Kim Ruehl
freelance writer/editor

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About Me

After spending several years chasing a career in the music industry, I decided to try my hand at writing about it.
Since 2005, I've been the About.com Guide to Folk Music. In addition to the news, interviews, reviews, history
and commentary I write and manage on that site, I'm the Roots Music Correspondent for Sound magazine and
News Editor at the new NoDepression.com.

My work has also appeared in Billboard and Performer magazines, and online at AfterEllen.com and Rollingstone.com
(for Real/Rhapsody). Formerly Editor of Seattlest.com, I still contribute posts about music and politics when I can.
If you're a potential employer or just a curious reader, check out some links to my work.

When I'm not writing about music and musicians, I spend a lot of time making my own music, playing guitar, practicing
my trumpet, and attending shows in Seattle's vibrant music scene. I'm a chronic fiction writer, and I live in Seattle with
a big grey cat named Grace and my lovely blonde Martin acoustic—Honey Butter.