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A Music Company Inc. and KRCC-FM team up to present: "The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster" with opening act "Jim Adam" When: Thursday, September 6, 2007 Where:Thirsty Parrot, 32 South Tejon, Colorado Springs, CO Time: Doors open 7pm, show 7:30-10pm Tickets: VIP $30 (6-7pm Choice of Seating, Meet & Greet, Appetizers, Soft drink, Water or Bristol beer). $13 in advance of the show/$18 day of the show. Buy Tickets: KRCC, 912 North Weber Street, 719-473-4801 or www.amusiccompanyinc.com www.krcc.org Some quotes about Ruthie: "Her voice is a typhoon, bold and rich...superb." Jeff Mccord, Texas Monthly "Foster's deeply soulful vocals dip into gospel and swing toward contemporary folk with R&B panache. When she sings a cappella, the heavens part." - Margaret Moser, Austin Chronicle "her talent is universal with no pretense. ...she is a holy Anita Baker ... as bold as Nina Simone... The evocations go on and on..." - Roberta Penn, Seattle Post Intelligencer (PA) "a songwriter and singer as good as Foster doesn't fit in genres- She creates her own." - James Porter, Time Out Chicago Superlatives are rare in album titles, and for good reason: unless you're a living legend or a legend-in-the-making like the Man in Black (1958's The Fabulous Johnny Cash) or the Queen of Soul (1962's The Electrifying Aretha Franklin), you're all but begging for a crash course in humility. So if you're going to stick a word like "phenomenal" in front of your name on a record cover, you damn well better have the goods to back it up. Foster admits to initially having "quite a few reservations" about calling her fifth album " The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster," crediting both her producer, noted Austin-based "swamp music" guitarist Malcolm "Papa Mali" Welbourne, and her label, Houston's Blue Corn Records, for making that particular gutsy call. As for how they came up with it, well ... just give it a listen, and you'll understand. Calling this particular record by this particular woman at this particular time in her life and career anything but "phenomenal" would be akin to false advertising. If you haven't yet been introduced to the music of this prodigiously gifted singer and songwriter from Texas, you're in for a major epiphany. And if you've been following Foster's career ever since her self-released, 1997 debut, Full Circle, or even since her 2002 breakthrough, Runaway Soul, you're in for an even bigger surprise, because you really haven't ever heard Foster until you hear her now. Simply put, mama's gotta brand new bag. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Critics Speak..... "She's got a right to brag. Foster is a natural-born singer with a voice that is potent, unfussy, and, at times, deeply moving." - Renee Graham, Boston Globe "The disc serves up 57 varieties of soul... In Ms. Foster's wailing voice, "Fruits of My Labor" is the greatest tune Sam Cooke never recorded." -Thor Christensen, Dallas Morning News "Foster has a deep gritty voice with a little Janis and some Aretha that will please discerning soul and rock fans. Her cover of Lucinda Williams' 'Fruits of My Labor' tops the original." -Dan Aquilante, NY Post "New Faces For '07