Blog: Direct Current

Nashville-based duo Sam & Ruby (Sam Brooker and Ruby Amanfu) share a special, if somewhat unlikely, chemistry that permeates their folk-based pop with a warm, knowing and soulful intimacy. Sam, from Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Ruby, born in Ghana, West Africa, would seem worlds apart but it's their glorious harmonies and quietly dramatic live presence that has given the duo, now settled in Nashville, a special kismet. A well-received EP and some much-buzzed live shows paved the way for a label deal via Rykodisc and their full-length debut The Here and The [...]