About



Ruhiya is a singer, songwriter, and sound healing practitioner whose music bridges devotional expression with contemporary artistry. 

Her debut solo album Ginhawa (2022) was inspired by her matriachal Filipino lineage, and was featured in Songlines Magazine and on BBC Introducing. In 2023, she released Carry Me Home, a live folk EP recorded in Herefordshire.

Ruhiya was raised on the Christian mystic Quaker path, and is deeply inspired by the teachings of Sufi teacher and musician Hazrat Inayat Khan. She is a qualified sound healing practitioner (College of Sound Healing), and graduate of SOAS with a Master’s in Music (Distinction), specialising in the healing and sacred dimensions of music across cultures, and music in development.  She is passionate about sharing her voice in spaces that facilitate healing, transformation, and connection.

Her experience includes recording an original song in South Africa with Grammy award winning group the Soweto Gospel Choir, singing with women inside a prison in Cebu, Philippines through the charity Rise Above, providing 1:1 sound healing sessions for NHS workers during the global pandemic through project Duty to care, and co-organising and performing for an Interfaith concert for peace in Bristol at the Centre for Whole Health. 

Ruhiya offers her voice and music in both public and private settings, for local and international events including concerts, special occasions, festivals and retreats.

She is currently recording her second album and teaching 1:1 holistic voice lessons.

 

  

Music Releases:

Carry Me Home (EP) - Ruhiya ft. Jakey Boy Hughes (2023)

You are Never Alone (Single) (2022)

GINHAWA (Album) (2022)

 

Public performances include: 

London school of Philosophy, UK

St Margaret's (Magdalene) Chapel, Glastonbury, UK

Heart of the Rose festival, UK

Elmslie House, Malvern, UK

SOAS Concert series, London, UK

Woolwich Works, London, UK

Joe's Pub, New York, USA

The Wynwood Yard, Miami,  USA

Abu Dhabi film festival, UAE

The Fridge concert series, Dubai

Vudu club, Philippines

Notting Hill Arts Club  (with the Latin Dub Soundsystem)

The Jazz Cafe (with Yarah Bravo)

Hammersmith Apollo (with Yarah Bravo in support of Fat Freddy's Drop)

KOKO's, London, UK (with the Latin Dub Soundsystem)

Secret Garden Party, UK (with the Latin Dub Soundsystem)

Roskilde Festival, Denmark, UK (with Yarah Bravo)

Waterford music festival, Ireland (with the Latin Dub Soundsystem)

Glastonbury festival, UK (with the Latin Dub Soundsystem)

Hiphop Kemp, Czech Republic (with Yarah Bravo)