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By P.A. Geddie

The joyful energy coming off any stage lucky enough to hold Ruthie Foster wraps around audience members like a warm quilt on a cold and rainy day. Her passionate Texas blues and Americana vibe brings a sense of peace to listeners that makes them feel everything’s going to be okay.

Born in Mineola, Texas, on February 10, 1964, she was surrounded by musical talent from the beginning. Her family was the church choir — singers, musicians, gospel storytellers.

She moved with her mother to Gause, Texas, in Milam County near College Station before she started elementary school and spent much of her childhood in East Texas with her dad and extended family too. From an early age she was comfortable on the church stage with her relatives and learned to play piano, backing up the singers.