Arts & Music Interviews
In the Booth with Ruth – Fran Clark, Singer & Songwriter
My songs are always based on something true. A story about me or someone I know. Sometimes they are just to express my feelings on a subject - could be love, friendship, family, or just life in general. Once in a while, random words come to mind in the way of a hook and how to give those words meaning might come along later.
In the Booth with Ruth – Sherry Dooley, Artist & Survivor of Prostitution
LA Reggae Band, Arise Roots, Bring Music to the Booth With Their Album ‘Moving Forward’
About ninety per cent of the music we create comes out of jam sessions. We get together and just start playing without any guidelines or barriers. The feel, the mood, the vibe itself is what dictates what we play. It doesn't take long to tell if it is a tune worth keeping. The ones that we dig get developed a little more until we have a song...
Chong Kim, a Survivor of Sex Trafficking, Talks About Eden, The Newly Released Film Based On Her Life
In the Booth with Ruth – Gabriella Apicella, Screenwriter
In the Booth with Ruth – Barb Jungr, Singer & Songwriter
I like metaphor in song and I love language. I guess that’s part of - for me - the appeal of, especially, Dylan and Cohen - that magic they both have of using words like knives, scalpel like precision - I envy that. I like narrative. Last Orders is a story of an affair in Stockport before I left the town, the summer of my goodbye, and it’s a song of lost youth and love...
In the Booth with Ruth – Robert Wuagneux, Singer, Songwriter & Musician
Strange Voo Doo is about self–discovery. It is the coming face to face with the past choices one has made and how those choices have led to certain consequences. Discovering self-love is freedom from convention. In the bridge of the tune the singer realizes that self-discovery has freed him from those self-imposed[...]