Ruthie Collins' album Cold Comfort hit well in America in 2020. So now the rest of the world can get to know her via Cold Comfort +, which has additional tracks. Collins has perhaps the best education a country singer could wish for. When she moved to Nashville to build a career, she was forced to work as a waitress for the first five years. When she was finally discovered and signed to Curb Records
… as a songwriter and artist, things moved quickly. Fine, then, is her warm and expressive voice in which echoes of Emmylou Harris and Patty Griffin resound. The subject matter of her lushly arranged songs is often dark, but never without hope or compassion. Despite not shunning musical bombast, Collins tells deeply human stories, of love, loss and other hardships. As if she has never forgotten that harsh existence of being a waitress. (MR)more
