RICH RUTH

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Rich Ruth – a.k.a. veteran Nashville-based musician Michael Ruth – took a break from touring with various bands in 2018 and dedicated himself to composing ambient music in his small home studio, focusing on the diverse traditions of ambient, new age, spiritual jazz, Kosmiche, and minimalist music. His ideas became fully realized with the inclusion of additional players, pairing his repetitive, droning synthesizer movements with spur-of-the-moment improvisation to transform the material into something much more lush and unpredictable.

One summer morning, Ruth was held up at gunpoint and carjacked by two people outside of his home. His music allowed him to work through this personal struggle, infusing his 2019 debut album, Calming Signals, with striking layers of angst and emotion. Where There’s Life followed in 2021, a collection of meditative pieces written in the early months of the pandemic manifesting the collective sense of uncertainty and solitude of the time.

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RICH RUTH Calming Signals album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Calming Signals
Nu Jazz 2019
RICH RUTH I Survived, It's Over album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I Survived, It's Over
Nu Jazz 2022
RICH RUTH Water Still Flows album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Water Still Flows
Nu Jazz 2024

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Where There's Life
Nu Jazz 2021
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Settling In
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2023

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Live at Third Man Records
Jazz Related Rock 2023

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