Artist: Ruby Friedman

Tonight in L.A.: Arcade Fire, Culture Collide festival, Lissie, Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women, more

Oct 7, 2010, 1:43pm Buzz Bands

[Why, happy birthday, Thom Yorke ...] Top 6 ways to fill your ears tonight: ☛ Arcade Fire simply made my Lollapalooza . They're worth seeing, either during their two-night stand at the Shrine Auditorium, or next spring at Coachella, where I'm betting they will be a headliner. Non-believers can now move on to the next item. ☛ Filter's Culture Collide festival (see my backgrounder, with schedule ) kicks off tonight, with the Black Lips, Casiokids, Sebastian Tellier, Voxhaul Broadcast, [...]

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Ruby Friedman (and friends) orchestrate a fresh start

Sep 14, 2009, 3:32pm Buzz Bands

Ruby Friedman has the eyes of somebody who's lived a little, the writing chops to make her experiences compelling and a voice that makes it all sound larger than life. The siren of the L.A.-based Ruby Friedman Orchestra is part damaged diva, part drama queen and all exposed nerves. How she came to to be here (fronting a sextet of ace players and leaving exclamation point-dotted reviews in her wake) from there (some seven years in various studies at UCLA) is "a miracle that's happening," she says. And even she [...]

• Ruby Friedman - Shooting Star

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Artist:	Ruby Friedman
Title:	Shooting Star
Link Text:	Shooting Star (Luxury Wafers session)
File Name:	Ruby_ShootingStar.mp3
Bitrate:	174 kbps
Year:	9

The Ruby Friedman Orchestra, Live@Chessvolt Studios

Sep 30, 2008, 3:31am Luxury Wafers

Wow, what a crew. Here's Ruby with her fine orchestra sandwiching super-producer Mike Chapman. Tension was high when the group was recording at Chessvolt. All talented players with fierce direction of their own, they came together with the sole purpose of making good music, which is just what they did. Ruby's unrelenting passion burns through her vast register in carefully calculated and unleashed bursts of big satisfying sound. It's an elaborate production embodying Janis Joplin's no-holds-barred skipping hand-in-hand with Bette Middler's controlled creativity while hanging around the island in Meatloaf's kitchen. Hear for yourself (option/click to [...]

• Ruby Friedman - Go About Your Day
• Ruby Friedman - Hang Around
• Ruby Friedman - Shooting Star
• Ruby Friedman - Stay Awake
• Ruby Friedman - Sub Acid Sweet Song

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Artist:	Ruby Friedman
Title:	Go About Your Day
Link Text:	Go About Your Day
File Name:	Ruby_GoAboutYourDay.mp3
Bitrate:	174 kbps
Year:	9

Artist:	Ruby Friedman
Title:	Hang Around
Link Text:	Hang Around
File Name:	Ruby_HangAround.mp3
Bitrate:	172 kbps
Year:	9

Artist:	Ruby Friedman
Title:	Shooting Star
Link Text:	Shooting Star
File Name:	Ruby_ShootingStar.mp3
Bitrate:	174 kbps
Year:	9

Artist:	Ruby Friedman
Title:	Stay Awake
Link Text:	Stay Awake
File Name:	Ruby_StayAwake.mp3
Bitrate:	163 kbps
Year:	9

Artist:	Ruby Friedman
Title:	Sub Acid Sweet Song
Link Text:	Sub Acid Sweet Songs
File Name:	Ruby_SubAcidSweetSong.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	9