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Boston-based band Ruby Grove is an indie alternative musical project rooted in rock, trip-hop and neo-soul grooves, informed by lofi hip-hop, electronica, rock, and world music (especially middle eastern music). Ruby Grove’s core driving force is to soothe anxious hearts and minds during the post-pandemic era, create an alternately funky, soulful, and mystical atmosphere, and aim for the “formation of new genres through multi-genre synthesis madness”, which is reflected in the band’s diverse sonic palette and focuses.
Lead singer and keyboardist Melissa Nilles brings an eclectic and extensive musical background to Ruby Grove from years of fronting indie bands in New York, California, Japan, and Massachusetts (including Boston’s notable art/alternative rock project Miele). Nilles’s vocal style has been described by the Boston Survival Guide as “travelling effortlessly through many moods- frantic and biting, forceful and determined, melancholy and dreamy, exotic and magical”. Bassist, session guitarist, and backup vocalist Cedric Lamour hails from previous projects Miele and Teardrop Tank, and brings a masterful, lively, and unifying rhythm bass to the band. Ruby Grove also includes live drummer Sage Gibbons, previously of NYC-based band Funky Toona.