Ruby Velle

Ruby Velle has been making ‘real' music for over 10 years and loving the journey. She is a vibrant but old soul with a sense of modernity. A giver of pure love and philanthopist in training. She holds her music and lyricism to a high standard of authenticity, even spirituality, while delivering raw performances that have critics and fans standing up in support.

Velle writes as a seasoned philosopher of life. Her purpose stems from creating music and lyrics that are timeless and tasteful, and that reflect stories of the masses under a microscope. As a singer, songwriter, she has encountered success by having charted on Billboard and writing two singles that became iTunes and Starbucks pick of the week tracks in 2012. All this and more, from fronting “Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics,” a powerhouse soul band that has shaped the hearts and minds of the public in a positive way since 2006.

Upon helping to create Soulphonics, she began writing songs for the band and working with Spencer Garn and Scott Clayton on musical arrangements for the debut album "It's About Time". In 2012 the album quickly charted on the Billboard Heat Seeker chart and #4 on the iTunes R&B chart, solidifying Ruby Velle and the Soulphonics as up and coming Billboard Recording Artists. Their success has allowed them to open for acts such as Erykah Badu, The XX, Goodie Mob, Gary Clark Jr., Animal Collective, Feist and Kendrick Lamar.

Born in Canada, and raised in the US, Velle is of Indian decent, and is proud to represent her culture when it comes to expressing matters of the soul. She credits the diversity of her parents, aunts and uncles with allowing her to become a great story teller. Being influenced by many artists and art forms from childhood to now, Ruby Velle developed her talent as a singer, & songwriter by the inspiration of those who came before her. She remembers singing Pink Floyd covers in her uncle's jam band at age 9, and growing up constantly inspired by artists her family exposed her to - inspirations that range from Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, Minnie Ripperton, Led Zeppelin, Sam Cooke, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon to Ani Difranco and Fiona Apple and many more.

Velle is also very heavily involved in visual design and creative work in Atlanta, where she lives, and has been the Soulphonics lead designer and creative director since 2006, as well as successfully running her own design company focused on small businesses and social entrepreneurs.

The next chapter for Velle is an exciting one, as she is currently writing for a solo EP to be released soon. Stay tuned to hear more from Ruby in 2020!