NASHVILLE, Tenn.NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Ruby Amanfu and Sam Brooker get a funny look sometimes when they step on stage. She’s a black woman from Ghana, West Africa. He’s a white guy from Green Bay, Wis.

Ruby Amanfu doesn’t remember much about moving to the U.S. from Ghana when she was 3 years old. But the singer-songwriter does remember vividly what it felt like to step into Nashville, even as a ...

Ruby Amanfu was almost 3 years old when her family left Ghana, crossed the Atlantic Ocean and settled in Nashville. “I get wide-eyed recalling all of that,” the singer says. She has vivid memories of ...

Amanfu has performed alongside Jack White, among many others. The singer takes another step into the foreground on her first solo album, which... Ruby Amanfu made an incredible impression as Jack ...

On this year’s Grammy Awards live broadcast, a young woman — her glamorous appearance as striking as her enormous, rafter-reaching voice — crowded the mic with Jack White during a rendition of his ...

7 a.m. might be early for some musicians, but not Sam Ashworth and Ruby Amanfu. On many weekday mornings, the married Nashville songwriters are up, cooking breakfast, packing lunch and getting ready ...

"Good Trouble" examines racial injustice after a summer of protests Leigh Nash wants to have an honest conversation about race in America. The lead singer of pop group Sixpence None the Richer wrote ...

Ruby Amanfu’s voice before. The Ghana-born, Nashville-raised singer/songwriter has quickly become a sought-after collaborator for a wide range of artists, including Norah Jones, Hozier, Patti LaBelle, ...

Ruby Amanfu and Sam Brooker get a funny look sometimes when they step on stage. She’s a black woman from Ghana, West Africa. He’s a white guy from Green Bay, Wis. Ruby Amanfu and Sam Brooker get a ...

Ruby Amanfu performs on the Flambeau stage at the VooDoo Music + Arts Experience on Saturday, November 2, 2013. (Photo by Brett Duke, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune) Midway through her Saturday-night ...

If you were among those who ate up the fierce blues-rock track "Don't Hurt Yourself" from Beyoncé's Lemonade, then you know Ruby Amanfu's voice. Jack White might be the featured guest artist, but it's ...

Hailing from Ghana, West Africa via the home of country music, Nashville, Tennessee, 22 year old Ruby Amanfu is a slap in the face of complacency, armed with an album's worth of crispy soulful tunes, ...