Ruth Moody
THE RUTH MOODY BAND
Beyond her appearances with The Wailin’ Jennys, RUTH MOODY’s solo touring allows her to showcase her full repertoire. She is renowned for her pure, high-arcing voice and evocative original songs. On stage she plays banjo and guitar on her country/bluegrass-tinged songs and keyboard for her romantic ballads. She tours as a duo, trio and with a four-piece band, playing her latest original compositions from her critically-acclaimed 2024 record Wanderer.
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Tour Information
2026
January
28 PRAx, Corvallis OR
29 The Reser, Beaverton OR
30 Mt. Vernon WA, McIntyre Hall
April
10 The Folly Theater, Kansas City MO
11 The Sheldon, St. Louis MO
May
28 Natick Center for the Arts, Natick MA
29 Barre Opera House, Barre VT
30 Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield ME
August
9 Peg Egan Performing Arts Center, Egg Harbor
Ruth Moody is an award-winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her otherworldly soprano voice and her inspired songwriting have gained the admiration of the hearts, minds, and ears of millions of listeners. As a solo artist and a founding and current member of The Wailin’ Jennys, she has garnered two JUNO Awards and performed to rapt audiences in sold-out venues around the globe.
Music runs through Ruth’s veins. A first-generation Canadian immigrant, her early years were spent on a goat farm in rural Manitoba, where she grew up singing in harmony with her brother and sisters. Raised by a master musician mother and an English teaching father, melody and verse were married in her mind long before she ever picked up a guitar. By age twenty she was traversing the continent in an old brown van with the wild and untamed progressive roots band, Scrüj MacDuck. She never stopped moving, and went on to co-found The Wailin’ Jennys in 2002, and began her own solo career in 2010.
Although best known for her work with The Wailin’ Jennys, Ruth is an artist of exceptional depth and grace in her own right. Critics have lauded her ethereal vocals, impressive multi-instrumentalism (she plays guitar, banjo, accordion, piano, and bodhrán), and her talent as a songwriter. Writing with a maturity and wisdom that belies her age, her songs are timeless, universal, and exceptionally well-crafted, all sung with an intimacy and honesty that is unmistakably hers.
Ruth was recognized by the International Songwriting Competition for her song “One Voice,” which has gone on to be a signature song for The Wailin’ Jennys. It has been covered by countless artists and has been performed in concert halls, churches and schools throughout the world.
Ruth’s solo albums The Garden and These Wilder Things received glowing reception from fans and critics alike. Her collaborations with the legendary Mark Knopfler on These Wilder Things and his albums Privateering and Tracker brought her voice to music lovers across the world, and 2015 saw her performing in Europe and the UK in legendary venues such as The Royal Albert Hall, both as a support act and as a guest in Mark’s band. After riding the whirlwind of shows and opportunities that arose from the association with Mark, Ruth took some much-needed time off to start a family in 2016.
Ruth’s critically acclaimed 2024 album, Wanderer, is the chronicle of her life’s journey over the last ten years. Wanderer explores the emotional journey of motherhood, the joy and pain of life, the mysterious and complicated dance of love, and ultimately, the longing we all feel for home, wherever that may be.
Ruth splits her time between Vancouver Island and Nashville, TN, and when she is not on the road with her band or The Wailin’ Jennys, she spends her time writing, hiking, and keeping up with her eight-year-old son.
“Possibly possesses the prettiest voice in all of North Americana these days” – Huffington Post
“Ruth Moody hits the ball out of the park” – No Depression
“I can’t take her off my jukebox” – Mark Knopfler
“Moody’s voice is clear and deceptively wistful, capable of conveying powerful and dark emotions.” – The Telegraph (UK)
“Earth’s landscape is her canvas…waves, wind and the moon are the individual colors residing on her most colorful palette.” – American Songwriter
