Credit: Jody Domingue
Dec. 15, 2023 – Today, Austin-based singer-songwriter Ruthie Foster shares an electrifying live rendition of “What Kind of Fool,” a slow-burning highlight taken from her critically acclaimed album Healing Time. Recorded at the Haute Spot in Cedar Park, Texas, the multiple Blues Music Award winner’s powerhouse vocals soar during this show-stopping performance. The new live release arrives on the heels of Foster’s 2024 GRAMMY nomination for Healing Time, which is up for Best Contemporary Blues Album. This marks her fifth career GRAMMY nomination to date.
Watch the Official Live Video for “What Kind of Fool” via YouTube
Listen to “What Kind of Fool (Live)” on Spotify and iTunes
“‘What Kind of Fool’ says and relays my influence and my experience with love,” shares Foster. “Love lost, love realized, and more importantly where I stand and where I refuse to stand anymore with love. I related to this song incredibly because I’d been there personally. The song was brought to me via my friend/bandmate Hadden Sayers. I decided to fly him and my keys player Scottie Miller down to Austin for a writing session for the new album, Healing Time. Hadden brought the bulk of the song to me and Scottie. We all managed to hash out the rest of the song together.”
Upon its release, Foster’s Healing Time garnered widespread acclaim from press including PopMatters, No Depression, Folk Alley, Glide Magazine, RIFF Magazine and Rock and Blues Muse who declared this as “an album that gives off an overwhelming feeling of love and freedom … As always with Ruthie Foster, all you need to do is push ‘Play’ and get out of her way. She will put your pieces back together.” Healing Time found Foster pushing her boundaries as a singer and songwriter more than ever before in her 25-year-career – enlisting top collaborators on the record including powerhouse producers Mark Howard (Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams) and Dan Barrett, Gary Nicholson (Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal), Grace Pettis, Glenn Fukunaga (The Chicks, Shawn Colvin) and Adrian Quesada (Black Pumas).
An uplifting musical balm for today’s times, Healing Time is filled to the brim with the type of love, wisdom and life experience that only a veteran artist like Foster can serve up effortlessly. Last fall, Foster was honored at Austin’s Paramount Theatre with a star on the sidewalk of the historic venue, becoming only the sixth artist to do so and joining icons including Lyle Lovett and Delbert McClinton. More information on Healing Time and Foster’s illustrious career can be found here.
Ruthie Foster 2024 Tour Dates:
February 22 – Las Vegas, NV – The Smith Center
February 23 – Las Vegas, NV – The Smith Center
February 24 – Austin, TX – 2024 Texas Songwriters Hall Of Fame Show
February 29 – Tallahassee, FL – Opperman Music Hall
March 1 – Ground Zero – Biloxi, MS
March 2 – Miami, FL – Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center
March 3 – Stuart, FL – Lyric Theatre
March 8 – The Bugle Boy – La Grange, TX
April 4 – Caffe Lena – Saratoga Springs, NY
April 5 – The Folkus Project – Syracuse, NY
April 9 – Alberta Rose Theatre – Portland, OR
April 10 – Kay Meek Arts Centre – West Vancouver, BC
April 11 – The Triple Door – Seattle, WA
April 18 – The Bull Run Restaurant – Shirley, MA
April 19 – Strand Theatre – Rockland, ME
April 20 – Stone Mountain Arts Center – Brownfield, ME
April 26 – The Tin Pan – Richmond, VA
May 17 – Bentonville, AR – FreshGrass, Bentonville 2024
May 18 – Bentonville, AR – FreshGrass, Bentonville 2024
May 23 – Main Street Crossing – Tomball, TX
Critical Praise on Ruthie Foster’s Healing Time:
“The desire for personal love, secular community, and religious redemption make for a powerful package on Ruthie Foster’s Healing Time.” – PopMatters
“Healing Time showcases Foster’s extraordinary abilities as a songwriter and singer, and her ability to dwell in these songs and climb their emotional registers in her phrasing and control touches us deeply.” – No Depression
“Foster’s spirituality goes beyond infectious. There’s enough power in her voice alone to light up entire towns.” – Glide Magazine
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