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Ruth Garbus is a songwriter and vocalist from Brattleboro, Vermont. She has released several solo albums including Kleinmeister and Alive People, and Profound, out on June 12, 2026 on Orindal Records.
For the last three years Ruth has performed her solo material as a trio with elie mcafee-hahn and Nick Bisceglia. She also has performed as an experimental vocalist with a number of collaborators, and is a member of the trio Earth Flower with Sam Gendel and Phil Melanson.
Press
Alive People finds wonder in the mundaneThe Shoestring
Recorded in front of a live audience, the latest from the Brattleboro songwriter is a meditative, idiosyncratic set about the impermanence of all things.Alive People in Pitchfork, 2023
With tranquil, careful compositions that encourage introspection, the Vermont musician reflects on climate anxiety without succumbing to doom and gloom.Pitchfork Review of Kleinmeister, 2019
on KleinmeisterChris Cohen in Talkhouse