ArtsHouse Live Music: Ruby Gill

If anyone can silence a room, it’s Joburg-born, Naarm-based musician Ruby Gill. Known to bring even the most stoic to tears with her profound reflections, Ruby’s “melancholic lyrical wizardry” and unforgettable honesty and humour have earned her the reputation of unmissable, with accolades such as Sunday Times’ Breaking Act (UK) and Emerging Artist of the Year at Port Fairy Folk Festival to her name, and high praise from NME, CLASH, The Independent and more. Consistent reviews echo triple j’s Zan Rowe: “excuse me while I scrape myself off the floor.” Ruby’s long-awaited debut LP ‘I’m gonna die with this frown on my face’ debuted at #5 on the AIR Independent Album charts and was nominated for an Australian Music Prize and Best Folk Work at Music Victoria in 2022. She is now in the process of finishing her sophomore album, with support from Creative Australia, Music Australia and Creative Victoria.