Posts Tagged ‘Blue Corn Music’

Featured Artist: Ruthie Foster

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

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 Album: Let It Burn
Label: Blue Corn Music
Genre: Blues : R&B
UPC: 677967120128
Territory: Restricted
Release Date: 1.31.12

Soulful vocalist Ruthie Foster’s latest work is a deeply intimate recording: a smoky mix of original songs coupled with inventive interpretations of an unexpected collection of covers – ranging from Adele to Los Lobos, and from The Black Keys to Johnny Cash. Recorded in New Orleans at the legendary Piety Street Studio, with a small group of A-List musicians that includes George Porter Jr. of the legendary Meters, Ruthie takes the listener on the most personal visit yet with her deeply moving vocals. She is supported along the way by some very special guests – gospel legends The Blind Boys of Alabama and Stax Records soul man William Bell (on a re-invention of his classic ‘You Don’t Miss Your Water.’)

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Tour Date Roundup: Ruthie Foster, Poliça, Zeus

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Ruthie Let it burn e1327444313991 Tour Date Roundup: Ruthie Foster, Poliça, ZeusArtist: Ruthie Foster
 Album: Let It Burn
Label: Blue Corn Music
Genre: Blues : R&B
UPC: 677967120128
Territory: Restricted
Release Date: 1.31.12

Soulful vocalist Ruthie Foster’s latest work, Let It Burn, is a deeply intimate recording: a smoky mix of original songs coupled with inventive interpretations of an unexpected collection of covers – ranging from Adele to Los Lobos, and from The Black Keys to Johnny Cash. Recorded in New Orleans at the legendary Piety Street Studio, with a small group of A-List musicians that includes George Porter Jr. of the legendary Meters, Ruthie takes the listener on the most personal visit yet with her deeply moving vocals.

Jan 28: Luckenbach Blues Festival – Luckenbach, TX
Jan 31: The Grammy Museum – Los Angeles, CA
Feb 2: Aladdin Theater – Portland, OR
Feb 3: The Bing Crosby Theater – Spokane, WA
Feb 4: The Triple Door – Seattle, WA
Feb 6: The Big Room @ Sierra Nevada Brewing Company – Chico, CA
Feb 7: Humboldt State University – Van Duzer Theatre – Arcata, CA
Feb 8: Napa Valley Opera House – Napa, CA
Feb 9: Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA
Feb 10: UC Santa Barbara – Campbell Hall – Santa Barbara, CA
Feb 11: The Compound Grill – Phoenix, AZ
Feb 12: Berger Performing Arts Center – Tucson, AZ
Feb 14: Strings Music Pavilion – Steamboat Springs, CO
Feb 16: Fort Lewis College – Community Concert Hall – Durango, CO
Feb 17: Vilar Center for the Arts – Beaver Creek, CO
Feb 18: Swallow Hill Music Presents @ L2 Arts & Culture Center – Denver, CO
Feb 23: Dosey Doe Cafe – The Woodlands, TX
Feb 24: Antone’s – Austin, TX
Feb 25: Sam’s Burger Joint – San Antonio, TX
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Current Priorities: Late January

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

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410283 72 Current Priorities: Late January Ruthie Foster
Let It Burn
Blue Corn Music
Genre: Blues : R&B
UPC: 677967120128
Territories: World Except Australia
Release Date: 1.31.12		 Soulful vocalist Ruthie Foster’s latest work is a deeply intimate recording: a smoky mix of original songs coupled with inventive interpretations of an unexpected collection of covers. Recorded in New Orleans at Piety Street studios, with a small group of A-List musicians, this album takes the listener on Ruthie’s most personal journey yet. With her deeply moving vocals at the core, Ruthie is supported along the way by some very special guests.

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409235 72 Current Priorities: Late January Union
Analogtronics
Fat Beats
Genre: Hip-Hop : Rap
UPC: 659123514422
Territories: World
Release Date: 1.31.12		 Parisian duo Union take an otherworldly approach to analog-driven, melodically abstract, sample free hip-hop, and unleash a musically challenging, painstakingly crafted, MC-packed album – Analogtronics. Producing space-aged bangers that mold perfectly around each guest, sprinkling in a few lush, instrumentals. This is the album we have all been waiting for, as bonus tracks provide over twenty songs hypnotic interstellar boop-bap.

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IODA Congratulates Label Clients on Blues Music Award Nominations

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

 

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from “Ruthie Foster Live at Antone’s”
(Blue Corn Music)

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IODA Congratulates Label Clients on Blues Music Award NominationsIODA would like to congratulate all the independent labels and artists nominated in the 33rd Blues Music Awards.  Each year, The Blues Foundation presents The Blues Music Awards to the artists selected by its members. They are universally recognized as the highest honor given to Blues artists. Special congratulations are in order for IODA artists Ruthie Foster who earned 3 nominations; and to Ana Popovic and Terry Hanck with 2 nods each.

This year IODA artist and labels garnered a total of 26 nominations for more than 14 different awards. The nominations reflect the success of a multitude of IODA artists and labels across a wide variety of categories including Song (Terry Hanck, Hadden Sayers), Best New Artist Debut (Demetria Taylor, Big Pete, Sena Ehrhardt), and many more…

The complete nominations from the IODA family of independent labels and artists are:

Best Acoustic Album
Doug MacLeod – Brand New Eyes – [Fresh! from Reference Recordings]
Mary Flower – Misery Loves Company – [ Yellow Dog Records]

Acoustic Artist
Doug MacLeod
Mary Flower

B.B. King Entertainer
Candye Kane
Ruthie Foster

Best New Artist Debut
Demetria Taylor – Bad Girl – [Delmark]
Big Pete – Choice Cuts - [DELTA GROOVE PRODUCTIONS]
Sen Ehrhardt – Leave The Light On – [Blind Pig Records]

Hit the Jump for the rest of the nominations and more promotracks!

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Texas Celebrates Blue Corn Music’s Tenth Anniversary

Friday, June 24th, 2011

50494 100856341980 5964847 n Texas Celebrates Blue Corn Musics Tenth AnniversaryWe love Blue Corn Music, but we never thought we’d get to celebrate a holiday in their honor. Two weeks ago, Texas Governor Rick Perry recently signed a proclamation officially recognizing the label’s tenth anniversary, which was Wednesday, June 21st. To celebrate ten years of releasing some of the decade’s best roots, blues and americana music as well as a new distribution partnership with Spindle Music/Red Distribution, Blue Corn is hosting a party at Antone’s in Austin, Texas, where label legends Hadden Sayers and Ruthie Foster will perform alongside other special guests. This week also marks the release of Ruthie Foster’s first live concert DVD with an accompanying album Live at Antone’s and Hadden Sayer’s new album Hard Dollar.

Blue Corn has released over twenty albums since its inception, many of which have received a number of awards. The label’s first release, Twilight by Caroline Herring, was voted one of the Top 5 Albums by the AMP Awards. Herring went on to receive a Best New Artist award from both the American-Statesman and the Austin Music Awards. The Truth According To Ruthie Foster also received a Grammy nomination in 2009, and she has since received two Blues Music Awards as well as the 2010 Living Blues Award Critic’s Poll for Female Blues Artist of the Year. According to Blue Corn’s founder, Denby Auble, “We have been fortunate to have worked with so many incredibly talented artists over the last ten years. We all know how much the Business environment has changed over this period, but the music will always transcend.”

Grab some Blue Corn promotracks and check out Rick Perry’s official proclamation after the jump!

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