Emma Ruth Rundle in Portland

Emma Ruth Rundle is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist born in Los Angeles in 1983. Her solo work moves through stark folk, ambient guitar and heavy rock, while her earlier band history includes Red Sparowes and Marriages. She is known for albums including Some Heavy Ocean, Marked for Death, On Dark Horses and the piano-led Engine of Hell, as well as May Our Chambers Be Full, recorded with Thou. In 2022, Rundle toured Engine of Hell as a solo performance built around voice, piano and guitar. That year she was an artist in residence at Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, where her program included an Engine of Hell set and the premiere of Dowsing Voice.