Ruthie Foster won the Koko Taylor Award for Traditional Blues Female of the Year, an honor awarded to her in 2011. In addition, Ruthie's Live at Antone's captured the DVD of the Year. Marcia Ball was honored with the Pinetop Perkins Piano Player Award making this her 5th win of her 14 previous Blues Music Award nominations in this category.
Formerly known as the W.C. Handy Awards, the BMAs were staged at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, TN, by the Memphis-based Blues Foundation. The annual event brings together Blues performers, industry representatives and fans from all over the world to celebrate the best in Blues recordings and performances from the previous year.
Ruthie's Let It Burndebuted at #2 on Billboard's Current Blues Album Chart behind only Etta James. It also hit the Top 10 on Amazon's sales chart and #1 in Blues on iTunes and Amazon during it's first week of release. The album features The Blind Boys of Alabama, soul legend William Bell, The Funky Meters bassist George Porter Jr. and drummer Russell Batiste, guitarist Dave Easley, saxophonist James Rivers, and organist Ike Stubblefield (Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Eric Clapton). It covers an eclectic group of songs originally performed by Adele, The Black Keys, Los Lobos, Johnny Cash, The Band, Pete Seeger, Crosby, Stills & Nash, John Martyn, Robbie Robertson, and several new Ruthie Foster compositions.
Pieta's Mercury features Mark Knopfler as a guest on the album, playing guitar on "So Many Miles." Also joining Pieta are long-time collaborator Bo Ramsey (Lucinda Williams, Greg Brown), and great session players including Grammy-winning producer/multi-instrumentalist Richard Bennett (Mark Knopfler, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris), bassist Glenn Worf (Mark Knopfler, Aaron Neville, Tammy Wynette), drummer Chad Cromwell (Neil Young, Mark Knopfler) and multi-instrumentalist David Mansfield (Bob Dylan, T-Bone Burnett, Johnny Cash).
FEBRUARY 2012: Featured On NPR: Ruthie Foster (Weekend Edition) and Bill Frisell (Tiny Desk Concert)
Ruthie Foster and Bill Frisell were both recently featured on NPR and both appearances are still accessible via these links. Ruthie was interviewed on Weekend Edition on February 4th . The piece focused on her new album Let It Burn. Bill performed a Tiny Desk Concert at the NPR Music offices which premiered February 3rd. NPR noted of the set, "The brilliant and nimble guitarist reinvents the songs of John Lennon" - and this is the subject of Bill's latest album, All We Are Saying.
Ruthie's Let It Burn rocketed to the Top 10 on Amazon's sales chart as well as #1 in Blues on iTunes and Amazon during it's first week of release. The album features The Blind Boys of Alabama, soul legend William Bell, The Funky Meters bassist George Porter Jr. and drummer Russell Batiste, guitarist Dave Easley, saxophonist James Rivers, and organist Ike Stubblefield (Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Eric Clapton). It covers an eclectic group of songs originally performed by Adele, The Black Keys, Los Lobos, Johnny Cash, The Band, Pete Seeger, Crosby, Stills & Nash, John Martyn, Robbie Robertson, and several new Ruthie Foster compositions.
Bill's All We Are Saying recently ranked #1 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Chart and has been in the Top 10 regularly since it's September release. Joining Bill on the album are frequent collaborators Jenny Scheinman (violin), Tony Scherr (bass), Greg Leisz (guitars) and Kenny Wollesen (drums). Bill's interpretations of classic Lennon songs include: "Across the Universe," "Revolution," "Nowhere Man," "Imagine," "Please Please Me," "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," "Hold On," "In My Life," "Come Together," "Julia," "Woman," "# 9 Dream," "Love," "Beautiful Boy," "Mother," and "Give Peace a Chance."
Catch Ruthie touring extensively across the US and Bill performing in a wide variety of formats, please see Tour Dates >>
JANUARY 2012: Ruthie Foster Celebrates Let It Burn Release with Webcast Concert Event from The Grammy Museum
Let It Burn has been receiving rave reviews with The Los Angeles Times calling the CD "a captivating blend of soul, blues, gospel, New Orleans funk, folk rock and R&B." LA Weekly praises Foster, "whose employ of gritty, Mavis Staples-ish spiritual bite, funky wah-wah limned grooves and blues-enriched soul deep testimony is revelatory in its simple humanity." Blues Revue gave Let It Burn a 10 out of 10 review, noting among other highlights that Ruthie's rendition of Pete Seeger's hit, "If I Had A Hammer," "reaches a new level, inspirationally."
Let It Burn was recorded in New Orleans with producer John Chelew (The Blind Boys of Alabama, John Hiatt, Richard Thompson) and featuresThe Blind Boys of Alabama, soul legend William Bell,The Funky Meters bassist George Porter Jr. and drummer Russell Batiste, guitarist Dave Easley, saxophonist James Rivers, and organist Ike Stubblefield (Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Eric Clapton). The album covers an eclectic group of songs originally performed by Adele, The Black Keys, Los Lobos, Johnny Cash, The Band, Pete Seeger, Crosby, Stills & Nash, John Martyn, Robbie Robertson, and several new Ruthie Foster compositions.
Catch Ruthie live on stage as she tours across the US in the coming months, please see Tour Dates >>
JANUARY 2012: Rosebud Artists Recognized In Village Voice 2011 Pazz & Jop Poll
Albums and singles released by Rosebud artists last year are recognized in the 2011 Village Voice Pazz & Jop Music Critics Poll, which calculated 700 critics' votes for their Top 10 albums and singles of the year.
Also recognized on the list:
• Buddy Miller's Majestic Silver Strings album which features Bill Frisell as well as a single from the album, "Meds"
• Ben Waters, Boogie 4 Stu: A Tribute to Ian Stewart, which features Rosebud Artist Charlie Watts
• Tom Waits' Bad As Me album, which features Charlie Musselwhite, as well as all five singles from the album that Charlie guests on ("Satisfied," "Bad As Me," "Hell Broke Luce," "Chicago" and "Raised Right Man")
• Steve Cropper's Dedicated: A Salute to the 5 Royales, which features Bettye LaVette
Congratulations to all the artists! Check them out live on a stage near you, please see Tour Dates >>
DECEMBER 2011: 7 Rosebud Artists Nominated for 12+ Blues Music Awards: Tommy Castro, Ruthie Foster, Charlie Musselwhite, Marcia Ball, Jon Cleary, Bettye LaVette and Duke Robillard All Honored with Nominations
Tommy Castro is once again among the most-nominated artists this year. He garnered nominations for B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, Band of the Year and Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year (all awards which he has won previously). In addition, Tommy Castro Presents The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue - Live! (which features Tommy and his band on their own and alongside various other artists) is nominated for Contemporary Blues Album of the Year. He is also featured in the nominated DVD, All Jams on Deck (shot on the October 2010 Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise). The "Jams" DVD also features fellow Rosebud Artists Marcia Ball and Coco Montoya among others. In a related nomination, longtime Tommy Castro Band saxophonist Keith Crossan is up for Best Instrumentalist - Horn.
Ruthie Foster is also among the most-nominated artists this year with 3 nominations: for B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, the Koko Taylor Award for Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year (an award she won last year) and DVD of the Year for her Live At Antone's DVD.
25-time BMA winner Charlie Musselwhite is nominated in 2 categories he won last year: Best Instrumentalist - Harmonica and Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year. Bettye LaVette is nominated for Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year, an award she has won previously. Duke Robillard is nominated for the Gibson Guitar Award, an honor he has won previously 4 times (when the category was known as Best Instrumentalist - Guitar). Both Jon Cleary and Marcia Ball are nominated for Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year. Marcia has been honored with 4 of her 8 previous Blues Music Award wins in this category. This is Jon's 3rd nomination in the category.
NOVEMBER 2011: Ruthie Foster's New Album Let It Burn Features The Blind Boys of Alabama, William Bell And More - Out January 31, 2012
Ruthie Foster will release her new album, Let It Burn, on January 31, 2012. The CD features special guests The Blind Boys of Alabama, soul legend William Bell, and the rhythm section of The Funky Meters (bassist George Porter Jr. and drummer Russell Batiste). Recorded in New Orleans with producer John Chelew (The Blind Boys of Alabama, John Hiatt, Richard Thompson), Let It Burnalso includes New Orleans-bred guitarist Dave Easley, renowned saxophonist James Rivers and Ike Stubblefield (Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, and Eric Clapton) on organ.
In addition to two new tracks from Foster, "Lord Remember Me" and "Aim for the Heart," Ruthie adds her signature sound to songs by Adele, Black Keys, Los Lobos, Johnny Cash, The Band, Pete Seeger, Crosby, Stills & Nash and more. Let It Burn is also Ruthie's first album where she does not play an instrument. Foster explains, "It gave me a lot more freedom vocally. Without a guitar, all I did was concentrate on singing."
Ruthie recently won the 2011 Koko Taylor Blues Music Award for Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year. This is her second consecutive Blues Music Award, following a win in 2010 for Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year. She followed up her 2010 GRAMMY nominated The Truth According To Ruthie Foster (Best Contemporary Blues Album) with her first live concert DVD, and accompanying bonus CD, Live At Antone's, taped live at the legendary venue in her hometown of Austin, Texas.
In addition to touring with her own band around the world, Foster has also collaborated with a diverse list of artists including Warren Haynes, Big Head Todd, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Bibb and Paul Thorn. She's a regular favorite at an equally diverse list of festivals such as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Monterey Blues Festival, Merlefest and the Kate Wolf Festival.
JUNE 2011: Rosebud Artists Nominated For 7 Living Blues Awards: Marcia Ball, Ruthie Foster, Bettye LaVette, Charlie Musselwhite, Mavis Staples All Get Nods - CAST YOUR VOTE
The Rosebud Agency's 2011 Living Blues Awards Nominees: Blues Artist of the Year (Female):
- Marcia Ball
- Ruthie Foster
- Bettye LaVette
Most Outstanding Blues Singer: Mavis Staples
Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica): Charlie Musselwhite
Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard): Marcia Ball
Best Blues Album of 2010 (New Recordings): Charlie Musselwhite - The Well
Last year Charlie received his eighth Living Blues Award for Outstanding Musician (and his fourth in a row) and Ruthie was honored with Blues Artist of the Year (Female) in the Critics' Poll. Marcia was awarded in 2009 for both categories she's nominated in this year, adding to her wins in the Outstanding Musician category in 2007 and 2008. Bettye has previously been honored with two Reader's and three Critics' Awards, including Blues Artist of the Year (Female) and Most Outstanding Blues Singer. Mavis has also previously been honored with two Critics' Awards including Blues Artist of the Year (Female).
You can vote here for your choices, as well as write-in candidates: All ballots must be received by July 15, 2011. Congratulations to all the nominees!
MAY 2011: Ruthie Foster Releases First Ever Live Concert DVD & CD, Live At Antone's, June 21st
Ruthie Foster will release her first live concert DVD, and accompanying bonus CD, Live At Antone's (Blue Corn Music), on June 21, 2011. Taped live at the legendary Antone's in her hometown of Austin, Texas, the recording features Ruthie's touring band with members Samantha Banks on drums, Tanya Richardson on bass, Scottie Miller on keyboards and Hadden Sayers on guitar. The show includes past favorites such as "Stone Love," "Phenomenal Woman," and "Runaway Soul," and Papa Mali joins in as a special guest on "Heal Yourself." Also featured is a behind-the-scenes shoot of "Five Minutes with Ruthie Foster." The DVD will be available at iTunes and Amazon.com.
Ruthie was recently honored to win the 2011 Koko Taylor Blues Music Award for Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year. This is her second consecutive Blues Music Award, following a win in 2010 for Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year. USA Today raved of her latest performance at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, where she held a headlining spot in the Blues Tent, stating, "Ruthie Foster's expansive, passionate voice sounded like it was nurtured in the Gospel Tent next door, but it commanded the stage in the Blues Tent as the Austin-based guitarist/singer tore through a dynamic set of R&B, country-tinged blues, folk and gospel songs." Catch Ruthie Foster live on stage, please see Tour Dates >>
MAY 2011: Congratulations to Rosebud's 2011 Blues Music Award Winners: John Hammond, Charlie Musselwhite, Ruthie Foster, Irma Thomas, Dr. John
Congratulations to John Hammond, Charlie Musselwhite, Ruthie Foster, Irma Thomas and Dr. John, who were all honored with 2011 Blues Music Awards! John Hammond, Inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame the night before, won Acoustic Artist of the Year. This is John's 8th Blues Music Award (BMA). Blues Hall of Fame Inductee Charlie Musselwhite won two awards, for Best Instrumentalist - Harmonica and Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year. Charlie is now a 25-time BMA Winner!
Ruthie Foster won the Koko Taylor Award for Traditional Blues Female of the Year; last year she was honored with the Contemporary Blues Female Artist Award. Blues Hall of Fame Inductee Irma Thomas won Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year, her 9th BMA and a category she won last year. Blues Hall of Famer Dr. John won the Pinetop Perkins Piano Player Award, his 2nd BMA (Dr. John joined Rosebud recently for International booking representation outside the U.S. and Canada). In addition, the DVD of the Year was awarded to Songs from the Road by The Late Luther Allison, a Rosebud artist until his passing. The performance captured on the DVD was recorded live in Montreal, July 4, 1997, shortly before Luther's death.
The 2011 Blues Music Awards were held May 5, 2011 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee and it was broadcast live on Sirius XM's B.B. King's Bluesville. Congratulations to all the Winners! Check out these artists performing live on stage, please see Tour Dates >>
FEBRUARY 2011: Charlie Musselwhite and Ruthie Foster Featured on New Album: 100 Years of Robert Johnson by Big Head Blues Club, Out March 1st
Charlie Musselwhite and Ruthie Foster are featured on a new album entitled 100 Years of Robert Johnson, credited to Big Head Blues Club and due out March 1, 2011. The band is comprised of Big Head Todd & the Monsters with guests including, in addition to Charlie and Ruthie, B.B. King, Hubert Sumlin (legendary former Guitarist with Howlin' Wolf), David "Honeyboy" Edwards (legendary former Johnson collaborator), Cedric Burnside and Lightnin' Malcolm. The album is produced by Chris Goldsmith, who has produced GRAMMY winning albums for The Blind Boys of Alabama, Charlie's latest GRAMMY nominated album, The Well and Ruthie's 2010 GRAMMY nominated album, The Truth According to Ruthie Foster. Chris is also a former Rosebud Agent. 100 Years of Robert Johnson is a tribute to the late blues legend, in celebration of the Centennial of his birth, May 8, 1911. According to Chris, "We wanted to go back and get into the soul of Robert Johnson... We wanted to figure out what Johnson's intent was and to see what kind of music came out of the band after exploring the intent of the lyrics and the emotion of the songs. So we paid attention to the form of the music and to the unique chord structures and time changes he did. I pitched them on the idea of getting in touch with the dark side of Johnson, not the Disneyland version, and maybe working in some African beats and a heavier approach." Nearly all of the album was recorded at the famed Ardent Studios in Memphis, TN in less than 36 hours. "It flowed beautifully," Chris said, "Everybody clicked. It was one of the smoothest recording sessions I've ever been part of."
DECEMBER 2010: Charlie Musselwhite Leads Blues Music Awards With 5 Nominations, Two Noms For Duke Robillard, Plus Dr. John, Irma Thomas, John Hammond and Ruthie Foster Nominations
We are proud to announce that Rosebud Artists have been honored with 11-plus nominations for the 2011 Blues Music Awards. Blues Hall of Famer and 23-time BMA Winner Charlie Musselwhite ties for most nominations of any artist with 5 nominations including Album of the Year and Traditional Blues Album of the Year for The Well; Best Instrumentalist - Harmonica; Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for "Sad and Beautiful World." Duke Robillard scored 2 nominations: Traditional Blues Album of the Year for Passport to the Blues and Best Instrumentalist - Guitar, a category he has won previously 4 times. John Hammond, a 7-time BMA Winner, is nominated for Acoustic Artist of the Year and is featured in The Mississippi Sheiks Tribute Concert, nominated for DVD of the Year. Ruthie Foster, who won for Contemporary Blues Female Artist last year, is this year nominated for the Koko Taylor Award for Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year. Blues Hall of Famer Dr. John, who recently joined Rosebud for International representation (outside the U.S. and Canada), is nominated for Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year. Blues Hall of Fame Inductee Irma Thomas is nominated for Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year, a category she won last year for her 8th BMA overall.
Other Rosebud related nominations include: for Best Instrumentalist - Horn, longtime Tommy Castro Band saxophonist Keith Crossan; the late Luther Allison, a Rosebud artist until his passing, was recorded live in Montreal, July 4, 1997, shortly before his death. The performance has been released as Songs From The Road and is nominated for both DVD of the Year and Best Historical release.
The 2011 Blues Music Awards will be held Thursday May 5, 2011 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee and will be broadcast live in their entirety on Sirius XM's B.B. King's Bluesville (Sirius / XM). Congratulations to all! Check out the nominees live on stage, please see Tour Dates >>
DECEMBER 2010: Ruthie Foster And The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Featured At 22nd Annual Warren Haynes Christmas Jam
The 22nd Annual Warren Haynes Christmas Jam on December 11th in Asheville, NC featured the debut of the Warren Haynes Band, which features Ruthie Foster on vocals (other band members include Ivan Neville, Ron Johnson, Terrance Higgins and Ron Holloway). Ruthie is also featured on Warren's forthcoming solo album, expected to be out in Spring 2011. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band made their first guest appearance of the evening with the Warren Haynes Band, playing on four songs. Later in the night the Dozen also played two songs with the Gregg Allman Band, before closing the show with their own set, where they were joined by Warren, Ivan Neville, Widespread Panic frontman John Bell, Ron Holloway, Ron Johnson and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Artimus Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd). Click here to see the setlist from the show. All post-production proceeds from Christmas Jam will go to Habitat to Humanity. So far, 16 houses have been built with money raised by previous Xmas Jams.
JULY 2010: Tommy Castro, Charlie Musselwhite and Ruthie Foster Honored with 2010 Living Blues Awards
Tommy Castro, Charlie Musselwhite and Ruthie Foster have all been honored with 2010 Living Blues Awards. Ruthie was honored with Blues Artist of the Year (Female) in the Critics' Poll. In the Readers' Poll, Tommy was awarded Best Blues Album of 2009 for Hard Believer and Charlie was awarded Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica). This is the fourth year in a row Charlie has received this award and it is his eighth overall Living Blues Award for Outstanding Musician. Congratulations to all the winners!
The 2010 Blues Blast Music Awards ceremonies will be held in Chicago, IL on October 28th, 2010. The Awards are presented by Blues Blast Magazine. You can vote for the winners between July 8 - August 31, 2010.
Ruthie Foster is honored as Pollstar Magazine's cover artist this week (May 17, 2010) with a picture taken during her triumphant set on the closing day of this year's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The story outlines Ruthie's steady rise from her Mother's initial encouragement to joining a Navy band to her current rise to international acclaim as a rising star in roots music. In the last few months alone, Ruthie scored her first Grammy nomination and just won the Blues Music Award for Best Contemporary Blues Artist - Female. The Pollstar cover follows recent cover stories for Ruthie in Blues Revue and Keyboard Magazine. Catch Ruthie live on stage, please see Tour Dates >>
MAY 2010:Blues Music Awards Winners: Tommy Castro, Ruthie Foster and Duke Robillard PLUS Charlie Musselwhite Blues Hall of Fame Inductee and more
Tommy Castro was the big winner at this year's Blues Music Awards in Memphis, TN on May 6, 2010. Tommy won four Awards, in every category he was nominated in: B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, Band of the Year, Contemporary Blues Album of the Year forHard BelieverandContemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year. Ruthie Foster was honored with the Award for Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year and Duke Robillard was honored with Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year.
Other Rosebud related wins were: Album of the Year Winner Between a Rock and the Blues by Joe Louis Walker, on which Duke produced 10 of the 12 tracks and guests on one song. Winner of Best Historical Album: Chess' Authorized Bootleg - Muddy Waters Live. Muddy was a Rosebud artist until his passing in 1983.Best Horn Winner Deanna Bogart plays in the Rosebud booked Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue with Tommy Castro.
The Blues Hall of Fame inducted Charlie Musselwhite in a ceremony the night before the Awards on May 5. Also inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame this year were Howling Wolf's version of "Spoonful", written by former Rosebud artist, the late Willie Dixon, who also played bass on the session. Another former Rosebud artist, Robert Cray, had his 1986 Double Platinum Strong Persuader inducted as well. This was the first recording from Robert Cray after signing for management with Rosebud founder/owner, Mike Kappus. The album went on to win the GRAMMY for Best Contemporary Blues Recording in 1987.
Duke Robillard and Tommy Castro both have four nominations each. Duke is nominated for Album of the Year for Stomp! The Blues Tonight, Band of the Year, Best Instrumentalist - Guitar and Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year. Tommy is nominated for B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, Band of the Year, Contemporary Blues Album of the Year for Hard Believer and Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year. Bettye LaVette and Ruthie Foster are both nominated for Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year. In addition, Duke produced 10 of the 12 tracks and guests on one song on Album of the Year / Contemporary Blues Album of The Year nominee Between a Rock and the Blues by Joe Louis Walker.
Other Rosebud related nominations are, in the Instrumentalist - Horn category: longtime Tommy Castro Band saxophonist Keith Crossan and Deanna Bogart, who plays in the Rosebud booked Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue with Tommy Castro. Nominated in the Historical Album of the Year category are: Muddy Waters' Authorized Bootleg and Little Walter's The Complete Chess Masters, featuring hit compositions by Willie Dixon. Both Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon were Rosebud artists until their passing. Nominated in the Acoustic Album of the Year category is: Things About Comin' My Way - A Tribute to the music of the Mississippi Sheiks, which features songs by Rosebud artists John Hammond and Bill Frisell.
Congratulations to all the nominees!
DECEMBER 2009: 10 Grammy Nominations for Rosebud Artists!
Other CDs honored with nominations include the collection Oh Happy Day, nominated for Best Traditional Gospel Album which features a song by Mavis Staples with Patty Griffin. True Blood, nominated for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album, features a song by Allen Toussaint. Buckwheat Zydeco's Lay Your Burden Down features a guest appearance by Rosebud artist, Trombone Shorty. Ann Savoy of The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band is also a member of The Magnolia Sisters whose Stripped Down CD was nominated. And Elvis Costello's Secret, Profane & Sugarcane features Rosebud artist, Jim Lauderdale. Jim also co-wrote the title track to George Strait's Twang.
In other Grammy related news, Grammy nominated CDs, Cadillac Records - Music From the Motion Picture and Little Walter - The Complete Chess Masters also include songs written and made famous respectively by former Rosebud artists, the late Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters.
Rosebud has been fortunate in that generally our artists score between 4 and 6 Grammy nominations every year but 10 is definitely a new record and we are Thrilled, especially considering the fact that Rosebud artists only released 14 eligible CDs this past year. Congratulations to all the nominees!
SEPTEMBER 2009: Ruthie Foster Song Featured In Tyler Perry's #1 Hit Film, I Can Do Bad All By Myself
Ruthie Foster's song "Tears of Pain" is featured in Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself, which was the #1 film in the U.S. in its opening week. Written, directed, produced and starring Tyler Perry, the film also stars Gladys Knight and Mary J. Blige, who both appear on the soundtrack as well. "Tears of Pain" is also featured on Ruthie's latest highly acclaimed album, The Truth According To Ruthie Foster and she is currently featured on the cover of the Oct./Nov. 2009 issue of Blues Revue Magazine. Catch Ruthie live on stage.
SEPTEMBER 2009: Ruthie Foster Featured On Blues Revue Magazine Cover
Ruthie Foster is featured on the cover of the Oct./Nov. 2009 issue of Blues Revue Magazine. The story focuses on her latest highly acclaimed album, The Truth According To Ruthie Foster. "...the album's real strength resides in the solid core of Foster's performance and, particularly, her voice, which has drawn comparisons to Ella Fitzgerald's and Aretha Franklin's. It's an honest, powerful and versatile instrument..." writes Genevieve Williams. Catch Ruthie live on stage.
JULY 2009: Duke Robillard Featured On House of Blues Radio Hour, Ruthie Foster Featured On Mountain Stage, Carrie Rodriguez Repeats on Austin City Limits
Duke Robillard's new CD, Stomp! The Blues Tonight, will be featured on the House of Blues Radio Hour, beginning the weekend of July 18-19. The radio show currently has a limited number of autographed copies of the CD available for purchase. Duke describes the new disc as "Blues / classic-rhythm-and-blues, basically where I started in my Roomful of Blues days." Duke has recorded with and / or produced Bob Dylan, Maria Muldaur, Dr. John, John Hammond, Jay McShann, Ruth Brown, Jimmy Witherspoon, Rosco Gordon and Long John Baldry. The W.C. Handy Awards (recently renamed the Blues Music Awards) have named Duke "Best Blues Guitarist" four times and his production work was honored by The Blues Music Foundation in 2004 when he won the Keeping The Blues Alive Award for Best Producer.
Ruthie Foster returned to the Mountain Stage radio program on NPR (listen online), airing the weekend of July 10-12. Of her latest album, The Truth According to Ruthie Foster, The New York Times wrote, "She sounds long-suffering, forthright, resilient and thoroughly at home," while Paste magazine declared "There's no denying the power of Foster's monstrous voice..."
JUNE 2009: Ruthie Foster Featured In Keyboard Player Magazine Cover Story
Ruthie Foster is the cover story of the June 2009 issue of Keyboard Player Magazine. "...While Foster is not a self- consciously retro artist, she is definitely a singer from the old school, whose huge, full-bodied voice has drawn frequent comparisons with such legends as [Aretha] Franklin and Ella Fitzgerald," writes Douglas McPherson. The interview explores Ruthie's evolution as a musician and songwriter, her experiences recording her new album, The Truth According to Ruthie Foster, in Memphis and her love of the analogue sounds of the Wurlitzer used on it. Ruthie continues her extensive touring throughout the summer and beyond, playing some of the world's most prestigious festivals and concert dates.
Ruthie Foster's "I Really Love You," from her #1 Roots Blues charting album, The Truth According to Ruthie Foster, was chosen as Song of the Day on NPR, May 28, 2009. Listen to the song here. In the song profile on NPR's website, Marc Silver writes, "Her warm and grainy voice is utterly conversational, totally natural and effortlessly charming. What's more, the song features a rippling reggae beat, a whistling organ that seems to have strolled over from a '60s soul band and a trumpet solo by Memphis Horns ace Wayne Jackson..." Recorded in Memphis at Ardent Studios and produced by former Rosebud agent, Chris Goldsmith, the album finds Ruthie joined by Robben Ford, Jim Dickinson, Charles Hodges, Larry Fulcher and Rock Deadrick (Ben Harper). Ruthie continues her extensive touring throughout the summer and beyond, playing some of the world's most prestigious festivals as well as shows with Derek Trucks and a Canadian run with The Blind Boys of Alabama.
MAY 2009:The Truth According to Ruthie Foster Hits #1 on Roots Blues Chart
The Truth According to Ruthie Foster has hit #1 on the Roots Blues Chart compiled by the Roots Music Report. The CD was recorded in Memphis at Ardent Studios and produced by former Rosebud agent, Chris Goldsmith. On the album Ruthie is joined by Robben Ford, Jim Dickinson, Charles Hodges, Larry Fulcher, Rock Deadrick (Ben Harper) and the legendary Memphis Horns with Wayne Jackson. Just back from a highly successful tour of Japan and Australia, Ruthie continues her extensive touring throughout the summer and beyond, playing numerous festivals as well as shows with Derek Trucks and a Canadian run with The Blind Boys of Alabama.
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