Ruby Rushton

Ruby Rushton: Legacy!

by Neil Duggan
November 3, 2025

Legacy! is the fifth studio album from Ruby Rushton. For the avoidance of doubt, Ruby Rushton is a band named after the grandmother of the bandleader Ed Cawthorne, who prefers to be known under his stage name of Tenderlonious. Fortunately, there is no confusion when it comes to their original compositions, written by Tenderlonious and keyboard player Aidan Shepherd. They are bright, cohesive and hugely effective. Previously, the band, which also features trumpeter Nick Walters and drummer Tim ...

Album Review

Ruby Rushton: Ironside

by Don Phipps
December 2, 2019

Ruby Rushton's Ironside is like a trip back to the jazz of Dave Grusin's late 1980s film soundtrack The Fabulous Baker Boys. Hard driving bop, the music bubbles along with syncopated riffs and upbeat, energetic shuffles interlaced with soulful intervals. Woodwind player Edward Cawthorne penned six of the tunes, keyboardist Aidan Shepherd penned two more, and the two collaborated on “Triceratops / The Caller." The group also covers Krzysztof Komeda's ballad “Pingwin (Requiem For Komeda)." Most of these ...