Rozzi Crane
| Rozzi Crane | |
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| Birth name | Rosalind Elizabeth Crane |
| Born | May 2, 1991 |
| Origin | San Francisco |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
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| Website | Official website |
Rosalind Elizabeth "Rozzi" Crane (born May 2, 1991) is an American singer-songwriter from San Francisco.[1]
Life and career
She attended Marin Academy High School and was a strong member in their musical program.
In 2009, Crane was admitted to the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California as a member of the inaugural class of the Popular Music program. During her first year, Crane's original compositions were licensed for the first time when four of her songs were featured in Lifetime Television's second most-watched film ever, Sins of the Mother. During her sophomore and junior years, Crane was a background vocalist for Don Henley[2] and Sergio Mendes.[3][4]
She is currently signed to Adam Levine's record label, 222 Records, and was the first artist to sign to the label.[5][6] Crane met bassist and primary collaborator Sam Wilkes in 2009[7] and he remains the bassist and musical director of Crane's band as of 2014.
Crane was featured on the Maroon 5 song "Come Away to the Water", which was part of The Hunger Games soundtrack and has toured with the band.[2][4] In 2014, Crane toured as an opening for Gavin DeGraw and Parachute,[8] meanwhile in 2015 she opened for Maroon 5 during their Maroon 5 World Tour 2015 in United States and Canada. As of October 2015, she is currently the opener for Owl City's "On The Verge Tour" for his latest album Mobile Orchestra.
Discography
- EPs
- Space (2015)
- Time (2015)
References
- ↑ "Adam Levine Protege Rozzi Crane Takes Behringer Stage at NAMM". Behringer. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
- 1 2 "M Music & Musicians Magazine " ROZZI CRANE". mmusicmag.com.
- ↑ "Rozzi Crane". USC Thornton School of Music.
- 1 2 Lopez, Korina. "Adam Levine's protegee sets out on her own". USA Today. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
- ↑ Weston, Liana. "Rozzi Crane on What It's Like to Be Adam Levine's Hot New Protégée". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
- ↑ Burtt, Kristyn. "Rozzi Crane talks about Maroon 5 and her rise to the top". SheKnows.com. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
- ↑ "USC Music School Teaches the Art of Making a Pop Hit". Rolling Stone.
- ↑ Scales, Stacy. "Show Review: Gavin DeGraw with Parachute & Rozzi Crane at Uptown Theatre, 4/26/2014". Napa Valley Life. Retrieved 2014-04-26.