Biscuits & Jam Presents: Salute the Songbird with Maggie Rose featuring Ruby Amanfu

Biscuits & Jam

Meredith Corporation

Music Interviews, Arts, Food, Music

4.8 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Grammy-nominated songwriter Ruby Amanfu joins Maggie on the first episode of Salute the Songbird to talk about her career, the wide spectrum of musical influences that thread through her work, writing through the difficulty of the pandemic and the issues that arose in 2020. Ruby tells Maggie about allowing herself to take a creative break, why being an immigrant led to her fearlessness, and how she learned to be her 'true self,' no matter what. At the end of the episode, you’ll hear Ruby’s track: “When We Were Kids.”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's so funny because when you look at the guys, that's never a topic of conversation. Yeah. What you look like? Yeah. Did you watch the football last night? It's never about, I'll watch your skincare routine. Whereas women walk into a room and because we've been taught to be pitted against each other. Yeah. Not always, but sometimes there's, oh my God, you know, I can't. It's a bit of a barrier. Yeah, yeah. and it shouldn't be there.
0:01.1	We should be trying to change that stereotype. always, but sometimes there's, oh my God, you know, I can't. A bit of a barrier. Yeah, yeah, and it shouldn't be there.
0:22.2	We should be trying to change that stereotype, believing that there is space for everybody.
0:28.0	Hey, everyone, Sid Evans here.
0:30.2	Biscuits and Jam is on a break as we get ready for season two.
0:34.0	In the meantime, we wanted to share an episode from another podcast we think you'll enjoy.
0:39.1	Salute the Songbird.
0:40.8	In this episode, host Maggie Rose talks to Grammy-nominated songwriter Ruby Ammanfu
0:46.9	about her career in Nashville, her musical influences, and how she's overcome adversity and stayed true to herself. Enjoy.
0:57.9	Hi, this is Maggie Rose, and you're listening to Salute the Songbird.
1:06.3	I started this podcast to showcase women in music who inspire me and who I want folks everywhere to know about.
1:12.9	My guests are icons and contemporary music, independent artists, studio musicians, hit songwriters, and power players behind the scenes.
1:20.8	All of them challenging the status quo, respecting the hustle, and leading the way for women following in their footsteps.
1:26.8	Salute the Songbird is a platform for women and music to share their stories and let their voices be heard.
1:31.3	And everyone has a seat at the table.
1:34.3	Welcome.
1:36.3	I'm so excited to kick off the show, and I can't think of a better first guest than Ruby Amun Fu.
1:44.6	Ruby is a multifaceted talent.
1:46.6	She's a Grammy-nominated songwriter, buddies with Reese Witherspoon.
1:49.6	I mean, it's awesome.
1:51.6	An activist, a model, a galloping gourmet, a transplant from Ghana, West Africa, although
1:57.3	she has been a Nashvilleian for most of her life.
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