Discography
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This duo makes nothing short of stunningly beautiful minimal rock. It's almost impossible not to be charmed by singer Kay Gillette's warm, intimate vocals.
-Pete Kearns, Snobsmusic.net
Whether you think it's folksy jazz with pop hooks or pop-folk with a jazz twist, Minneapolis duo Bella Ruse are definitely on to something.
-Bethany Leavey, OurStage.com
Bella Ruse grabs you with a deceptively simple beauty and a very distinctive voice. Some of my favorite music this year.
-Shelby Miller, Shifted Sound
Bella Ruse is a jazz and folk ensemble from Minneapolis, Minnesota established by singer Kay Gillette and guitarist Joseph Barker in 2008. In coming together they combined Kay’s classical sensibilities, Joseph’s folk roots and their mutual love of jazz into the sound that has become Bella Ruse. Their repertoire includes classic jazz, showtune standards and original folk and pop songs. Kay’s girlish mezzo-soprano has both the maturity to perform these standards with confidence and the simplicity to bridge the gap between jazz and folk.
Kay trained as a classical singer at Hope College in Michigan, but was encouraged to pursue jazz when she met Joseph, a fellow Hope student and local musician. She first joined his band as a keyboard player, but they soon realized their collaboration deserved a title all its own.
Their debut EP is now complete and available for purchase online!
It was my pleasure to add "Push On" to my Internet radio playlist (playing independent music commercial-free 24x7) and introduced it on my weekly podcast found at http://indiemusicsampler.com/2009/12/11/ims-162/
Blessings, Paul the music lover Indie Music Sampler http://indiemusicsampler.com/
New Ola's Kool Kitchen November 25 2009 podcast on Radio 23 is available!
to check it out go to:
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or
http://warsemenandgrooviness. com/audio. php
I love to mix and match genres cause great music has no boundaries!
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Hey :) hows it going? I just put a new video up, its one of my new songs! tell me what you think?! I also have a new blog so if ur bored check that out. :)
we now live in Delaware Ohio My dads is going to ashland university to get his doctoret and he's still preaching , kelly is in college at Bowling Green , Tim is a jr. im a freshman , and erin is in 6th grade everything is going very well . How have u been :)
Hey Thanks for the kind words! and the adds! I see you are coming to the mitten--I'm going to try to come and see you guys on the third! Great tunes, I love your sound--all I LOVE all your influences. Great style, taste, and voice.
thanx for the add.. you can also join my Ourstage page .. Alice is 1st in the experimental channel .. if youll love it plz help it stay in this place :) Ophir
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