{"id":6222,"date":"2016-12-13T16:55:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T16:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/concertedeff.wpengine.com\/?p=6222"},"modified":"2016-12-15T16:50:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T16:50:45","slug":"ruthie-foster-announces-new-album-joy-comes-back-due-march-24-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/concertedefforts.com\/ruthie-foster-announces-new-album-joy-comes-back-due-march-24-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruthie Foster Announces New Album, &#8220;Joy Comes Back,&#8221; due out March 24, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6225\" src=\"https:\/\/concertedefforts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RUTHIE-FOSTER-UBER-FINAL-TO-LABEL-copy-1024x931.jpg\" alt=\"ruthie-foster-uber-final-to-label-copy\" width=\"238\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/concertedefforts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RUTHIE-FOSTER-UBER-FINAL-TO-LABEL-copy-1024x931.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/concertedefforts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RUTHIE-FOSTER-UBER-FINAL-TO-LABEL-copy-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/concertedefforts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RUTHIE-FOSTER-UBER-FINAL-TO-LABEL-copy-768x698.jpg 768w, https:\/\/concertedefforts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RUTHIE-FOSTER-UBER-FINAL-TO-LABEL-copy.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/>Ruthie Foster will be releasing her new album <em>Joy Comes Back<\/em> with special guests Derek Trucks, bassist Willie Weeks (Bowie, Clapton, George Harrison) and drumming legend Joe Vitale (Crosby, Stills &amp; Nash; the Eagles) on March 24, 2017. In it are ten incredible tracks, which are by a diverse array of writers ranging from Mississippi John Hurt, Sean Staples and Grace Pettis (daughter of renowned folk singer Pierce Pettis), to Chris Stapleton and Black Sabbath. Yes, Black Sabbath: Foster reimagines \u201cWar Pigs\u201d as a jam session with Son House. She also covers the Four Tops\u2019 \u201cLoving You Is Sweeter Than Ever,\u201d written by Ivy Jo Hunter and Stevie Wonder.<\/p>\n<p>Her last three releases each received GRAMMY nominations and are critically acclaimed. Ruthie Foster also won the Koko Taylor Award, honoring notable female blues artists, in the Blues Music Awards in 2013 and 2015. Ruthie\u2019s career also reaches beyond her own releases and performances. She has collaborated on stage with artists ranging from Bonnie Raitt to The Allman Brothers to Susan Tedeschi, and has recorded tracks with Warren Haynes, Big Head Todd, and The Blind Boys of Alabama, among others. Ruthie has also been featured as an actress with a guest appearance on NBC\u2019s television series <em>Revolution<\/em> and as a classical vocalist with Austin\u2019s prestigious vocal ensemble Conspirare.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/concertedefforts.com\/roster\/ruthie-foster\/\">For more info and upcoming tour dates, visit Ruthie&#8217;s\u00a0artist page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruthie Foster will be releasing her new album Joy Comes Back with special guests Derek Trucks, bassist Willie Weeks (Bowie, Clapton, George Harrison) and drumming legend Joe Vitale (Crosby, Stills &amp; Nash; the Eagles) on March 24, 2017. In it are ten incredible tracks, which are by a diverse array of writers ranging from Mississippi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ruthie Foster Announces New Album, &quot;Joy Comes Back,&quot; due out March 24, 2017 - Concerted Efforts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ruthie Foster will be releasing her new album Joy Comes Back with special guests Derek Trucks, bassist Willie Weeks (Bowie, Clapton, George Harrison) and\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/concertedefforts.com\/ruthie-foster-announces-new-album-joy-comes-back-due-march-24-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ruthie Foster Announces New Album, &quot;Joy Comes Back,&quot; due out March 24, 2017 - 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