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Shirma Rouse
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BornCuraçao
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Websiteshirmarouse.com

Shirma Rouse is a Dutch singer, who was a participant in The Voice of Holland, was named best backing singer in the Eurovision Song Contest by The Eurovision Times in 2013 and was invited to the funeral of Aretha Franklin due to the popularity of her tribute album to the artist.

Biography

Rouse born in Curaçao,[1] but grew up on Sint Eustatius. At the age of nineteen she moved to Rotterdam to pursue a degree in Chemistry; however she joined a choir and transferred to a degree programme in Jazz Vocals.[2] In 2010 Rouse released an album of soul music called Chocolate Coated Dreams.[3] In 2012, a second CD was released, Shirma Rouse sings Aretha, with which she did a theatre tour.[2]

In 2013, she accompanied Anouk to the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö as a backing singer, where she was named best backing singer by The Eurovision Times. That same year, Rouse participated in The Voice of Holland.[4][5]

In 2017, Rouse toured with The Soul of Spanish Harlem; in addition, she resumed her Aretha Franklin tribute. After the death of Franklin in 2018, Rouse was invited to attend the funeral.[4] Novelist Herman Brusselsmans, in his 2021 work, described the fatphobic comments that he subjected Rouse to, and the public backlash he received as a result.[6]

In 2021 she published a cookery book in Dutch entitled Shirma's Soul Kitchen.[7]

Discography

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Albums

  • Chocolate Coated Dreams (Coast to Coast, 2010)[3]
  • Sings Aretha (Stemra, 2012)[8]
  • Dedicated to You (Challenge Records, 2012)[9]
  • Shout It Out Loud (Play It Again Sam, 2014)[10]

References

  1. ^ "Open up to celebrate • Rotterdam. Make it Happen". Rotterdam. Make it Happen. (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  2. ^ a b Greenberg, Jennifer. "Shirma Rouse pays tribute to Aretha Franklin as a part of Israel's Hot Jazz series". Time Out Israel. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  3. ^ a b Chocolate coated dreams - Shirma Rouse - Muziekweb, retrieved 2022-03-11
  4. ^ a b "Shirma Rouse". www.gooisjazzfestival.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  5. ^ "Prijs voor Shirma Rouse – Shownieuws.tv". 2013-07-30. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  6. ^ Brusselmans, Herman (2021-08-20). Geschiedenis van de moderne literatuur (in Dutch). Prometheus. ISBN 978-90-446-4891-1.
  7. ^ Rouse, Shirma (2021). Shirma's soul kitchen. Dijlan van Vlimmeren, Rick, Fotograaf Arnold. Rotterdam: Kyosei. ISBN 978-90-831544-2-8. OCLC 1260312449.
  8. ^ Sings Aretha - Shirma Rouse - Muziekweb, retrieved 2022-03-11
  9. ^ Dedicated to you - Shirma Rouse - Muziekweb, retrieved 2022-03-11
  10. ^ Shout it out loud - Shirma Rouse - Muziekweb, retrieved 2022-03-11
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