Amber Rubarth

Amber Rubarth is an American singersongwriter and composer who has independently released seven albums, with her upcoming album Wildflowers in the Graveyard coming in September 2016. Rubarth has toured extensively throughout Europe, the USA, Japan and South Africa and has been the support act for many artists on tour including Emmylou Harris, Kenny Loggins, Marc Cohn, Richie Havens, Dr. Ralph Stanley, and a special Carnegie Hall performance with Jason Mraz. Winner of the NPR Mountain Stage New Song Contest, her sixth studio album titled A Common Case of Disappearing was produced by Grammy Award winning producer Jacquire King and debuted aton the iTunes SingerSongwriter charts. It features duets with Jason Reeves, and Jason Mraz. In 2012, audiophile label Chesky Records released a live HD Binaural recording featuring Rubarth with solo cellist Dave Eggar to great acclaim. Rubarths performance for TED Talks TEDxKC chapter was chosen as a TEDx Global Music Project feature

Rubarth was born in California. At age 17, she graduated high school and moved to Carson City, Nevada to apprentice at a chainsaw sculpting shop. After three years, she quit the apprenticeship to pursue music. She taught herself to play guitar and began performing at local open mic nights and coffee shops. Phil Ramone in The Huffington Post describes her style as part of the new oldsoul generation. Rubarth soon began touring throughout the U.S., Europe, and Japan. She tours with a 1956 Gibson ES125 hollow body electric guitar, and also plays piano. In her side project The Paper Raincoat she sings and plays keyboard, guitar, glockenspiel, and occasionally drums.

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