NASHVILLE ||
DT: MAY 16, 2016
FM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/MIKE GOWEN/VANESSA LOVETT
MSO PR
RUBY FRIEDMAN ORCHESTRA
PARTNERS WITH POPMATTERS.COM TO PREMIERE
NEW SINGLE
“I’M NOT YOUR FRIEND”
DEBUT FULL-LENGTH ALBUM
‘GEM’
OUT FRIDAY, JUNE 24
 Above: Single Art for “I’m Not Your Friend”
“The 20th century sound she represents is roots rock, bluesy soul, which suits her deep, textured, rich voice to a tee. Friedman really is one hell of a frontwoman, with a completely unique and transfixing voice laden with passion. Meanwhile, her band storms through a song like ‘I’m Not Your Friend’ with monster riffs and exciting guitar lines that totally make Gem a necessary addition to your music collection.”
Today (5/16), the RUBY FRIEDMAN ORCHESTRA teams with POPMATTERS.com to premiere the lead single “I’m Not Your Friend” off their long-awaited debut roots-infused album GEM (out Friday, June 24). Click here to check it out. For the song, the band’s namesake powerhouse vocalist Ruby Friedman brings to life a gritty murder ballad inspired by true events.
GEM–the roots-infused 10-song collection of gale-force, intensely personal original compositions recorded in New York, Calgary and Los Angeles–was co-produced by Peter Malick (Norah Jones), Josh Valleau (John Legend, Imani Coppola), Alex Elena (Alice Smith) and Nick Page (B.B. King). The album features nine original songs solely written or co-written and co-produced by Friedman and includes her striking rendition of Darrell Scott’s “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” (featured in 2014’s season-closing episode of the hit FX series “Justified”).
Friedman‘s stops-out vocal performances–drawing on such diverse sources as Bessie Smith, Etta James, Patsy Cline, and PJ Harvey–and affecting original songs have garnered praise from the likes of Buzzbands.la‘s Kevin Bronson who raved, “the L.A. songstress comes at you like a weather front, a thunder-and-lightning barrage of soul and nerves, capable of wrapping more drama into a phrase than most singers do in their autobiographies.”
Tracklisting for GEM:
In addition to RUBY FRIEDMAN ORCHESTRA‘s music being spotlighted in FX’s “Justified,” Friedman‘s original song “Drowned”-co-authored by “Sons of Anarchy” music supervisor Bob Thiele-was featured in the popular FX biker drama and Friedman showcased her voice for the season two trailer of the Emmy Award-wining Amazon original series “Transparent.” Another RUBY FRIEDMAN ORCHESTRA original, “Shooting Stars,” was synched in campaigns by Fox Sports and for the international Got Talent franchise, including NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.” Friedman‘s voice was featured in the Clio Award-winning 2015 television and online campaign for Sony’s best-selling video game Bloodborne.
 Above: album art for GEM
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For RUBY FRIEDMAN ORCHESTRA press inquiries, contact:
MSO PR
818.380.0400
Mike Gowen // mgowen@msopr.com
Mitch Schneider // mschneider@msopr.com
Vanessa Lovett // vlovett@msopr.com
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