Ruth Rappaport

​GUITAR   PIANO  &   SONG

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Ruth and Ben Wetherbee play Kilby Snow's "Troubles."

Ruth and Ben Wetherbee play John Hermann's "Cherokee Trail," followed by "Red Rocking Chair."

 
Ruth and Ben's "Hot Metal Tea Kettle String Band" play "The Barbry Gal." We won second place in the 2020 Berkeley Old Time Music Convention string band contest. With us are Dan Bui and Max Wareham.

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Ruth, Ben Wetherbee, Allison DeGroot, and Larry Unger play "Lonesome Road Blues."

Here's Ruth and Joe Pete Wetherbee singing Jimmie Rodgers's "T for Texas."

Ruth sings a traditional song called "Fair and Tender Ladies."

Ruth accompanies Ken Perlman on a tune, "New Five Cents."

Here's Ruth playing guitar on "Liberty Off the Corn Liquor Still" with Alan Kaufman on fiddle and Gian Criscitiello on bass at Hugh O'Neill's Pub in Malden, Massachusetts.

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An audio clip from Ruth's album.  Here she plays Irish tunes with fiddler Laura Feddersen.  Tunes are "Salamanca," "Paddy Ryan's Dream," and "Foxhunters Reel."

From Ruth's album, here's The  Green Valley Waltz, played by The Hoot Owls (Ruth, lead vocal and guitar; Mark Wholley,  harmony vocal and fiddle; Celeste Frey, harmony vocal and banjo; Ben Wetherbee, fiddle; Paul Strother, bass).