DeRose also has a secret weapon: a voice that seems to expose his very soul.
Two surgeries later, DeRose found herself unable to continue her budding career as a pianist.
During this time, though, almost as a fluke, DeRose discovered an ability to sing.
DeROSE: Differences showed up in people's attitudes toward Islam and Muslims based on their political tendencies.
DeRose began building a career as a jazz pianist, playing small clubs in and around her hometown.
DeRose has continued to perform and record, with six albums under her belt.
DeROSE: Only about a third of those surveyed said Islam is more likely than other religions to encourage violence.
With the exception of an occasional instrument here or there, Peasant is entirely the work of one man: Damien DeRose.
By age 25, DeRose was back at the piano, playing and singing.
The small town of Doylestown, PA is the base of Peasant's operations, which is a fitting origin for DeRose's intimate and earthy neo-folk songs.
With her own money, she produced and released her first album, Introducing Dena DeRose, which was quickly obtained and re-released by Sharp Nine Records.
DeROSE: John Green is a senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and a professor of political science at Akron University.
Though his music is unassuming and acoustic, when armed with a guitar, DeRose makes music that beckons and calls out, as if demanding to be heard.
On his second album, On the Ground, DeRose sings of the hopes and fears associated with life and love like a more optimistic version of Elliott Smith.
DeROSE: Cooper says the goal of these campaigns is to help people stop thinking of Islam as a foreign faith and begin to view it as one among the many American religions.
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