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Ritka is the music project of Rita Kovtun, a multidisciplinary artist based in Asheville, NC (Cherokee land). Rita was born in Moscow, Russia, but moved to the U.S. at age 3 and grew up in Minnesota. These places and experiences inform her worldview and songwriting. Rita's songs revolve around our relationships with the human and more-than-human world, touching on themes of memory, sensation, and belonging. Her music trends toward dreamy, trancey folk-pop, sometimes in English, sometimes in Russian. While Rita has collaborated with many other musicians over the years, "Summer Soul" is her first official single as Ritka.
Photos of Ritka by Izzy Nelson and Julia Lopez-Kaley.
Photos of Ritka by Izzy Nelson and Julia Lopez-Kaley.