Bread and Bones is a Vermont-based acoustic trio performing original music with a strong traditional-roots foundation. Made up of Richard Ruane, Beth Duquette and Mitch Barron, their sound is characterized by imaginative two- and three-part harmonies over solid guitar and bass work.

They’ve been selected to be part of the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival's 2009 Emerging Artist Showcase. Their CD "I Know Stories" was named Vermont's Best Traditional Album of 2008. Ruane was a finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Competition, the Great Waters Music Festival Songwriter Contest and the Plowshares Coffeehouse Singer-Songwriter Competition. He was an award winner at the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest and the SolarFest Songwriter Showcase.

There are two other places on the Web to learn about Bread and Bones and to hear their music. The Bread and Bones MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/breadandbones is where the performance calendar is kept and it also has music to listen to. Please drop by there, become a friend and leave us a note.

There's also an electronic press kit (EPK) available at Sonicbids (http://www.sonicbids.com/BreadandBones). It also has streaming music.

How you can always get in touch:

By email: richard at richardruane.com (change the "at" to an @ sign, and remove the spaces.

By good old US Postal Service:

Richard Ruane, Bread and Bones, PO Box 185, Ripton, VT 05766

or by phone at (802) 388-9782