the ROSE HAZE
The Rose Haze is the musical project of Kate Ramsey, an Ohio-born, Oakland-based artist who describes her music as “limitless sonic exploration.” Others have coined it as “otherworldly in a spaced out way” (Glide), “saturated with lush synth pads” (Petal Motel), and “dramatic, majestic rock” (The Stranger).
Ramsey is a mercurial songwriter with a penchant for experimental soundscapes. She emits an ethereal feminine prowess and powerful panache, rarely executes the same set twice, and is always pushing to improvise within the sonic space. Her dynamic live performances consist of moody, ethereal vocals, and any combination of synths, guitar, bass, harp, or flute. Best described as idiosyncratic, vulnerable, and unabashedly honest, she is a well-traveled artist who expresses the oddities, woes, and euphoria of life through her music.
During her formative musical years, Ramsey collaborated with Lisa Bella Donna to record and perform her first two albums. In 2019, after a long spiritual renewal in Europe and on Kaua’i, she moved to California and met the musical love of her life Ruben Gonzales. They were inseparable in their sonic adventure until Gonzales suddenly passed away in 2024. His spirit lives on through his music and in the hearts of many.
Ramsey is now on a transformational healing journey, continues to evolve her craft, and strives to go deeper every day as an artist.
Her experimental compositions are published under her full name Kathleen Theresa Ramsey.
photo by Kate Sweeney