artist Rueben deGroot

Rueben deGroot suffers from serious wanderlust; musical and otherwise. Following stints in Vancouver, San Francisco, and Edmonton, Rueben has recently settled in Kingston, Ontario and has quickly become part of the roots music scene there; producing cds for local acts The Gertrudes and Christina Foster as well as two of his own albums in the past 12 months. Rueben’s latest cd, to be released in May 2008, is co-produced with Luther Wright and features keyboard player Josh Lyon, drummer Rob Radford and Paul Meuller on the bass. In a style similar to Randy Newman, Rueben finds his voice through sympathetic character studies of people removed from his own life experience. Like Newman, Rueben uses first person narrative of others to expose the underside of modern life; the depravity, the pettiness and the small joys and heartaches of youth and old age. The accompanying music is a kind of jazz, rock and country fusion that hasn't been widely practiced since the 70's when bands like the Amazing Rhythm Aces, Little Feat and Steely Dan rode the airwaves. These influences are transparent in his live shows as well as on the EP of relaxed pop and country songs called "The Winter of Our Discotheque" and the upcoming full length cd to be released in may of 2009. Rueben has co-written songs with Open Road artist Ridley Bent, Cameron Latimer, Tania Elizabeth of The Duhks, Steve Matheson and others. His songs have been featured on the television shows Jpod and Robson Arms. His band The Seams, out of Vancouver, featured co-writer/co-founder Cameron Latimer of Black Hen Records, Steve Dawson, and Adam Dobres of Outlaw Social.

Rob Radford Drums
Josh Lyon All things keyboards
Paul Meuller Bass