Short bio

Ruby Archer is a rising young artist from the NSW Central Coast who is leaving an indelible mark on the music scene with her unique songwriting style and powerful live performances. Ruby first gained attention by winning YouthRock in 2022 with her newly formed band “Ruby and the Groovy Doobies”.  Winner of the 15 Years of triple j's Unearthed High Competition in 2023, triple J Music Director Richard Kingsmill giving a whopping four and a half star review for New Dream, gloating "Love that guitar ramp up, the drama in it, the tension. The crescendo at the end is bliss". Ruby took to the big stage at Vivid, blowing the audience away with her impassioned jazzy rock and soulful vocals. In recognition of her distinctive sound, she was spotlighted in the 2023 triple J Unearthed High Yearbook, voted “the artist most likely to create an entirely new chord!”. New Dream won the Youth Category in the ASA Songwriting awards and her debut album Oh So Tender received a nomination for the 2024 Australian Music Prize Album of the Year. Ruby’s "unique and raw honesty which creates a direct and emotional connection with audiences" secured Ruby the 2024 Australian Women in Music Awards, Emerging Artist category, cementing her as a unique and authentic artist with a promising future.
 



 
 

















 
 
 




Long bio

Ruby Archer is a young singer-songwriter from the NSW Central Coast. Her melodic yet intense approach to composition and performance makes Ruby a unique and exciting talent.  A multi-instrumentalist, Ruby’s musical development began in school choirs, progressed as a percussionist in ensembles and orchestras and found its rightful place as a pianist and vocalist. After being exposed to jazz and the composition side of the musical world via teacher and mentor Doran Mode, Ruby realised that songwriting is what resonates with her most.

Ruby's original compositions have been awarded prizes in the national Australian Children’s Music Foundation Songwriting Competitions (2019, 2020 and 2022), and she was invited to perform her original work at YIPA (Youth in Performing Arts) in 2021 and 2022.  In late 2021, Ruby was invited to participate in Kasey Chamber's inaugural Creative Music & Songwriting Day Camp at The Rabbit Hole Recording Studio. 

Ruby was the proud recipient of a 2020 Bouddi Foundation for the Arts grant and ORiGIN Music Publishing Award which allowed her to record her debut EP chamomile tea with Producers Jack Nigro and Aria Award winning Producer, Scott Horscroft (The Grove Studios) with mentoring from Philip Mortlock (ORiGIN Music). In 2021 Ruby was awarded another Bouddi Foundation for the Arts grant; Narelle Jones Memorial Award to assist with the distribution of her music. Ruby’s debut EP, chamomile tea was released February 2022.

Throughout early 2022, Ruby gradually put together a band of like-minded musicians. In July of that same year, Ruby and the Groovy Doobies won first prize in YouthRock.  In August 2022, Ruby made her acting debut as Veronica in the 10 x 30min series Soundtrack to Our Teenage Zombie Apocalypse for ABC ME and ABC iView. 

In June 2023, Ruby won the 15 Years of triple j's Unearthed High Competition and the chance to perform with her band at Vivid Sydney. Triple J Music Director Richard Kingsmill gave a whopping four and a half star review for "New Dream", gloating "Love that guitar ramp up, the drama in it, the tension. The crescendo at the end is bliss". She was also selected for the 2023 triple J Unearthed High Yearbook voted as the artist "most likely to invent an entirely new chord". In July 2023, Ruby was featured in the half hour documentary Music Central about the power of music to create connection and healing on the NSW Central Coast. It broadcast on ABC Compass July 23. On August 12 of the same year, Ruby and her band performed in front of thousands of Matildas fans at the FIFA Fan Festival before the FIFA World Cup quarter finals. September 21, Ruby was announced winner of the Australian Music Association Awards, Youth Category for her single New Dream. 

Ruby received a grant from Create NSW and recorded her debut album throughout 2022 and 2023 with Producer Jack Nigro (The Grove Studios and Sonora Studios) and Joshua Craig (DROP.) Oh So Tender showcases Ruby's diverse songwriting abilities and was released November 2023 with live performances at the inaugural Tubular Music Festival. Oh So Tender was nominated for the 2024 Australian Music Prize for best album.
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Ruby was awarded an APRA AMCOS' 23% Mentorship in mid 2024 and received professional guidance from Mark Lizotte (Diesel). She was the recipient of the 2024 Australian Women in Music Awards, Emerging Artist Award due to her "unique and raw honesty which creates a direct and emotional connection with audiences". Ruby was also judged winner of the Best Music Video for Love Again at the 2024 Coastal Surge Film Festival and released her follow up album Oh So Tender Deluxe in late 2024.

Ruby was honoured to be selected in the Top 100 of the prestigious Vanda & Young Global Song Comp 2024 and was recently announced as a finalist in the 2025 Bluesfest Busking Competition.

Ruby is writing, recording and producing an exciting new body of work that will be released in 2026.