Last year’s audience couldn’t get enough of Ruthie Foster when she opened for Bo Diddley and Alvin Youngblood Hart. This season, she is back with her band to command the stage in a performance all her own. Ruthie Foster delivers a remarkable hybrid of blues, gospel, roots and folk music, rich with honest spirituality and emotion. Her amazing voice has critics comparing her to Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin, while her passionate songs and sparkling live performances attract young and old for an uplifting experience of dancing, listening, laughing and even some crying. Her original music reflects the musical influences of her childhood, including Sam Cooke, Mahalia Jackson and Etta James — although perhaps no one has influenced Foster as much as her mother, who consistently urged her to “Open your mouth and sing, girl!”

“Ruthie Foster overwhelms audiences with her vocal ability and a sweet combination of blues, gospel, and folk . . . inhabited with a rare amount of grace and soul.” - Austin Chronicle

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