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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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Linda Martell Biography

Linda Martell was one of the few African-American women to become a popular country music singer. She was born in Leesville, South Carolina and started out singing R&B in Columbia clubs. She got her start in country music in 1969 when she signed with Shelby Singleton. That summer she made the Top 25 with “Color Him Father,” which helped her become the first black woman to appear on the Grand Ole Opry. In 1970 she scored two Top 60 hits with “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” and “Bad Case of the Blues,” and never again appeared on the country music charts. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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