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Ruthie Foster Gets Her Moment At Sun

Read "Ruthie Foster Gets Her Moment At Sun" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer


Ruthie Foster has earned every mile. Over a career spanning three decades, the Texas-born singer-songwriter has played every kind of venue imaginable, from tiny clubs to Carnegie Hall. Her Grammy-nominated album Mileage (Sun Records, 2024) marks both her first release on legendary Sun Records and, remarkably, the label's first Grammy nomination in its 70-year history. The album's title emerged from a conversation with her doctor about the physical toll of life on the road. “He told me, 'It's ...

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Album Review

Ruthie Foster: Joy Comes Back

Read "Joy Comes Back" reviewed by James Nadal


To prove the point that one can go home again, Ruthie Foster returned to the small church in Caldwell, Texas, where she began, singing hymns in the choir, in search of inspiration for Joy Comes Back. For Foster, singing gospel and soul is a birthright, blues and country her second nature; the vast Americana musical landscape being her backyard. After years on the road, Foster chose to record at neighbor and producer Daniel Barrett's studio in Austin, giving ...

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Multiple Reviews

Ruthie Foster: Singing The Blues

Read "Ruthie Foster: Singing The Blues" reviewed by James Nadal


Since releasing her first solo record less than a decade ago, Ruthie Foster has steadily gained momentum and respect within the music industry as a double threat singer/guitarist. With eight more albums in her discography, including the critically acclaimed The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster (Blue Corn Music, 2007), she has risen to prominence in the Blues community, winning the 2015 Koko Taylor Award, but she is much more than a blues singer. She has taken the gospel, blues, and soul from ...


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