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AllMusic	[1]
The Austin Chronicle	[2]
Manchester Evening News	[3]
No Depression	(average) [4]
Q	[5]

Ruby's Torch is a 2006 Nanci Griffith album on Rounder Records. It is a collection of torch songs penned by Griffith and various other artists, including Tom Waits, Jimmy Webb and Donal MacDonagh Long. All the songs are produced with lush backing arrangements from a string orchestra.^[6]

1. "When I Dream" (Sandy Mason) 3:29
2. "If These Walls Could Speak" (Jimmy Webb) 3:40
3. "Ruby's Arms" (Tom Waits) 5:28
4. "Never Be The Sun" (Donal MacDonagh Long) 3:57
5. "Bluer Than Blue" (Charles Goodrum) 3:18
6. "Brave Companion of the Road" (Nanci Griffith) 3:29
7. "Grapefruit Moon" (Tom Waits) 4:20
8. "Please Call Me, Baby" (Tom Waits) 4:11
9. "Late Night Grand Hotel" (Nanci Griffith) 2:53
10. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (David Mann, Bob Hilliard) 2:51
11. "Drops From The Faucet" (Frank Christian) 4:07

• Larry Paxton - acoustic bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Michael Johnson - acoustic guitar
• Anthony La Marchina - cello
• John Catchings - cello
• Sari Reist - cello
• Kristin Wilkinson - conductor, violin
• Pat McInerney - drums, percussion
• Roger Weismeyer - oboe
• James Hooker - piano, organ
• Neil Rosengarden - trumpet
• Larry Paxton - tuba [sousaphone]
• David Davidson - viola
• Gary Vanosdale - viola
• Jim Grosjean - viola
• Conni Ellisor - violin
• David Angell - violin
• Mary Kathryn Vanosdale - violin
• Monisa Angell - violin
• Pamela Sixfin - violin

• album at Rounder Records (Archived)
• Nanci Griffith Ruby's Torch (Rounder), austinchronicle.com, Nov 24th 2006