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Ruthie Foster's Mileage (Deluxe Edition) - Out Now!

Best Contemporary Blues Album GRAMMY Winner

Ruthie Foster is celebrating her first GRAMMY win for Best Contemporary Blues Album with a deluxe version of her new album Mileage, out April 18 on Sun Records. The expanded edition features four unreleased tracks recorded at the legendary Sun Studio in Memphis as well as Ruthie’s rocking version of the Sam & Dave classic “Hold On I’m Comin’, ” produced by Tyler Bryant.

Deluxe Edition of Ruthie Foster's Grammy Winning Album, Out Now!

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Big John Hamilton

Big John Hamilton Biography

A brilliant Southern soul singer, Florida’s Big John Hamilton had a voice to match his name and practically defines the concept of obscurity. Hamilton cut eight solo 45s as well as a couple of duets with Doris Allen (including an interesting version of Buddy Miles’ “Them Changes”) for Florida’s Minaret Records label between 1967 and 1970, few of which had any impact outside of the region. Sundazed Records finally collected all of these on a single CD in 2006 as How Much Can a Man Take. The powerful title tune, from 1968, occasionally shows up on soul collections and is a true gem. [Steve Leggett]

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