Ruby Waters (born Ruby Komisar) is a Canadian singer-songwriter."'All the worst days bring the best songs': Ruby Waters takes us down the 'Rabbit Hole' of her writing process"

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, October 7, 2020. Waters grew up in Shelburne, Ontario.Jacob Carey
"Ontario singer-songwriter Ruby Waters is carefree and coping"
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'', December 24, 2020. Her parents, Peter Komisar and Debbie Bechamp, were in a country band together and introduced her to music at an early age. She began busking and performing in bars around the age of 13. Waters first attracted attention when a video of her performing her debut single "Sweet Sublime" became popular on

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. She followed up with the singles "Supernatural" and "Last Cigarette", and toured as an opening act for

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on his 2019 tour, before releasing her debut EP ''Almost Naked''. She released her second EP, ''If It Comes Down to It'', in 2020. In the same year she was featured on "Jungle", a track by rapper DillanPonders. Her single "Blow" was released in 2021, and was named the 29th best Canadian song of the year in

's year-end charts for 2021. She performed in October 2021 at the

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's "Get Together" edition. She received a

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nomination for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022 for ''If It Comes Down to It''.Jackson Weaver
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, March 1, 2022.

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