Spindelsinn, her first official solo album came out in 1997 through Sony Norway, sung entirely in the Norwegian language making honour to the Nordic folk music style.

After joining the Swedish label GMR Music Group Rueslåtten released a comeback album, the experimental Pilot which contains a lot of modern sounds.

In January 2005, Other People's Stories was issued,[2] showing a simpler side of her music but without losing the modern feel, quality and passion in her performance.

In 2013, Kari Rueslåtten made a comeback with the remake of The 3rd and The Mortal's classic "Why So Lonely", featuring Tuomas Holopainen from Nightwish on piano and keyboards, and followed up with the full-length album Time to Tell in 2014, on the Swedish label Despotz Records.

[7] The title track "Sørgekåpe" was released as the album's first single on March 8 to mark the International Women's Day,[8] and featured a music video by the Norwegian director Troll Toftenes shot in the mountains of Dovrefjell.