ruby throat are katiejane garside and chris whittingham. katiejane 'found' chris busking on the london underground in 2006 and they started creating music together as ruby throat. their music recalls the etherealness and fragility of english folk music and the deepest black heart of gothic americana. live shows in the u.k., mainland europe and the u.s.a. have gained ruby throat devout fans. ruby throat's debut album, 'the ventriloquist', recorded over the space of a year and a half, has been released as two self-released limited editions since 2007 and is now available from most online stockists. a second album, 'out of a black cloud came a bird' is to be released in 2009.