Let It Burn
- Ruthie Foster
- Band Name: Ruthie Foster
- Record Label: Relativity Entertainment
- Release Date: Jan 31, 2012
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Apr 19, 201280The undoubted highlight is a completely reconstructed version of Ring of Fire that's guaranteed to stay in your heart forever. [May 2012, p.82]
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Feb 22, 201280A woman who's hovered on the brink of the purist Bonnie Raitt/Tracy Chapman range truly comes into her own here.
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Feb 22, 201280The results make the listener want to jump in the aisles and shout with joy.
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Feb 22, 201270She's taken a more reflective direction that emphasizes tenderness over tenacity and subtlety above sizzle.
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Feb 22, 201270The church is never far from Foster's vocals, and even though the predominant sound here is a blues shot through with organ and echoing slide guitar, she seems closer to gospel than ever.
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Feb 22, 201270Whichever era Foster picks and chooses from, Let It Burn always feels utterly timeless.
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Feb 22, 201270[A] stirring, often spellbinding mix of gospel, R&B, folk and rock.
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Feb 22, 201267It's an organ-ribbed massage of Stax man William Bell's "You Don't Miss Your Water," forever at the heart of the Byrds' gospel-kissed country rock classic Sweetheart of the Rodeo, that really connects.
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