Ruthie Craft

Ruthie Craft plays The Saxon Pub on Monday, July 27, with her full band. It's a short set—6:00 PM to 7:30 PM—so you'll be in and out before the night really gets going.

Craft describes her sound as cinematic pop, and that's a fair way to put it. The songs are built around powerful vocals and evocative lyrics that trace her journey from a young girl in Washington to a rising star here in Austin. It's the kind of writing that lets you follow a person's life across a few different versions of themselves, and the cinematic side comes through in the way the arrangements open up around her voice.

She first drew wider attention performing with Keith Urban in 2015, and later landed national exposure on American Idol in 2019. Since then, she's grown a devoted following in the city, and this show brings her back to one of the rooms that knows her best. Having the full band behind her means the set will have a lot more weight and texture than a solo performance, with the full sound filling out the songs rather than just supporting them.

Tickets are $15, and the show runs from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM at The Saxon Pub, 1320 S Lamar Blvd.