Ruby James celebrates Album release with sold out show in Los Angeles and heads to Atlanta for Southeast Record Release Party May 7th

Ruby James celebrated the release of her new album ” Desert Rose ” on April 21st produced by John Avila of Oingo Bongo. She regaled a sold-out crowd in L.A the legendary Troubadour club in West Hollywood . Greats such as Elton John, James Taylor and Tom Waits performed there early in their careers. Ms James will be having a live show in Atlanta for her much anticipated Southeast Record Release party on May 7th at Smith’s Olde Bar.

In Los Angeles she played to a packed house with dynamic live performance that left her audience as one fan reported ” blown away by her memorizing voice”. The receptive crowd was filled with a mixture of female and male fans young and old, who cheered at her songs and nearly at every extended guitar riff and drum solo acknowledging her talented line up of musicians. After her show the house lights came up, but fans were undeterred and continued cheering loudly until Ruby returned to the stage for a three-song encore.

” Ruby James’ rugged sensuality, which bravely masks a wearied vulnerability, is pure sonic empowerment. With “Desert Rose,” Ruby lays bare, in the grand tradition of guitar-slinging blues hitchhikers, her power to wield her own whiskey-soaked chalice and the blade to match,” writes Orlando Weekly. She has already shared the stage with Jackson Browne, Pat Mac Donald of Timbuk3 and Jane Weidlin since she began touring the United States in 2006. Ruby James is often compared to Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow and Chrissy Hynde.

Hollywood has also taken notice of Ruby’s talent. She completed a deal which will place one of the tracks from the album, “Everything Good Goes Away,” into a major studio film. Produced by Mick Jagger, “The Women” is a remake of the 1939 classic, starring an ensemble cast including Bette Midler and Meg Ryan. In the song she poignantly reminds us that “Everything Good Goes Away” except real, true, soul-defining love. “The Women” will be released in October 2008.

“Desert Rose is something that surprises and tantalizes you with its beauty and roots firmly planted in a sometimes-harsh terrain,” Ruby says. She adds: “Desert Rose the album and the song are both about a journey and possibly a homecoming. It’s a story of survival through the toughest of terrains and about a quest for self.” Ruby proves her substance as a songwriter. With the exception of what Flavorpill calls a ” velvety rendition of Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game” Ms. James brilliantly co-wrote all the tracks on the album. Infusing the tracks with her rustic soulful voice, she goes to the very core of mother/child relationships in heart-wrenching “Oh, Mama.” The mix crackles to life in the playful, bluesy “Mistress of the Devil,” then just as quickly disappears in the title track, “Desert Rose,” where she shares the longing for a lost, but never forgotten, love. The album is a kaleidoscope with a track for every emotion, in the spirit of legendary songwriter Emmylou Harris.

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Desert Rose is produced by John Avila of Oingo Boingo who was drawn to Ruby James powerful talent and recorded the album with her in his Los Angeles studio. James elegantly fused rock and Americana with lyrics that explore love, loss and the lure of the road. Ruby will perform on stage in Altanta with an ensemble of talented musicians including

Rene Reyes( ACT OF FAITH Soundtracks COLLATORAL, MAN IN THE CHAIR,
Shaun Tomczak ( Filmtracks On the End of the Line and Red) and
Melaniejane, (Pat MacDonald, Sam Llanas (The BoDeans), Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes), The Silos, Sigmund Snopek and Dick Parry (saxophonist from Pink Floyd), John Doe (of X), Alejandro Escovedo, Chris Smither, Sally Timms (Mekons), Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing), Mary Fahl (October Project), Jen Chapin, Dan Bern, Jane Wiedlin (of the GoGo’s), Eric McFadden (George Clinton and P-funk, Eric Burden and the animals…), Kim Manning (P-funk), Jonathan Spottiswoode, Freedy Johnston.)

Ruby will be raising charity and awareness for a charity close to her heart ,St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® by donating a portion of her album and print sales. St Jude is internationally recognized for its pioneering work in finding cures and saving children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance. No child is ever denied treatment because of the family’s inability to pay.

You should watch for an article in “Hittin the Note” magazine in May, along with All Access and other publications. Ruby has certainly gained some attention with this new album, including a placement in a major film to be released in October 2008.

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If you get a moment and have the chance, please submit Ruby James to perform at the Austin City Limits Music Festival. It is pretty easy to do, just use the following link. The more people that submit her the better her chances of playing at one of the largest music festivals in the country. With each of these opportunities we expose her to more fans, and we do it without the record labels, actually you do it, you her fans. The ones that buy the music, that come to the shows.

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