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Solo artist · Tacoma, Washington · since 2014 · established

Rue Calloway-Voss

A grunge and hard-rock frontwoman who sings like she's shouting across a flooded parking lot. Sludgy, raw and magnetic, with a band that changes but a voice that never does.

Played on Loud & Proud with Ray "Brimstone" Tolliver

Their story

Rue Calloway-Voss started as a solo act in 2014, playing a detuned thrift-store guitar in Tacoma laundromats and bar back rooms. Her debut 'Flooded Lot' (2016) was recorded live in one night with a rotating crew of session players, and its raw quiet-loud swings won her a loyal following. 'Low Tide Anthems' and 'Static Halo' brought heavier bass and slower, sludgier tempos, and her cracked, shouted delivery became her calling card. Now a seasoned headliner, she keeps a revolving band but remains the one name on the record.

Influences: Rain on corrugated roofs, detuned thrift-store guitars, early-90s Pacific Northwest sludge, torch-song heartbreak and late-night truck-stop radio

Most liked

  1. Flooded Lot, Open Mouth4:37
  2. Warm Engine, Cold Shoulder3:53
  3. Rain Came Sideways, We Came Dancing4:03
  4. Smooth Talker, Slow Dance2:56
  5. Streetlight Sway3:40
  6. Stall in the Church Lot3:22
  7. Frost on the Windshield, Fingers on the Wheel4:32
  8. Say It Slow, Say It Soft4:05

Discography

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