Let It Burn - Ruthie Foster
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  • Summary: The Austin singer-songwriter releases an album of gospel, folk, R&B, and rock covers, featuring The Blind Boys of Alabama, William Bell, Ike Stubblefield, and members of the Funky Meters as guests.
  • Record Label: Relativity Entertainment
  • Genre(s): R&B, Soul, Blues, Pop/Rock, Modern Electric Blues, Blues Gospel, Folk-Blues, Country Soul
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  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
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  1. PopMatters
    Feb 22, 2012
    80
    The results make the listener want to jump in the aisles and shout with joy.
  2. Paste Magazine
    Feb 22, 2012
    80
    A woman who's hovered on the brink of the purist Bonnie Raitt/Tracy Chapman range truly comes into her own here.
  3. Mojo
    Apr 19, 2012
    80
    The 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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  4. Blurt Magazine
    Feb 22, 2012
    70
    She's taken a more reflective direction that emphasizes tenderness over tenacity and subtlety above sizzle.

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  1. AlexxTrusc
    8
    Ruthie Foster, blues-folk artist from musical family in Gause, Texas - often compared to Fitzgerald or Franklin has just released her seventh album, that do not deviate too much from her previous recordings. We can find great, gospel "Welcome Home" and "Lord Remember Me", swinging "This Time", varied by saxophone ballad "You Do Not Miss Your Water", a capella song "The Titanic", "Everlasting Light" with exposed bass, and even a cover of Adele - "Set Fire To The Rain". High-flying album - not just for blues fans.… Expand

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