Music royalty hailing from the northern country of Finland, Ruut has journeyed far and wide in search of her authentic sound. a natural-born songwriter, Ruut is the granddaughter of world-famous opera composer, Aulis Sallinen. She discovered she could play piano by ear and started writing original songs at age 7.

When Ruut was 12, she moved to Budapest with her missionary mother, who was deeply involved in a fundamentalist Christian group. though her family lived in small apartments and gave away most of their belongings, Ruut’s gift continued to flourish, as she would write songs on a borrowed keyboard. Ruut moved to the States with her mom and sisters when she was 16, and remained a faithful member of the Christian group until she finally embarked on her solitary quest to find her true voice as a writer and performer at age 23.

The journey brought her to Nashville, New York and Los Angeles, where she tirelessly attempted to break into the pop scene with hit-makers such as Billy Steinberg, Mike Daly, Jef