102 Music and Birds - with Ruby

Hear a musician reflect on how birds affect life and music.

This episode is about the deep connection between nature and music, and how birds provide us with a sense of place.

If anyone can silence a room, it’s South Africa-born and Melbourne-based musician Ruby Gill. Ruby’s arresting lyricism and deadpan wit have already garnered them millions of streams, awards and radio play from Triple J and every major metro station in Australia, to BBC6Music and KCRW over the pond. Known to bring even the most stoic to tears with profound reflections on society and self-awareness, Ruby’s “melancholic lyrical wizardry” has earned the reputation of unmissable, with accolades such as as Sunday Times’ Breaking Act (UK), Emerging Artist of the Year at Port Fairy Folk Festival, nominations for The Australian Music Prize (Mercury equivalent) and Best Folk Work at the Music Victoria Awards, and high praise from NME, CLASH, The Independent and more. Consistent reviews echo Triple J’s Zan Rowe, “excuse me while I scrape myself off the floor.” 

Available on YouTube, your podcast app or listen below.

Links

Ruby’s new album Some Kind of Control is out March 28 2025.

* Ruby’s website - https://rubygill.me/
* Ruby on Facebook - @rubygillmusic
* Ruby on Instagram - @rubymarygill
* Ruby on Twitter/X - @rubymarygill
* Ruby on YouTube - youtube.com/user/rubymarygill

* Bird Song by Cosmo Sheldrake - cosmosheldrake.com/music/birdsong
* Flightless Bird, American Mouth by Iron and Wine - youtube.com/watch?v=RGVmhrfQqzg

* Blue Jay recording by Dan Lane (XC215532) - xeno-canto.org
* African Paradise Flycatcher recording by Tony Archer (XC603822) - xeno-canto.org
* Hadada Ibis recording by Tony Archer (XC686712) - xeno-canto.org