Album Notes

Ruth Wyand draws on American roots music to frame her lyrical gift and demonstrate her strengths as a guitarist songwriter and vocalist.

Ruth plays through out the U.S. and Europe from busking in the streets of Paris to festival stages with acts such as John Hammond, Little Feat, Dr.John, Little Charlie and the NightCats, Melanie, Ellis Paul and Les Sampou.

She was selected a People's Choice Award winner in 1998 by the Philadelphia Folk Factory.

She is president of the Garden State Songwriters Association and does a variety of workshops and school music programs teaching guitar techniques, songwriting and multitrack recording for children grades K through 12 as well college in guitar and songwriting.

Ruth has written, produced, and played on folk, country and blues artists CD's in Nashville, New York, Philadelphia and New Jersey.

She has three CD's of her own out on Bay Rat Records; The Ruth Wyand Band - "Living in Doubt", Solo - "Live at the Mermaid" and the current Solo - "Distant Drums".

The first thing that strikes the listener is her powerful guitar playing.

Her fingerstyle technique and her palette of tunings is a whole show in of it self but then Ruth will switch gears and move onto a chugging swing piece and then go all the way back to a delta influenced slide number.

Her vocal accompaniment is at once both languid and athletic and the songs she writes reflect her humorous and compassionate nature.

Not interested in reviving any particular style Ruth chooses to borrow freely in the hope of contributing to the evolution of music.

"Possessing a powerful voice and the ability to mix jazz runs with primal delta slide guitar has always been Ruth's forte".
-Chip Lamey - Juke Joint Notes

"Her vocal range is limitless, and her delivery is heartfelt without sounding desparate. What really sets Wyand apart from her contemporaries is her deft manipulation of the guitar".
-Angelina Scioll - The Phila. Music Forum

"A remarkable guitarist and slide player, Ruth used both a 1947 Gibson acoustic and a 1932 Dobro during her show, the old instruments lending themselves very much to Ruth's style".
-Alberta and Mississippi Bill - Boston Target Newspaper, Lincolnshire UK