Chatting with 2025 Grammy winner Ruthie Foster
May 12, 2025•54 min
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Episode description
After five nominations, Ruthie Foster has taken home the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album - affirming her status as an American music legend. In this intimate conversation, she shares what made her want to be a singer; the roles of her grandmother and mother in her life; why faith is so important to her and why she wants to sing about real people. And much more…
A Heartlands Conservation presented at the Blue Mountains Music Festival.
Speakers
Ruthie FosterAmerican singer-songwriter of blues and folk music. 2025 Grammy Award winner for Best Contemporary Blues Album
Gregg Borschmann (host)Writer, radio producer and oral historian for the National Library of Australia
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