Coming soon, the next studio release from Ruthie Collins, White Flags

My last record, Cold Comfort, was an emotional rollercoaster, to write, to record and even to listen to. A creation of sacred vulnerability top to bottom, a journey of picking up the broken pieces after loss and heartache. What comes next? For me, both personally, and professionally, this first independent release is a surrender of that loss, the kind of aching where you cry and wonder and scream at the sky because maybe you aren’t really worthy of real love, maybe it just won’t ever happen for you. And it’s in that surrender, that release of the dream that maybe, great love will find you after all. That perhaps true freedom is found when you finally pick up that white flag, and fly it high.

- Ruthie

“Perhaps it's the authenticity that seems to spill from the singer/songwriter's greenish-blue eyes or the way her truth comes through each and every lyric she sings, or maybe it's the fact that Collins, 37, is one of the few that isn't about to put a filter on the mental game the world seems to be going through as of late”

People, Country

About

Ruthie Collins wears her heart on her sleeve, and pretty much always has a sparkle in her eyes. Raised on a farm in Fredonia, NY, Collins blends the vulnerable, the volatile, and the serene in her music. Her songs straddle the line between Americana, Bluegrass, and modern Country, upheld by buoyant and agile vocals reminiscent of her musical icons, Patty Griffin and Emmylou Harris. Collins’ music features some upright bass and traditional bluegrass instrumentation in a style that’s both old-fashioned and completely modern. In her own words, the timeless quality of her music is simply a manifestation of her love for timeless objects, stories, and traditions: “I am drawn to things that speak of permanence.”

Career Stats
47K+ Facebook followers
33K+ Instagram followers

"Each song is a meaningful stop on her celestial journey coming into herself as an artist"

American Songwriter

Highlights

  • "Hypocrite" hit top 20 on Music Row's Country Radio charts in 2022

  • 5 tracks off Cold Comfort featured on the Country Show with Bob Harris on BBC Radio

  • Featured on Spotify’s Indigo, New Music Nashville, and The Road Less Traveled playlists

  • Featured on Apple’s Hot Tracks Country

  • Featured on Pandora’s Rising Women in Country

  • Cold Comfort debuted at #6 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter Album Chart

  • Cold Comfort received 9 out of 10 rating in UK Maverick Magazine

  • "Hypocrite," “Cold Comfort," “Bad Woman” videos featured on CMT

  • Named a Next Woman of Country by CMT

  • 1st US Headlining tour in 2022: Wish You Were Here tour

  • “Joshua Tree” and “Dang Dallas” both featured on Netflix’s The Ranch

  • Cold Comfort album featured on This Week in Americana New Music section

  • “Hey Little Girl” added to Amazon’s Fresh Folk and Americana playlist, Spotify New Music Nashville, New Boots, and Next from Nashville

  • Performed for Jam In the Van at AmericanaFest 2019

  • Performed “All I Wanna Be” on ABC’s The Bachelor Winter Games

  • Sold out multiple shows on a 2023 UK Cross the Pond tour

  • Sold out multiple shows on 2022 UK tour with Sam Outlaw

“The 11-Track project stuns with Collins’ mesmerizing vocals and enchanting musical accompaniment”

Billboard Magazine

“Collins’ journey is almost the stereotypical rags-to-riches Nashville dream, albeit one in which the ending is still to be written. More than that it’s inspirational.”

Country Music People