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Ruston Samuel Kelly (born July 31, 1988) is an American singer-songwriter. After signing with the music publisher BMG Nashville in 2013, his song "Nashville Without You" appeared on Tim McGraw's album Two Lanes of Freedom.
Apr 4, 2023 · Ruston Kelly in New York. After his divorce from the country singer Kacey Musgraves, he retreated to a 120-year-old home where he wrote most of his new album. Avery Norman for The New York...
Apr 5, 2023 · Singer-songwriter emerges from a period of intense self-reflection with new album The Weakness. By Jonathan Bernstein. April 5, 2023. Ruston Kelly wrestles with heartbreak and his own past on...
- Nirvana - Nevermind
- Dashboard Confessional - MTV Unplugged
- Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds – Live at Luther College
- Dave Matthews Band – The Central Park Concert
- Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
- Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
- Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
- Jason Isbell - Southeastern
- Coldplay - X&Y
- Jackson Browne – For Everyman
"I would say that the first record that completely unhoused me was Nirvana’s Nevermind. As I grew into being a giant Kurt Cobain fan from a songwriting perspective, I did learn that he and the band really didn’t love how polished and quote/unquote 'accessible' Nevermindwas. But, I don’t know if In Uterohad come out beforeNevermind, that - as like, ...
"Grunge kind of led into a bit of emo and pop-punk. Someone gave me a copy of Dashboard Confessional’s MTV Unpluggedalbum, and that completely changed the game for me because it had a lot of the spirit of grunge music, but it was a little bit cleaner. It was acoustic guitarand he used open tunings, so he had a lot of breadth and a lot of body with ...
"What came next was a little bit of a shift in a different direction. I was not a fan of Dave Matthews Bandwhen I was growing up. Something about it kind of bothered me at first. Then, we took a beach trip as a family and I was with my older brother who always had really good taste in music, and he put on Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Live At Luth...
"Live At Luther Collegewould have to be followed-up very closely by Dave Matthews’ The Central Park Concert. I had a DVD of it and me and my friends would come home after school and just watch it and listen to it. "Then, I started a Dave Matthews covers band in my high school. My high school loved Dave, so it was bridging the gap of a variety of di...
I kind of transitioned into heavier stuff and started listening to doom metal, kind of out of nowhere. It did this thing to me, where I wasn’t sure what it was. Metal music does something very different to me than regular music. Metal music is acrobatic. It’s aggressive in a way that releases you from maybe a troubling emotion, but in a very health...
"Next, I went in a very opposite direction with Carrie & Lowellby Sufjan Stevens. That record changed the game – not just the sound of it, and there are a lot of tracks on The Weaknessthat are inspired by it – but it was more that I was in a very confusing place in my life. "Whether it was substance abuse, whether it was the end of a marriage, whet...
"One thing I started listening to after the metal was Bon Iver’s first record, For Emma, Forever Ago. It kind of did a similar thing that Sufjan does to me, but it was hearing the songs. "I was in a jam band for a little while for some reason – I mean, I just wanted to be Dave Matthews – and we were touring like jam bands tour. I was 21, playing hu...
"A little later on, I was in Nashville. I’d left the band. I was with BMG and we were talking about doing my first record – the EP that became Halloween. They wanted me to work with this producer named Dave Cobb. He was kind of known as a rock guy and he was working with Rival Sonsand stuff like that. So, I go over to his studio – and this was befo...
"You know what really, really did something to me? This was later in high school and it’s hard for me to chronologically remember all of these, but there was X&Yby Coldplay. "I wasn’t really a 'Coldplay guy’. I was like, 'Dads listen to Coldplay.' But, I heard Fix You, and I saw the video for it, and that was another thing. It wasn’t a live record,...
"Jackson Browneand I got to hang out. He took me to his studio and his office, where we sat for about three or four hours and just talked about songs, music and the importance of the craft. It was such an incredible moment. "My Dad listened to Jackson Browne so much when I was growing up, and I kind of got into him – or I started to appreciate him ...
- Ellie Rogers
Mar 30, 2023 · Set List. Ruston Kelly 's torn it all down on his new album, The Weakness, so he could build something better. The country singer calls it a foundation. "You might hit a road block here or...
- Stephen Kallao
May 8, 2023 · Ruston Kelly survived a divorce, left Nashville to seek solace in solitude, and found himself stronger. Written by Daniel Kohn | May 8, 2023 - 8:16 am. (Credit: Alysse Gafkjen) In 2020, Ruston ...
Ruston Samuel Kelly (born July 31, 1988) is an American singer-songwriter. After signing with the music publisher BMG Nashville in 2013, his song "Nashville Without You" appeared on Tim McGraw 's album Two Lanes of Freedom. Following a record deal with Razor & Tie 's Washington Square, he released his debut EP, Halloween, produced by Mike Mogis ...
