BIO
“Dark, sensual, sonic theatre...compelling stuff”
Rolling Stone Australia
“If twilight has a voice, that voice is Wendy Rule”
New Witch Magazine, USA
Blurring the line between music, theatre and ritual, Visionary Songstress Wendy Rule weaves her dark-ambient mystical songs along pathways of Magic and mythology. With her extraordinary voice and heartfelt lyrics, she invites her audience on an immersive journey of depth and passion.
Over the past three decades, Wendy has released 11 studio albums and numerous side projects, and has toured the world extensively - both as a musician, and as a celebrated educator in Pagan spirituality. A dedicated live performer, she continues to tour and grow her loyal fanbase. Originally from Melbourne, Wendy relocated from Australia to the USA in 2014 and is now living in the beautiful Northern New Mexico countryside, allowing an even stronger connection to her ever growing US fanbase, and providing daily access to the wild Nature that inspires her unique and transformational work.
Wendy’s last album, Persephone, was the culmination of over twelve years work, and unlike anything that she had done before. This beautifully evocative retelling of the Ancient Greek myth of the Goddess Persephone’s descent into the Underworld is almost like an opera, designed to guide the listener through this ancient tale of the cycles of Nature. Sung partly in Greek, with subtle textures that reference her early life as a jazz singer, and with the trademark dark, gothic soundscapes and souring vocals of her previous 7 major albums, Persephone is an ambitious and unique 24 track journey through the realms of Life, Death, and human emotion.
Wendy is currently working on her next album, Meadowlark, due for release in June 2024. An ode to her iconic Victorian home in New Mexico, Wendy is taking a fresh new approach with this project. With the help of her husband Timothy Van Diest, they are recording the album in their home studio, immersed in the gorgeous New Mexico Nature that has inspired this beautiful collection of new songs.
DISCOGRAPHY
2019 Persephone Double Album
2017 Vox Solfeggio with Timothy Van Diest
2014 Black Snake
2012 Live at the Castle on the Hill Live album with Timothy Van Diest
2010 Guided By Venus
2008 Beneath the Below is a River with Craig Patterson
2007 Meditations on the 4 Elements
2006 The Wolf Sky
2004 A Night of Jazz Live album of jazz standards
2004 Deep Within a Faerie Forest with Gary Stadler
2003 The Lotus Eaters
2000 World Between Worlds
1999 Artemis 4 track CD single
1998 Deity
1997 Live Live concert recording
1996 Continental Isolation 3 track CD single
1996 Zero
OTHER WORKS
2016 Performance and end credit song in Boys in the Trees
feature film by Nicholas Verso
2000 An Underworld Journey
Video release of a original musical / theatrical show