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CocoRosie
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Also known as Coco Rosie

CocoRosie is an American musical group formed in 2003 by sisters Sierra Rose "Rosie" and Bianca Leilani "Coco" Casady. The group's music has been described as folktronica, freak folk and "New Weird America", and incorporates elements of pop, blues, opera, electronica, and hip hop. The group has released eight studio albums, La Maison de Mon Rêve (2004), ''Noah's Ark (2005), The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn (2007), Grey Oceans (2010), Tales of a GrassWidow (2013), Heartache City (2015), Put the Shine On (2020) and Little Death Wishes (2025), and two EPs, Beautiful Boyz (2004) and Coco

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Musical artist.name
CocoRosie
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CocoRosie-Casady sisters-cropped.jpg
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Sierra (left) and Bianca Casady (right) in 2007
Musical artist.years_active
2003–present
Musical artist.current_members
Sierra Rose Casady, Bianca Leilani Casady, Gael Rakotondrabe (former)

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With a committed global fanbase stretching across Europe, the United States, South America and beyond, CocoRosie has consistently released cutting edge studio records and performed to sold out concert venues for two decades. Recording artists most recognized for their masterful poetry and timeless harmonies accompanied by lo-fi toy folly, classical instrumentation and genre defying rhythms, sister duo CocoRosie continue to elevate their sound and art with each recording project. “It is our personal, ethical duty as artists, nonbinary women and queer feminists to continue to initiate and hold space for dynamic and diverse conversations on contentious topics. Through our art, we will continue to contribute unique and complex perspectives to the larger discourse of humanity.” - CocoRosie CocoRosie has released eight studio albums to date: Little Death Wishes, (Joyful Noise Recordings , 2025), Put The Shine On (2020), Heartache City (2015), Tales of a Grasswidow (2013), Grey Oceans (2010), The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn (2007), Noah’s Ark (2005), and La maison de mon rêve (2004). Sierra Casady is a classically trained Opera singer and stage actor and Bianca Casady is a published poet, theater director and accomplished visual artist. Together the sisters utilize music, theatrical practices of movement and character study, fashion and contemporary art to create a body of work which reflects the beauty and sorrow of our collective experience. Through radically subversive and highly developed conceptual art, CocoRosie utilizes irreverence and play to stand up for human rights and question social norms, often playing with taboos. Widely celebrated, often misunderstood, and always unwavering, CocoRosie is a rigorously structured art and music project spanning two decades. In addition to CocoRosie tours and festival performances worldwide, CocoRosie has composed original scores for four full-length theatrical works by acclaimed director Robert Wilson; Peter Pan, Pushkin's Fairy Tales, Edda, and Jungle Book. CocoRosie has also worked with the Kronos Quartet at their Jazz Festival in San Francisco for two seasons, creating a new collection of songs which will become a collaborative album with Kronos. As a visual artist, Bianca Casady has mounted solo art exhibitions internationally including at Deitch Projects (2007) and Cheim & Read Gallery (2012). As an experimental theater director, Bianca has created several plays including NightShift (2012) at Kampnagel in Hamburg, Germany, Mother Hunting (2015) at the National Theater in Oslo, Norway, and The Angel Show (2017) at the National Theater Academy in Norway. Bianca hosts an ongoing experimental poetry course titled Remembering The Miracle and in 2023, the artist published her first poetry book, Au bord du ciel: Heaven bound. Sierra Casady has arranged and performed music globally, including with the Symphony Orchestra of Amsterdam, The ICA in London and The Sydney Opera House and created “Soul Life,” an Opera staged at the Donau Festival in Krems.

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Encyclopedic overview

25 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Musical influence
  • Career
  • 2003−2004: Formation and ''La Maison de Mon Rêve''
  • 2005−2006: ''Beautiful Boyz'' and ''Noah's Ark''
  • 2007: ''The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn''
  • 2008: "God Has a Voice, She Speaks Through Me"
  • 2009: ''Coconuts, Plenty of Junk Food''
  • 2010−2012: ''Grey Oceans''
  • 2013−2014: ''Tales of a GrassWidow''
  • 2015−2016: ''Heartache City'' and Bianca Casady and the C.i.A.
  • 2017: "Smoke 'em Out" and subsequent album ''Put the Shine On''
  • Other work
  • ''Word to the Crow''
  • Commercial use
  • Personal life
  • Politics
  • Discography
  • Albums
  • Extended plays
  • Singles
  • Music videos
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

CocoRosie is an American musical group formed in 2003 by sisters Sierra Rose "Rosie" and Bianca Leilani "Coco" Casady. The group's music has been described as folktronica, freak folk and "New Weird America", and incorporates elements of pop, blues, opera, electronica, and hip hop. The group has released eight studio albums, La Maison de Mon Rêve (2004), ''Noah's Ark (2005), The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn (2007), Grey Oceans (2010), Tales of a GrassWidow (2013), Heartache City (2015), Put the Shine On (2020) and Little Death Wishes (2025), and two EPs, Beautiful Boyz (2004) and Coconuts, Plenty of Junk Food (2009). They released their sixth album Heartache City'' on their own record label, Lost Girl Records.

Originally a duo, the group was formed when Bianca, who was living in New York City at the time, made an impromptu visit to Sierra at her apartment in Paris, France, reconnecting with her for the first time in ten years. The sisters began creating music together, singing over instrumentals produced using a combination of traditional instruments and found objects, most notably children's toys. They later expanded to a group and added various backing musicians, including a bassist, keyboardist, beatboxer, and synth player.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “CocoRosie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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