Ruthie Foster - Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash cover)
Given the breadth of our catalogue, it is a fun (albiet daunting) task to pull together some of our favorite tracks of the year so far. So, we did it and you'll love it! We have a little bit of something for everyone. If you fancy some chill but cheery ...
Notes from YouTube: Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, Jan 2010. Ruthie Foster Guitar & Vocals, Tanya Richardson Bass, Samantha Banks Drums. "People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield) from the Phenomenal Ruthie Foster CD. You can buy Ruthie's CDs at http://www.ruthiefoster.com/

Saturday, 14 April, will see the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic. There is little need for me to go into the story of that most famous of all maritime disasters. Movies will be shown on TV (including a new mini-series), the History Channel will take time off from Nazis, aliens and truckers to provide all sorts of perspectives, and all kinds of background and new insights will be offered in newspaper, magazine and Internet articles. So, here I add to the saturation with a mix of songs about maritime disasters, including several that record the sinking [...]
The Grammy-nominated blues artist Ruthie Foster has just put out the most confident album of her career, and before taking it on the road, she speaks to PopMatters about Star Trek , Jerry the mouse, and speaking with Stephen Hawking. Ruthie Foster has been cutting her own unique path across the musical landscape for some time now, having released her debut album all the way back in 1997. For Foster, however, her unique mixture of blues, folk, and a rollicking rock swagger has made her one of the most enduring artists on the blues landscape today, her notoriety [...]

Ruthie Foster - If I Had A Hammer (The Weavers cover)
Ruthie Foster and her band created magic March 23, 2012 at Eddie's Attic.
Ruthie Foster's latest is a smoldering gospel kitchen of fire, rain, love, and the Almighty.
► Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jessie Baylin visits the Troubadour behind her recently released album "Little Spark," made with producer Kevin Augunas (Cold War Kids, Edward Sharpe) and arrangements by Richard Swift. The video for the song "Hurry Hurry" was directed by Scarlett Johansson. The Watson Twins open tonight's show. ► Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. swings back through town for a big show at the Echoplex. The One AM Radio and NO support. ► Archer Black , the new L.A. quartet helmed by ex-Autumns bassist Dustin Morgan, plays the Silverlake Lounge behind its new album [...]
There was always a gospel element in the way Foster delivered her vocals. She openly emphasizes this aspect of her voice on her latest album. Ruthie Foster first sang in the church choir while growing up in rural Texas. While she became successful mixing folk, blues, rock and country together in that way that seems so natural in Lone Star performers, there was always a gospel element in the way she delivered her vocals. She openly emphasizes this aspect of her voice on her latest album, Let It Burn, by choosing appropriately churchy accompaniment that includes the Blind Boys [...]
This is from Ruthie Foster 's 1999 album Crossover.
This is from Ruthie Foster 's album Crossover, released in 1999.
I wish Sister Rosetta Tharpe and O.V. Wright were still around to hear Ruthie Foster's new album/DVD combo, "Ruthie Foster: Live at Antone's." Maybe they can, though. Foster certainly sounds as if she's singing for angels on covers of Tharpe's "Up Above My Head (I Hear Music in the Air)" and Wright's "A Nickel and [...]

IODAcast 095, Featuring Gerald Wilson, Ruthie Foster, Rene Marie and more. Monty Alexander "Strawberry Hill" (mp3) from "Harlem - Kingston Express Live!" (Motema Music) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Rene Marie [...]
After months of speculation and various confirmation of which musicians would make up the touring version of the Warren Haynes Band , we finally know who will join Warren in his new ensemble. Vocalist Ruthie Foster, keyboardist and vocalist Nigel Hall, drummer Terrence Higgins, sax wiz Ron Holloway and bassist Ron Johnson are all on board for the group's first tour. Not only will the WHB perform at Bonnaroo, Mountain Jam, the Wanee Festival, the Hangout Festival and High Sierra, but the group will also headline a [...]
Big Head Todd and The Monsters assemble an all-star cast of blues musicians and pay tribute to Robert Johnson for the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Lucinda Williams is surely better known - or at least more easily recognized - for her ragged heartbroken delivery and emotional way with a guitar than her songbook per se. But as we noted back in May of 2009, when we featured her interpretations of other peoples' songs , it wasn't always the case: her first Grammy win was as a songwriter, for Mary Chapin Carpenter's 1992 performance of Passionate Kisses . In many ways, of course, Williams' is an unusual path towards stardom: though her 1979 debut [...]