If you have not come across the special music of Nashville musician Rich Ruth yet, here’s your chance.
Following his 2019 debut release, Calming Signals, Ruth caught the attention of Jack White‘s Third Man Records label. They liked his “spiritual jazz, new age, and experimental ideas on a constant quest for the cosmos” so much that they featured him as a guest artist on their public access live streaming show.
Ruth has a new, and spectacular, single to share: “Goldenrods.”
Based on “Goldenrods”, the first single from Ruth’s E.P., we can imagine the entire six songs of the new E.P. reflecting some of the previous energy and engaging nature of his 2019 release as well as however Ruth dealt with the pandemic.
Interestingly, he did drop the following note on his Bandcamp page: “Where There’s Life is a collection of meditative pieces written in the early months of the pandemic. These songs helped me cope with the collective sense of uncertainty and solitude of the time.” Word.
Take a few minutes to listen to “Goldenrods” and see where it takes you, especially if you enjoy talented and different coupled with incredibly sophisticated ambient compositions brimming with experimental elements like tweaked vocal expressions, unorthodox rhythms and beats, and other-worldly sound effects.
Credits:
Michael Rich Ruth – Synthesizers, Guitar, Production, Mixing
Caleb Hickman – Saxophone on tracks 2 & 6
Michael Hix – Additional synthesizers on track 4
Mastered by Drew Carrol