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Biscuits & Jam

Ruston Kelly Shares His Weakness

Biscuits & Jam

Meredith Corporation

Music Interviews, Arts, Food, Music

4.8608 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Ruston Kelly, a singer-songwriter with a remarkable talent for channeling his life experiences into his music. Born in South Carolina, he moved all over with his family, eventually ending up in Belgium before he moved to Nashville to start his career. But before that, he pursued a figure skating dream that left him feeling alone, but also led him to writing songs. Since then, he’s struggled with addiction and was married to one of the most famous women in the music business, Kacey Musgraves. But most recently, he moved away from Nashville to spend the pandemic working on a historic house as he also wrote his new album, ‘The Weakness.’ For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Biscuits & Jam is produced by: Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Krissy Tiglias - GM, Southern Living Lottie Leymarie - Executive Producer Dominique Arciero - Audio Engineer/Producer Jeremiah McVay - Script Editor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.8

Welcome to Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living.

0:39.7

I'm Sid Evans, editor-in-chief of Sudden Living magazine. And in this episode, I'm talking to a singer-songwriter with a remarkable

0:45.2

talent for channeling his life experiences into his music. Rustin Kelly was born in Georgetown,

0:51.5

South Carolina, but he moved all over with his family, at one point

0:55.4

spending a year in Belgium.

0:57.4

In a rare twist for a country artist, he was a competitive figure skater in high school.

1:02.4

But despite having Olympic potential, he found himself craving something more.

1:07.6

Partly inspired by his father, he spent more and more time playing guitar and writing songs,

1:12.6

and he eventually made his way to Nashville.

1:14.8

Since then, Rustin's story has been something of a roller coaster ride.

1:19.0

He struggled with an addiction that almost cost him his life,

1:22.3

and then he married and divorced one of the most famous women in the music business.

1:27.2

Most recently, he moved to a small town north of Nashville

1:30.2

to spend the pandemic working on a historic house

1:33.3

and to write an honest and vulnerable new album called The Weakness.

1:38.3

All that and his grandmother's sausage balls on this week's Biscuits and Jam.

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