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New Album: Let It Burn Cat.-No.: B L U DP0566 Label: Blue Rose Records V Ö: 02.03.2012

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March 3 release on Blue Rose Records features Blind Boys of Alabama, soul legend William Bell, and songs by Adele, Black Keys, Los Lobos, Johnny Cash, The Band, Pete Seeger, Crosby, Stills & Nash and more.

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On Let It Burn, Ruthie Foster takes the listener on her most personal journey yet, sounding like she is pouring her heart out late at night, and her deeply soulful vocals create a spiritual soundscape to support her testimony. This is the album her fans have been waiting for ² and that the rest of the world will listen to in wonder.

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