Tru Ruts/Speakeasy Records dives headlong into the digital age and the future of music, with the first digital download only, album release of Minnesota, presenting the debut album of Priestess of the Word, Shá Cage. A 21st century Renaissance woman, Cage is an internationally recognized, spoken word artist, actor, playwright and more.

Remember those days when Renaissance women looked like Zena the Warrior. Well today's renaissance woman looks nothing like Zena and carries her strength in different places, notably in her words that have been known to slice, cut and calm all in one punch, coupled with an unstoppable performance. This fiery spoken word priestess releases her debut album, titled Amber People, as a digital only release, and available internationally.

Although compared to Sara Jones, Ursula Rucker, Lauryn Hill, June Jordan, Nikki Giovanni, Ntozake Shange, and MC Lyte, Shá Cage is a unique talent whose versatile voice and performance can quickly move from a thunderous volcano to a melodic river. Shá is a standout in the spoken word genre, having been featured in recent years in articles and magazines, nationally and internationally including London Times, UK Pulse and Isthmus, along with various festivals and venues.

"She is at the forefront of women making an impact on the arts and music industry in the Twin Cities, forging a ritualistic feminine path. Women with fierce strength and courage who choose to not sit in the back of the bus, or wait on the sidelines, and refuse to taking any mess from anyone. Women that are laying the foundation for generations to come, living by the philosophy that you can still maintain you femininity yet hold your own in a male dominated industry and art form." says Executive Director e.g. bailey of Trú Rúts/Speakeasy Records

Amber People features musician/producer HipGnosis (IL), percussionist Truthmaze (MN), vocalist Aimee K Bryant (MN) and includes live performances from the 2006 Verbal Graffitti Tour, with tracks produced by HipGnosis (IL), e.g. bailey (MN), Matt Hopner (of Cave Man Records) (MN), Andrew Bachyn (Chicago) (MN), and Ben Durrant (of Crazy Beast Studio) (MN).

In 2006, Cage toured the UK for two months, as part of the cutting edge spoken word and hip hop theatre production, Word Temple. She was also featured in premiere of the UK theatre production, Hair Stories, and will be returning again in 2007 to remount the production at the Decibel Festival in Birmingham, England. In addition, she is an acclaimed actor with numerous credits to her name, who was recently featured in the short film, Radio, directed by Matt Osterman; and also played the Bride in Garcia Lorca's Blood Wedding, including the lead roles in Frank Theatre's productions of Suzan Lori Parks' productions, Venus and Fucking A. She is currently working on an exciting new international collaboration with STGK, a hip hop group from Sweden, to be released at the end of 2007.

'Amber People' is released by indie label, Tru Ruts/Speakeasy Records. See www.truruts.com for more information. To request interviews or additional images, please contact info@truruts.com or 612-288-9491.