“A prime figure in American music”

— Folk and Acoustic Music Exchange

“This is one gifted s.o.b. If you're not hip to this guy, you're missing a lot.”

— Mark S. Tucker, FAME

These songs will go straight to your heart

- M. McLeod, LRN

Rupert Wates is a London-born, award-winning songwriter who signed an exclusive publishing deal with Eaton Music in the late 1990s and has been writing full-time ever since. Since relocating to the U.S. in 2006, he has released eleven acclaimed full-length albums, earning airplay across the U.S., Canada, Europe, Israel, and Australia. His work has inspired over 50 songwriting awards and more than twenty cover recordings by other artists, including two full tribute albums recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles. Performing an average of 120 shows a year across North America and Europe, Wates continues to captivate audiences with his haunting, melodic brand of acoustic art-folk.

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