3 BLUES MUSIC AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR 2012
♦ B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
♦ Koko Taylor Award for Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year (Ruthie was 2011 winner of award)
♦ DVD of the Year for her Live At Antone's DVD
2011 Blues Music Award Winner of the Koko Taylor Award for Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year
2010 GRAMMY Nominee for The Truth According To Ruthie Foster (Best Contemporary Blues Album)
2010 Blues Music Award Winner for Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year (2 previous nominations for 2008 & 2009 Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year)
2011 Living Blues Award Nominee for Blues Artist of the Year (Female)
In 2010 Ruthie was honored as Blues Artist of the Year (Female) in the Living Blues Critics, Poll
Featured on the cover of Pollstar Magazine (May 17, 2010)
Featured on the cover of Blues Revue Magazine (Oct./Nov. 2009)
2009 Featured Performance on NPR's Mountain Stage (July 2009), her second appearance there in 10 months. Ruthie returns to Mountain Stage January 15, 2012
Featured on the cover of Keyboard Player Magazine (June 2009)
Featured Song of the Day on NPR (May 2009): "I Really Love You" from The Truth According To Ruthie Foster
The Truth According to Ruthie Foster: #1 on Roots Blues Chart (May 2009)
"I love Ruthie Foster. That's my little sister. A phenomenal woman, yes indeed. She's great." - Mavis Staples
"She sounds long-suffering, forthright, resilient and thoroughly at home" - The New York Times
"There's no denying the power of Foster's monstrous voice..." - Paste magazine
Festival Performances include: Monterey Jazz Festival; North Sea Jazz Festival; International Musik Festival Waidhofen, Austria; Celtic Connections Festival, Scotland ; Jazz Fest Wien, Austria; Avo Session, Switzerland; Pocono Blues Festival; Telluride Blues and Brews Festival; Tampa Bay Blues Festival; Strawberry Music Festival, CA; Utah Arts Festival; Roots, Blues and BBQ Festival, MO,;San Francisco Blues Festival; Big Muddy Blues Festival; Waterfront Blues Festival, OR; Cityfolk; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
