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Rita Hosking and Cousin Jack

Rita Hosking's musical experience began as a child at church, and under the wings of an old time jug band made up of seasoned mountain characters. A descendant of Cornish miners who sang in the mines, Rita grew up with deep regard for folk music and the power of the voice. On an old Gibson guitar her friends bought for her, she began composing songs at age 20. Still writing and now performing with her band "Cousin Jack," Ritas bluegrass-tinged, soulful songs convey mountain life in the West with a voice that evokes the power of people and place. From the first time I heard Rita sing, her voice gripped me and did not let go; a voice whose beauty speaks from a deep place of honest and raw and powerful emotion. Ritas messages are immediate yet patient and her quiet conviction most strong. --Joe Craven, multi-instrumentalist and solo recording artist