After five nominations, Ruthie Foster has taken home the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album - affirming her status as an American music legend.  In this intimate conversation, she shares what made her want to be a singer; the roles of her grandmother and mother in her life; why faith is so important to her and why she wants to sing about real people. And much more…

A Heartlands Conservation presented at the Blue Mountains Music Festival.

Original broadcast May 12, 2025.

Speakers

Ruthie FosterAmerican singer-songwriter of blues and folk music. 2025 Grammy Award winner for Best Contemporary Blues Album

Gregg Borschmann (host)Writer, radio producer and oral historian for the National Library of Australia