Bing & Ruth

Good morning.

Today we’re listening to Bing & Ruth, an instrumental music project from NYC-based pianist David Moore. After studying music at The New School in the mid-aughts, Moore formed Bing & Ruth in a practice room as an experimental, fluid ensemble.

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He blended his sotto voce piano with “clarinets, voices, cellos, basses, piano, trumpet, and lap steel.”

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Fast forward to the pandemic when Moore was introduced to guitarist Steve Gunn by their publishing company. The two started remotely collaborated on tracks and found it to be a “real source of comfort during a pretty gnarly time,” Gunn told the Ambient Country podcast. They accumulated enough tracks this way to make up a record, Let the Moon Be a Planet, which came out in March. We’re also playing Bing & Ruth’s piano-led 2017 record, No Home of the Mind.

Let the Moon Be a Planet - Bing & Ruth, Steve Gunn (40m, no vocals)
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No Home of the Mind - Bing & Ruth (60m, no vocals)
Spotify / Apple Music / YouTube Music / Amazon Music / Bandcamp / Tidal

Have a really nice Wednesday.

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