I’m a singer and community builder and have spent many years as a musician in professional bands as well as running community choirs. I write and arrange songs for groups to sing and I love to make singing accessible for people. I believe that singing is a birthright and that everyone has the ability to sing if they are offered a supportive and nurturing environment to learn to love their voice. I’m also a member of the Natural Voice Network.

Here are some of my current and past musical projects:

Boudica (Accapella Women’s Group)

Ruth Gordon (solo music)

The Ninetree Stumblers

Cakes and Ale

My back story

I grew up in a very musical home (my mother is a singer and a priest) and so singing was always a natural part of life. Although I played flute from a young age, I only started playing guitar and singing when I was about 17. Subsequently I taught myself to play banjo and ukulele, and I am also a beginner clarinet and harp player.

I cut my teeth playing music on the streets of Norwich, where I went to study Philosophy and Literature at UEA, and started to play in local open mic nights there. Over the years I have been in several bands, with whom I have recorded, as well as recording some solo albums (in a very DIY style!)

In 2017, I went to live in an ecovillage in Portugal (Tamera) where I started to enjoy being a community musician. I would often write songs for the community to sing and formed a women’s acapella band there. I really enjoyed being asked to sing for special community times, like births, deaths, and ceremonies. In 2024, I moved to Machynlleth, Wales, where I currently live, and run a weekly drop-in singing group.

I have also trained as a griefwork facilitator (with Sophy Banks) and have a growing collection of songs I have written exclusively for use in grief ceremony.