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Biography
BLP sources|date=April 2011Infobox musical artist | name = Ruthie Foster| image = Ruthie Foster3 - 1-24-07 - Photo by Anthony Pepitone.jpg| caption = Foster performing at The Living Room in NYC; 1-24-07| landscape = Yes| background = solo_singer| origin = Gause, Texas|Gause , Texas United States | instrument = Singing|Vocals , guitar | genre = Blues music|Blues , Folk music|folk | occupation = Musician , songwriter | years_active = 1997 - current| label = Blue Corn Music, M.O.D. Records| associated_acts = The Blind Boys of Alabama | website = http://www.ruthiefoster.com/ Ruthie Foster.com| notable_instruments = Ruthie Foster is an United States|American singer-songwriter of blues and folk music .
Foster is from Gause, Texas|Gause , Texas and comes from a family of Gospel music|gospel singers. She studied music at McLennan Community College and then worked in the US Navy , where she started performing. Her debut was released in 1997 and she has performed in North America, Europe and Australia.cite news|url= http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/folks-soul-parent/2008/02/28/1203788497856.html|title=Folk's soul parent|last=Northover|first=Kylie |date=February 29, 2008|publisher=The Age (Australia)|accessdate=2008-06-17Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot She has often been compared to Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin .cite news|url= http://www.ffwdweekly.com/Issues/2003/0724/fest6.htm|title=True to her country roots, Ruthie Foster mixes blues and gospel with style|last=Vida|first=Sandra |date=July 24, 2003|work=FFWD Weekly (Calgary)|accessdate=2009-06-17cite news|url= http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=9799173|title=Ruthie Foster Aims for 'Phenomenal'-ness|date=April 25, 2007|work=NPR|accessdate=2009-06-17
In June 2009, Foster toured with The Blind Boys of Alabama . In December 2009 her most recent CD, The Truth According to Ruthie Foster, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album . In May 2010, at the Blues Music Awards , Ruthie was announced as Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year.cite news|url= http://www.blues.org/#ref=bluesmusicawards_pastyears|title=The Blues Foundation, Past Blues Music Awards|date=May 6, 2010|work=The Blues Foundation|accessdate=2010-09-18 Ruthie was a featured artist at the East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival|Byron Bay Bluesfest in Australia in 2011 to critical acclaim, creating a new fan base by her performance there. Citation needed|date=April 2011
Discography
cite book|last=Foster |first=Ruthie|title=The Truth According to Ruthie Foster|publisher=Blue Corn Music|location=Tex.|year=2009cite news|url= http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=104660164|title=Ruthie Foster (Quietly) Tells The Truth|last=Silver|first=Marc |date=May 28, 2009|work=NPR|accessdate=2009-06-17cite news|url= http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2009/02/23/ruthie_foster_the_truth_according_to_ruthie_foster/|title=Ruthie Foster, 'The Truth According to Ruthie Foster'|last=Capobianco|first=Ken|date= February 23, 2009 |work=The Boston Globe|accessdate=2009-06-17
cite book|last=Foster |first=Ruthie|title=The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster|publisher=Blue Corn Music|location=Tex.|year=2007cite news|url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/29/AR2007032900658.html|title=RUTHIE FOSTER "The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster" Blue Corn|last=Himes|first=Geoffrey |date=March 30, 2007|work=The Washington Post|pages=WE09|accessdate=2009-06-17
Foster, Ruthie (2012) Let It Burn : Blue Corn Music http://www.bmansbluesreport.com/2011/11/blue-cornmusic-artist-ruthie-foster-new.html
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cite news|url= http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives? p_product=AASB& p_theme=aasb& p_action=search& p_maxdocs=200& p_topdoc=1& p_text_direct-0=0F46F4B9BA6AC532& p_field_direct-0=document_id& p_perpage=10& p_sort=YMD_date:D& s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Ruthie Foster will make a believer out of you|last=Corcoran|first=Michael|date=June 27, 2002|work=Austin American-Statesman (TX)|accessdate=2009-06-17
cite news|url= http://www.dallasobserver.com/2003-06-05/music/soul-power/|title=Soul Power, The gospel according to Ruthie Foster|last=Bass|first=Shermakaye |date=June 5, 2003|work=Dallas Observer|publisher=Village Voice Media|accessdate=2009-06-17
cite news|url= http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/sep/17/ruthie-foster-introduces-folk-to-soul/|title=Ruthie Foster introduces folk to soul|last=Jordan|first=Mark |date=September 16, 2010|work=The Commercial Appeal|accessdate=2010-09-17
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External links
http://www.ruthiefoster.com/ Official web site
http://www.archive.org/details/RuthieFoster Ruthie Foster collection at the Internet Archive 's live music archive
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