Ruth Eliza
folk
Ruth Eliza is a clawhammer banjo player and singer-songwriter based in Lancaster, England, drawing on old-time Appalachian folk alongside contemporary bluegrass and Americana. Her debut album While The Light Shines, released in 2026, includes songs about growing up in an ex-mining community in the Midlands. She performs with guitarist and fiddler Matthew Ord, mandolinist Tom Kimber, fiddler Adam Bulow and double bassist Eleanor Wilkie.