From October 6, 2011

Winner of “Best Country Music Act” 2011 WAMi Awards

Nominee “Best Live Country Act” 2012 Boyup Brook Country Music Awards

“Solid songwriting and enchanting performances”, Judith Whitfield – Newcastle Herald (NSW)

“The sextet play tight folk infused, country music that sounds at once traditional and excitingly fresh. Another WA success story”, Bronwyn Thompson – Blunt Magazine (Aust)

“Great songs, great singer, really strong band. Really looking forward to seeing these guys again”, Marty Jones – Rhythms Magazine (Aust)

“This is well crafted music from a talented group of people…one of the best bands in the west”, Nils Hay – Rave Magazine (Qld)

“If you don’t already own At Last, go directly to your chosen method of purchasing music and buy it immediately – you won’t regret it”, Chloe Pappas – Xpress Magazine (WA)

“Artist to watch in 2012”, Sunday Times (WA)

Bex Chilcott (Acoustic Guitar & Vocals) :: Tim Stacey (Bass & Sample Pad) :: Clay Smith (Electric Guitar, Keys & Backing Vocals) :: Jesse Woodward (Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar, Washboard & Backing Vocals) :: Eliza Rogers (Violin & Backing Vocals) :: Ashwin Subramaniam (Drums)

In their home state of, rather appropriately, Western Australia, Ruby Boots are hard to put in a box. Some call it country, others call it folk, or blues or folk blues or blues country or roots, traditional or… well you get the point. The one thing that most seem to agree on that they are good and getting better at every turn. See them live and you’ll be back again. Hear the recordings once and you’ll press play a second and third time. You might say you don’t like country or whatever you think they are, but they do have that knack of growing on people pretty quickly.

The band’s lack of a single pigeon hole so far is probably because they celebrate most traditional acoustic music with a snifter of electric and then deliver it in a contemporary style. If you ignore the band’s geography, it’s straight up Americana. BUT they’re not American – yep they’ve had that too.

With Big Day Out, Laneway, Nukara and more recently Boyup Brook and Nannup festivals carved in the Boots’ short history, 2012 continues to pick up the pace from last year’s highlight “At Last” EP launch to 530 people. This year sees supports with Diesel and Justin Townes Earle, a slot at the West Coast Blues & Roots Festival and their first real east coast tour. The year also sees the release of their final single from “At Last” entitled Wise Up, which has already seen national radio airplay and is accompanied by their first music clip, made by talented local director Paul Komadina. Lead singer Bex “Mama Boots” Chilcott is also heading to Nashville to for a bit of fun and inspiration all in the lead up to writing songs for the first Ruby Boots album. Needless to say the band just keeps it all rolling forward right along side her and loving every minute of it.

Keep an eye and ear out.