Kim Ruehl is a writer and musician who has been actively involved in the folk music scene since 1996.
Experience:
In addition to running the Folk Music site for About.com, Kim writes features as the Roots Music Correspondent for Sound magazine and is the Community Manager for the new NoDepression.com. Her work has also appearead in Billboard and Performer magazines, and online at Seattlest.com and AfterEllen.com. Along with touring for most of her twenties (mostly on the East Coast) as a folk musician, she spent several years moving from music scene to music scene, soaking up the musical styles native to various regions of the country. Kim has lived and played in cities from Orlando to Seattle, and just about everywhere in-between. Since moving to Seattle in 2003, Kim splits her time between playing music at every opportunity, and her job as a freelance music reporter.
From Kim Ruehl:
Folk music is such an important part of our history. It came out of the American Revolution and the slave fields. It came from the Civil War and Reconstruction. There are folk songs that people made to help themselves through labor struggles and the crash of the stock market. Every war has been sound-tracked by folk songs. In each moment of human history, average and amazing people find a way to sing out that is somehow nostalgic, optimistic, heart-breaking and empowering at the same time. I look forward to being your guide through the ever-evolving history of American folk music. Please let me know if there's something you'd like to know more about, or if you have any suggestions for the site.