Ruth King

Ruth King is an American musician, performing artist, songwriter, and author. Ruth has performed for many at the House of Blues, on college circuits, and for music festival audiences nationally.

Born to Dot Records rhythm and blues recording artists from Washington, D.C., Ruth was surrounded by live original music in her family of origin – music which inspired her early years of self-taught guitar playing, singing, and songwriting. 

Ruth King has made music as a performing/recording artist for forty-five years. As a songwriter and music publisher, she has served as a voting member for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences – The Grammy Awards and Musicares – and is producer/co-producer of her albums of original music and music videos.

2024 finds Ruth presenting book-based concerts and workshops to Help End Racism – the topic of her memoir: RUTH: When I was thirty-five years old, I became Black, published under her pen name, Ruth Anne King.

Ruth’s life-long passion to help end racism has blossomed into her upcoming not-for-profit Public Charity. This outreach will house Ruth’s creativity in follow-up books to her memoir including self-help books on other topics. Live performance of her concerts, workshops and symposiums are central to the outreach. Production of future album productions and music videos along with works in the theatrical and screenplay arts are in the picture for future projects.

The passion of Ruth’s voice springs from the stages she performs