Ruby Amanfu

Ruby Amanfu
Ruby Amanfu
Background information
Origin	Ghana
Genres	Pop, alternative pop, soul, folk, R&B
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Thirty Tigers, Rival & Co, Spongebath, Polydor UK, Rykodisc
Associated acts	Sam & Ruby, The Collective, Jack White, Hozier, Brett Dennen, Sara Bareilles, Ryan Adams, Katie Herzig, Butterfly Boucher
Website	Ruby Amanfu on Facebook Rubyamanfu.com

Ruby Amanfu is a Ghanaian-born singer and songwriter based out of Nashville, TN and Los Angeles, CA. Amanfu released her most recent studio album, Standing Still, on August 28, 2015, following a double single release of "Bluff" and "Love Out Loud" in 2013. Amanfu is known for her collaborations with Jack White in his all-female band, The Peacocks. She is also well known for being one half of the duo Sam & Ruby, whose album was named Associated Press Album of the Year in 2009.

Throughout her career, Amanfu has collaborated on many diverse and successful musical projects. With the release of Standing Still, she has launched her solo career to critical acclaim from Rolling Stone, Billboard, and NPR First Listen.

Ruby Amanfu was born in Accra, Ghana to a tight-knit musical family of five. When she was three years old, her father moved the family to Nashville, Tennessee, where from an early age she flourished among the sights and sounds of the Music City. She started writing songs and entered a school talent show in the third grade where she took home the first place prize—a 10-pack of gumballs.

More talent shows followed, as well as a knack for literary competitions wherein she discovered her passion for writing song lyrics. She was educated in the private and magnet school systems and attended high school at the prestigious Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School, whose premiere Fine Arts program afforded her an on-site studio where she had the opportunity to write and record her own songs.

In her sophomore year of high school, Amanfu was chosen for The Nashville Symphony Chorus, becoming the youngest member of the group at age 15. She performed with the group for one season.

The next year, Amanfu was introduced by a classmate to a local philanthropic couple, Dave and Becky Matthews. The Matthewses took interest in Amanfu’s songwriting and financially supported her first full-length album, So Now The Whole World Knows, with Dave at the helm as engineer and co-producer with Amanfu. The LP was fully recorded at The Matthewses’ well-appointed home studio by the time Amanfu finished high school.

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