlefreak . Fiddlefreak's Stuart Mason penned one of my favorite lines, "The songs of Rita Hosking are as fragile as a newborn baby, and defiant as a West Virgina coal miner." :-)

We just started sending it to the UK and parts of Europe. This month, Come Sunrise debuted on the Euro Americana Chart at #19! For sample reviews from the U.K., we have The Observer , Americana UK (9/10 yeehah!), Flyinshoes , and due out in February, Q Magazine and Maverick Magazine. Come Sunrise is available for purchase in the UK through Fish Records and Smart Choice UK.

Here are some Dutch/Belgian reviews: Johnny's Garden (Netherlands) , CtrlAltCountry (Belgium) , and Rootstime (Belgium) .

And huge thanks to all the marvelous dj's in the U.S. and abroad who have been playing my music!

One more thing, here's a nice video of an October performance on You Tube . And did you know that there is a Rita Hosking Wikipedia Page ?

Thank you so much for visiting, and Best Wishes!