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Bread and Bones at the Champlain Valley Folk Festival

Welcome to the website for the trio "Bread and Bones" (Richard Ruane, Beth Duquette and Mitch Barron).

Our new CD, I Know Stories, is now officially out. To learn more about it click here. You can order it online, as well as Richard Ruane's earlier release, Things That Strangers Say, from CD Baby. Just click here. You can hear several songs from I Know Stories on our MySpace page, http://www.myspace.com/breadandbones.

There are a couple other places to learn about Bread and Bones and to hear our music. The Bread and Bones MySpace page at  http://www.myspace.com/breadandbones is a good place to check out. It is updated a bit more frequently than this page and has comments from other people. We have an electronic press kit (epk) available at Sonicbids (http://www.sonicbids.com/BreadandBones).  These each include music to listen to.

Richard is the main songwriter of the group.  He has been an award winner or finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival Grassy Hill New Folk Competition, the Great Waters Folk Festival Songwriter Contest, the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest (sponsored by the Songwriters Association of Washington), the Plowshares Coffeehouse Singer-Songwriter Competition and the SolarFest Songwriter Showcase.

Please visit the News section for current info.  Bio will give you all the facts.  Shows will tell you where we will be appearing.  The Listen page has demos of recent songs (full versions) as well as samples from the Things That Strangers Say CD.  And don't forget Photos to see what we look like at various places.

Bread and Bones outside the Vergennes Opera House

“Ruane is adept at the fine art of storytelling put to song, whether it’s about the down-and-out, leaving one’s homeland, or a dark encounter in a Dublin park. His originals speak to different shades of love, joy, mystery and real life.” - Terry Lickona, producer of Austin City Limits

Beth Duquette and Richard Ruane at the Kerrville Folk Festival, May, 2005.

“Well-crafted songs, lyrically clear and vocally strong.” - Steve Lemke, Burlington Free Press

“Adroit guitar and mandolin playing. Lyrically, Ruane is a storyteller with a gift for place and character. Keenly observant.” - Pamela Polston, Seven Days

“He is a pleasure to listen to.  He comes on stage with a wealth of original songs ranging from the wry and witty to serious and thought-provoking.” - Greg Pahl, Addison County Independent

 “His strong voice with compassionate lyrics grabbed the audience throughout his performances.  A polished performer.” — Carol & Harvey Green, After Dark Music Series.

“One of Vermont’s most versatile talents.  He combines exceptional vocal and multi-instrumental skills, and does it all well.” - Jeff Miller, Burlington Coffeehouse

(L-R Mitch Barron, Beth Duquette, and Richard Ruane at The Great Falls Club, Middlebury, VT, March 2005)

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