Ruthie Foster

  • Gause, TX
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  • Blues/Folk
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  • 1997
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With a naturally expressive voice that has drawn comparisons to greats like Aretha Franklin and Ella Fitzgerald, Texas-based singer and songwriter Ruthie Foster mixes a wide palette of American song forms, from gospel and blues to jazz, folk, and soul into her music, and her live performances are powerfully transfiguring. Foster grew up in Gause, TX, a small town in the Brazos Valley southeast of Dallas, and even as a child she was fascinated by music, and she listened to everything she could, hearing and absorbing not just gospel and blues, but also the country and pop songs she heard on the radio. By the age of 14 she was a soloist in a local choir and was certain that her future would revolve around music. When she moved to Waco to attend community college, her studies concentrated around music and audio engineering, and she began fronting a blues band, learning how to command a stage in the rough bars of Texas. Hoping to travel and gain a wider world perspective, Foster joined the Navy, but her obvious musical talents soon had her singing with Pride, a Navy band that played pop and funk hits at recruitment drives in the southeastern U.S. Following her tour of duty, Foster landed in New York City where she regularly played various folk venues. Atlantic Records offered her a recording deal, figuring they had a budding pop star on their hands, but Foster wasn't interested in moving in that direction, preferring instead to explore the various strains of American roots music that had informed her childhood. When her mother fell ill in 1993, Foster left New York and her recording deal and returned to Texas. She began working as a camera operator and production assistant at a TV station in College Station, TX while she cared for her mother, who passed in 1996. A year later in 1997 Foster self-released the album Full Circle before hooking up with Blue Corn Music, which released Crossover in 1999, Runaway Soul in 2002, Stages (featuring a series of live tracks) in 2004, Heal Yourself in 2006, The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster in 2008, and The Truth According to Ruthie Foster, recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis, in 2009. An engaging live performer, Foster continued to tour regularly, wowing audiences with her powerful voice and stylistic range, all of which was captured in the concert CD/DVD set Live at Antone's, which appeared from Blue Corn Records in 2011. A new studio outing, Let It Burn, followed in 2012, also from Blue Corn. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi

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    Ruthie Foster Set To Release Let It Burn
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    Warren Haynes Band vocalist Ruthie Foster will release her new album, Let It Burn, on Tuesday, January 31 via Blue Corn Music. To celebrate the releas...
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    Bernie Williams, Ruthie Foster, Susan Tedeschi and More Join The Allman Brothers Band
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    closer or encore, with former Yankee outfielder Bernie Williams on guitar. Williams practiced classical guitar when he was younger and has studied jaz...
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    Ruthie Foster to Release EP
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    Ruthie Foster's new EP, Keep It Burning will be available via digital formats on January 22. Keep It Burning features two previously unreleased songs ...
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Tour Dates

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  • May 22 Wednesday
    Dallas, TX, US Kessler Theater
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  • May 23 Thursday
    Dallas, TX, US The Kessler
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  • May 31 Friday
    Aspen, CO, US Belly Up Aspen
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  • Jul 19 Friday
    Jackson, MS, US Mississippi Coliseum
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  • Aug 8 Thursday
    Edmonton, AB, Canada Edmonton Folk Festival
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  • Aug 16 Friday
    Jackson, MS, US Ms Ag Forestry Museum
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  • Aug 23 Friday
    Pomeroy, OH, US Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch
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  • Aug 24 Saturday
    Pomeroy, OH, US Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch
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  • Aug 25 Sunday
    Pomeroy, OH, US Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch
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  • Aug 26 Monday
    Pomeroy, OH, US Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch
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  • Aug 28 Wednesday
    Apple Valley, MN, US Weesner Amphitheater, Minnesota Zoo
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  • Sep 20 Friday
    Jackson, MS, US Ms Ag Forestry Museum
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  • Sep 21 Saturday
    Jackson, MS, US Ms Ag Forestry Museum
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  • Oct 18 Friday
    Fort Lauderdale, FL, US Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
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  • Oct 19 Saturday
    Fort Lauderdale, FL, US Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
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  • Oct 20 Sunday
    Fort Lauderdale, FL, US Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
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  • Oct 21 Monday
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    Fort Lauderdale, FL, US Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
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    Fort Lauderdale, FL, US Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
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Discography

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  • Let It Burn (2012)
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    Let It Burn (2012)
    Relativity
  • Live at Antone's (2011)
    Ruthie Foster
    Live at Antone's (2011)
  • The Truth According to Ruthie Foster (2009)
    Ruthie Foster
    The Truth According to Ruthie Foster (2009)
    Blue Corn Music
  • The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster (2007)
    Ruthie Foster
    The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster (2007)
    Blue Corn Music
  • Stages (2004)
    Ruthie Foster
    Stages (2004)
    Blue Corn Music
  • Runaway Soul (2002)
    Ruthie Foster
    Runaway Soul (2002)
    Blue Corn Music
  • Full Circle (2001)
    Ruthie Foster
    Full Circle (2001)
    M.O.D. Records
  • Crossover (1999)
    Ruthie Foster
    Crossover (1999)
    M.O.D. Records
  • Jazz Fest 2010
    Ruthie Foster
    Jazz Fest 2010
    MunckMix
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