Paul Thorne and Ruthie Foster

Winner of the 2010 Blues Music Award for Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year and the 2010 Living Blues Music Award Critic’s Poll for Female Blues Artist of the Year, soulful vocalist Ruthie Foster was also just nominated for three 2012 Blues Music Awards, including the coveted B.B. King Entertainer of the Year—and Friday, she appears with fellow soul-music auteur Paul Thorne onstage at Manship. Click here for more information.