Josephine Foster

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The wonderful singer-songwriter Josephine Foster (USA) tours her new album 'Blood Rushing' (Fire Records) with full band.

This tour offers Europe a fresh chance to experience Foster's magnificent voice, swooping and swaying through the melodic arrangements (Morriconeon in their power and imagination) of her band. Some songs are singalongs, some are deep atmospheric tales that leave the listener yearning to know more. American gothic, breathless folk and mountain music are all drawn upon by the band but bo
y 'o' boy, do they swing and swing, with Spanish guitar maestro Victor Herrero channelling all kinds of colour and texture into proceedings. At the heart of the fulsome live sound which also features Trembling Bells' Alex Neilson (regular drummer for Alasdair Roberts) on drums and Paz Lenchantin (of Entrance Band, Silver Jews and more) on bass/violin will be Foster’s voice, evoking the nostalgic warmth and beauty of a phonograph.

Josephine Foster is on something of a career and creative high at the moment, having recently featured on the cover of The Wire. She is not only a captivating songwriter and performer (a former opera singer), but also is daring, versatile and irreverent in her approach to subject and form. She has covered Emily Dickerson (Graphic As A Star) and sung German art songs (A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing), and recently adapted Lorca and Spanish folk/poems (in her recent albums with Victor Herrero, where she has sung in Spanish) as well as releasing an album with The Cherry Blossoms among myriad other projects.


You can hear some of her music hear:

http://soundcloud.com/firerecords/josephine-foster-child-of-god

http://www.myspace.com/josephinefoster




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“Her gainly vibrato and fireside intimacy place her in the company of illustrious dames of Americana such as Buffy Sainte-Marie and composer Ruth Crawford Seeger. 'She Sweeps With Many Coloured Brooms' is pure Another Side Of Bob Dylan, harmonica interludes and all” - Rob Young/Uncut on Graphic As A Star

“Josephine and band have taken it up a gear this time with excellent arrangements involving ... brilliant rainbow harp crescendos, thundering percussion and united voices.” -Folk Radio on Perlas

“Colorado native Josephine Foster has captivated audiences & critics alike through a magnetic patchwork of recordings ranging from broken spirited balladry as one half of Born Heller, fiery psych rock gestalt with her rock outfit The Supposed (All the Leaves Are Gone) to the voice of an outsider folk siren (Hazel Eyes, I will Lead You). The one constant is the utterly overwhelming strength and seductive ease of her voice & the bravery of an iconoclastic spirit” - Beat Zone



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