RUTHIE FOSTER • July 23rd
Ruthie Foster is an award-winning singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas known for mixing a wide palette of American Roots music from blues to gospel, jazz, folk and soul. Her awards include five Grammy nominations, multiple wins at the Blues Music Awards including three for Best Female Vocalist, and the crown for Best Female Vocalist at the 2013 Austin Music Awards. In 2016, she was nominated for two Living Blues Awards and won the Koko Taylor Award for Best Traditional Female Blues Artist. Her list of honors also includes a nomination from the Living Blues Awards for Best Live Performer…and the list goes on. This past year she was the 2023 Blues Music Award Winner for Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year. She has toured and collaborated with fellow luminaries Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, The Allman Brothers Band, Willie Nelson, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Bonnie Raitt, and Paul Simon. In 2022 she released her 9th studio album Healing Time, the latest jewel in her accomplished career.  Ruthie will be performing for us solo this evening.

MILTON will be opening for Ruthie Foster. A songwriter’s songwriter, known for his lyric craft, distinctive voice and soulful songs steeped in classic rhythm & blues, pop, jazz, folk and country, Milton will be performing as a duo with bassist Jeff Eyrich.