Ruth Theodore

A Righteous Babe Hootenanny. Feat. Kristen Ford, Ruth Theodore, Jean Rohe at Cafe Wha? | Thursday, May 23rd | 5:00PM Doors, 6:00PM Show Jean Rohe writes one-of-a-kind narrative songs, concerned as much with the interior lives of her narrators as with the wider world outside them. Jean won the 2022 Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk songwriting contest with her deeply personal and timely song “Animal”. Her latest album as a bandleader, Sisterly, won best Adult Contemporary Album at the Independent Music Awards. Ruth Theodore has just signed an exciting record deal with Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Babe Records in the USA and is on her debut tour of the US this spring to celebrate the release of her highly anticipated 5th studio record which is the fruits of her ongoing collaborations with Grammy and Tony award winning bassist/producer Todd Sickafoose. Heralded in the music press as “one of the most innovative, original, exciting – and underrated – artists in the UK” - Effortlessly pushing the boundaries of gender and genre, and defying the confines of the conventional ‘singer-songwriter’ archetype. Kristen Ford is a singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist influenced by greats such as Alanis Morrisette, Radiohead and Ani DiFranco. She navigates life as a biracial, queer girl and tours globally in pursuit of the perfect show. Her live performance morphs from unplugged solo acoustic to screaming, electric guitar soloing in front of a rock band to her dynamic one woman band using loops, beatboxing and a healthy case of ADHD to her advantage.