Caroline Rose’s new album, 'The Art of Forgetting,' takes a 'time capsule' approach

Caroline Rose’s new album, The Art of Forgetting, takes a “time capsule” approach to capture a “perfect storm” in Rose’s life, where burnout, a breakup and a global pandemic turned into a full-blown identity crisis where life ultimately dished out the tools she needed to process, heal and chronicle it all, turning out a transformational collection of songs. And within The Art of Forgetting is evidence of one of those tools - her incredibly supportive family, including her loving grandmother (“Mee Maw”) who called Rose every day to make sure she was okay, even as she, herself, was slipping away from this life. The voice messages her grandmother left her during that time period are tellingly poignant and a window into what can buoy us in our darkest hours. Rose sat down with 88Nine before her visit to Milwaukee’s Turner Hall Ballroom and explained the elements of the “perfect storm” that came together to create her latest album and the strength she found in the people around her to make it through to the other side.