Ruthie Foster
Biography
With a naturally expressive voice that has drawn comparisons to greats like Aretha Franklin and Ella Fitzgerald, Texas-based singer and songwriter Ruthie Foster has a wide palette of American song forms — gospel and blues to jazz, folk, and soul — and her live performances are powerfully transfiguring. Foster grew up in Gause, Texas, a small town in the Brazos Valley southeast of Dallas, and even as a child she was fascinated by music; 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. She also 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, Texas 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.
Top Albums |
1. Promise of a..
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2. Let It Burn
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3. The Phenomen..
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4. The Truth Ac..
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5. Runaway Soul
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6. Ruthie Foste..
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7. Full Circle
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8. Crossover
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9. Stages
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10. Keep It Burn..
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Top Songs |
| Name | Album | Time | Price | |
| 1. | Singing the Blues | Promise of a Brand New Day .. | 3:45 | $0.99 | |
| 2. | Let Me Know | Promise of a Brand New Day .. | 4:03 | $0.99 | |
| 3. | My Kinda Lover | Promise of a Brand New Day .. | 3:29 | $0.99 | |
| 4. | Brand New Day | Promise of a Brand New Day .. | 2:16 | $0.99 | |
| 5. | Learning to Fly | Promise of a Brand New Day .. | 3:28 | $0.99 | |
| 6. | It Might Not Be Right | Promise of a Brand New Day .. | 3:24 | $0.99 | |
| 7. | New | Promise of a Brand New Day .. | 3:12 | $0.99 | |
| 8. | Complicated Love | Promise of a Brand New Day .. | 3:55 | $0.99 | |
| 9. | Believe | Promise of a Brand New Day .. | 4:59 | $0.99 | |
| 10. | Second Coming | Promise of a Brand New Day .. | 2:52 | $0.99 | |
| 11. | Outlaw | Promise of a Brand New Day .. | 4:50 | $0.99 | |
| 12. | Ghetto | Promise of a Brand New Day .. | 3:59 | $0.99 | |
| 13. | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | Very Blue Rock Christmas | 2:44 | $0.99 | |
| 14. | Aim For the Heart (Live) | Keep It Burning - EP | 3:43 | $0.99 | |
| 15. | Welcome Home (Live) | Keep It Burning - EP | 6:06 | $0.99 | |
| 16. | Truth (Funk Version) | Keep It Burning - EP | 4:35 | $0.99 | |
| 17. | Don't Get Too Comfortable | Keep It Burning - EP | 3:47 | $0.99 | |
| 18. | Keep Your Big Mouth Closed | ....First Came Memphis Minn.. | 3:14 | $1.29 | |
| 19. | Spelunker | Nature Jams | 3:44 | $1.29 | |
| 20. | Titanic | Let It Burn | 2:50 | $0.99 | |
| 21. | If I Had a Hammer | Let It Burn | 4:10 | $0.99 | |
| 22. | Don't Want to Know | Let It Burn | 6:20 | $0.99 | |
| 23. | Long Time Gone | Let It Burn | 5:14 | $0.99 | |
| 24. | It Makes No Difference | Let It Burn | 5:10 | $0.99 | |
| 25. | Aim for the Heart | Let It Burn | 3:27 | $0.99 | |
Top Music Videos |
1. Spelunker
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2. Spelunker
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