Name: Ruthie Foster
Start: 2026-02-27T19:30:00-06:00
Location: New Orleans Jazz Market

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝟔𝐱-𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞 & 𝟏𝟐𝐱-𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 & 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 and her Acclaimed Band perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market on 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟕 & 𝟐𝟖 𝐚𝐭 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏.𝐌. 𝐹𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑅𝑂𝐿𝐿𝐼𝑁𝐺 𝑆𝑇𝑂𝑁𝐸 𝑎𝑠 "𝑃𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟" 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑁𝑃𝑅 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 "𝑉𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒."
"𝑭𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒌 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒑!"
— 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑩𝑳𝑨𝑺𝑻 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬
"𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑹𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆...𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝑭𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔!"
— 𝑨𝑴𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑵 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑺𝑪𝑬𝑵𝑬
“𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈…𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒕.”
— 𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑲 & 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑬 (2023 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑴𝑴𝒀 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 ‘𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆’)
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𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐎𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 & 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭: https://jazzandbluesmarket.com/events/
𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝟔𝐱-𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞 & 𝟏𝟐𝐱-𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 & 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 Ruthie Foster 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐤𝐧𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧, 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. You either bring it, or you don’t. If you do, word gets around. And one day, you find yourself duetting with Bonnie Raitt or standing onstage with the Allman Brothers at New York’s Beacon Theater and trading verses with Susan Tedeschi.
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 “𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦” 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝟔 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬— 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠! And those Nominations would be in addition to your 12 Blues Music Awards, 3 Austin Music Awards, the Grand Prix du Disque award from the Académie Charles-Cros in France, a Living Blues Critics’ Award for “Female Blues Artist of the Year”, and the title of an “inspiring American Artist” as a United States Artists 2018 Fellow.
𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐑𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝟐𝐱-“𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫” 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 & 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒); a 2x-“Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year” Award-Winner (2010 & 2023); and a 7x-“Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year” Award-Winner (2011-13, 2015-16, 2018-19)!
𝐑𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞: ‘The Truth According to Ruthie’ (2010); ‘Let It Burn’ (2012); ‘Promise of a Brand New Day’ (2014); ‘Live at the Paramount’ (2020); and 'Healing Time' (2023).
𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐚 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧, 𝐅𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞. She mixes a wide palette of American song forms, from Gospel and Blues to Jazz, Folk and Soul. That uniqueness echoes a common theme in Ruthie’s life and career - marching to the beat of her own drum!
𝐅𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦, ‘𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐞’, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐰𝐨𝐧 “𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦” 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, a triumph not only for Foster, but also a historic first-ever GRAMMY® win for Sun Records. The recognition underscores the power of Foster’s artistry and the enduring legacy of a label that continues to champion timeless voices. With soulful melodies, heartfelt lyrics, and unwavering commitment to her craft, Foster continues to carve out a path that is uniquely her own — inspiring audiences and fellow musicians alike.
𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝟔𝐱-𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞 & 𝟏𝟐𝐱-𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 & 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 and her Acclaimed Band at the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market on 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟕 & 𝟐𝟖 𝐚𝐭 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏.𝐌. are NOW On-Sale on Ticketmaster, Facebook Events at: https://www.facebook.com/share/1KdWycJKCx/ (FRI) and https://www.facebook.com/share/17FBKF4MJ5/ (SAT) and the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market Website at: https://jazzandbluesmarket.com/events/list/?tribe-bar-search=Ruthie+Foster - 𝑫𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏 2 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒘!!
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