Emma Rugg

Instantly recognisable as sounding like no one except herself Emma Rugg is a singer / songwriter creating music that encompasses an interplay of light and darkness…

Emma busked in her hometown of Hull for months on end to scrape together enough funds to record her first release - 'Isolated Impression' - on her own label.

Stripped back songs stand squarely on their own strengths, often with sparse instrumentation emphasizing a glaringly obvious passion for fingerstyle guitar and rock sensibility. The intimate and emotionally charged tracks featured on the record possess an exquisite melancholic sadness— they are a haunting, honest and affecting confessional booth.

Signalling a distinct musical shift, the E.P. 'Oceans / Depart' was created both in the UK and USA and is largely influenced by retro and rock. The song 'Oceans' won Emma a People’s Music Award and is contagiously upbeat.

Emma Rugg's music has been featured on radio, in theatre and on TV, and she has recorded and toured in the UK and America.