MYSTERY  TRAIN  N .  304  -  FEBRUARY  11  2016
TITLE :  "MOVIN'  TO  KANSAS   CITY"
CD'S  OF  THE  WEEK  :
- BAD NEWS BARNES & THE BRETHREN OF BLUES BAND
  "90  PROOF  TRUTH"   ( Flaming  Saddies ) 
- TOMMY  McCOY   "25  YEAR  RETROSPECT"   ( Earwig )
-  STOLEN  HEARTS "DIRTY SOUTHERN SOUL"(Self  Release)  
THE  OTHER  NEWS  : 
Mississippi Bigfoot, Blue Largo, The Jimmys, Popa Chubby,
Bonita & The Blues Shacks, The Peterson Brothers, 
Henry Gray & Bob Corritore, Jason Vivone & The Billy Bats,
Katy Guillen & The Girls,  Keith Stone, Charlie Sayles, Whelan,
London, Meader, Pramuk & Ross, Jon Cleary, Tim Williams,
I Want To Sing Right, Les Copeland, Kate Campbell .
FROM  THE  PAST  :
Little Willie Littlefield, The Staple Singers, The Blues Brothers,
Mark Murphy, Eden Brent, Troy Floyd & His Plaza Hotel Orch. 
"MYSTERY  TRAIN" : BLUES & AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC 
with  your "blue-jay"  Roberto  Rossi . 

MYSTERY  TRAIN  -  MOVIN' TO KANSAS CITY

It takes a special artist to snatch triumph from the jaws of disaster. Rewind to 2016 and everything was going right for Ina Forsman. The 24-year-old singer had gone from Finland’s best-kept secret to Ruf’s hottest new signing. Her self-titled debut had wowed the music press, while she’d blazed her reputation on that year’s Blues Caravan tour, and couldn’t slow the torrent of new songs that flowed from her. 
Then fate threw a curveball. While gigging in New York, Ina lost her phone – and with it, every last scrap of new material. A lesser artist would have crumbled. But as you’d expect from a road-warrior who paid her dues under blues heroes like Guy Verlinde and Helge Tallqvist, Ina stood tall, breathed deep, wiped the slate clean and took two more years to pen a fresh batch of songs. “At the end of the day, I’m happy I lost my phone. I lived a little more life – and wrote better songs with more emotion.”
Some listeners will focus on Ina’s incredible vocal, as she slips from the feline purr of Be My Home and the rapid-fire punch of Get Mine, to the conversational flow of Figure. But perhaps still more impressive is the quality of her songwriting. As on her debut, Ina is a creative force, penning all the lyrics and co-writing the music, on an emotional rollercoaster that swerves between the acid-jazz of All Good, Genius’s speaker-rattling soul and the shivering slow-blues Miss Mistreated. 
She’s full of surprises. Try the Latin rhythms of Every Single Beat, or Chains, with its throbbing beats and gang-chant vocals. Even when she writes a love song, Ina twists the template, with Whatcha Gonna Do and Why You Gotta Be That Way giving two perspectives on sexual harassment. “The first song is the situation from a man’s point of view,” she says. “He sees a girl, tries to get her attention and ends up making some fucked-up decisions. The next song tells the story from the girl’s point of view: she just wants to carry on with her stuff but this dude won’t leave her alone.”
It all ends with Sunny – a smoky acapella masterclass, written entirely by Ina, that sends you off into the world ready to spread the word about this extraordinary artist. Been Meaning To Tell You is the second album that you hoped Ina Forsman was capable of – and then some. Let us all be thankful that she lost her phone…

Been Meaning To Tell You

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Spin Doctors
If The River Was Whiskey
Released April 30th, 2013 on Ruf Records
Spin Doctors NEW CD out on Ruf Records! "If The River Was Whiskey" available everywhere TODAY... -> https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/if-the-river-was-whiskey/id621834201 • www.rufrecords.de

You think you know the Spin Doctors. Think again. When the legendary New York quartet release If The River Was Whiskey on April 30th through Ruf Records, casual fans will discover the secret past the hardcore have never forgotten. To the wider world, the Doctors might be the multi-million-selling icons behind hits like Two Princes and Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong, not to mention the classic Pocket Full Of Kryptonite. But in 2013, Chris Barron (vocals), Aaron Comess (drums), Eric Schenkman (guitar) and Mark White (bass) are reconnecting with the flat-broke twenty-somethings who scraped for dollars at the sharp end of the Big Apple blues circuit. The Spin Doctors have come full-circle. http://www.rufrecords.de


Upcoming Tour Dates:

05/02/13 Neptunes - Virginia Beach, VA

05/03/13 NC Music Factory - Charlotte, NC 

05/04/13 Allure Nightlife - Greensboro, NC

05/05/13 Jefferson Theater - Charlottesville, VA

05/07/13 Brooklyn Bowl - Brooklyn, NY

05/08/13 Rams Head on Stage - Annapolis, MD

05/09/13 World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, PA

05/10/13 Mohegan Sun Casino, Wolf Den - Uncasville, CT

05/17/13 Wildflower Arts & Music Festival - Richardson, TX

06/08/13 Seven Cherokee Casino - West Siloam Springs, OK

06/09/13 Celebrate Fairfax - Fairfax, VA

06/15/13 Tropicana Express - Laughlin, NV

07/06/13 Petunia Festival - Dixon, IL

07/20/13 Blues Balls Music Festival,  Lucerne, Switzerland

07/21/13 Burg Herzberg Festival. Germany

07/24/13 Lane County Fair - Eugene, OR

07/27/13 Toronto's Festival of Beer, CNE Grounds Bandshell - Toronto, OT Canada

08/10/13 Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater - Peachtree City, GA

08/29/13 Monterey Country Fairgrounds - Monterey, CA

08/30/13 Sycuan Casino - El Cajon, CA

08/31/13 Moses Lake Summer Concert Series, McCosh Park - Moses Lake, WA

09/01/13 Pig Out in the Park, Riverfront Park - Spokane, WA

Spin Doctors - About A Train

It all started in the Black Forest, late at night, when it seems all great things begin. There in a small village bar, with the doors locked, window shades rolled down, an after- hours party was happening inside. Blues great, Luther Allison was jamming with a bunch of eighty-year old Black Forest folklore musicians. I was young, lucky and overwhelmed by the communicating power of music. I left the farm to pay my dues as a concert promoter, agent and manager. Soon I collaborated with Allison, eventually becoming his representative on the European side of the world. I was a student learning from a man who traveled the rocky blues road for more than thirty years. It became apparent that relationships between artists and record companies can be frustrating for the artists, with companies lacking enthusiasm and understanding of the music.

So management had a baby and it was named Ruf Records. Born of the need and love to promote what we believe in... the communicating power of music.

Now more than 10 years and 100 releases later, I couldn't be happier. And with all the terrific artists on the Ruf Records roster, we will continue to grow. Ruf Records is the label of choice for Bernard Allison, Canned Heat, Sue Foley, Friend & Fellow, Imperial Crowns, Candye Kane, Aynsley Lister, Omar and the Howlers, Ian Parker, The Nighthawks and the irrepressible Walter Trout.

We are able to help our artists expand their careers beyond their extensive tour schedules by providing them with worldwide distribution and one-on-one relationships with each and every one of us here at Ruf. The same applies to our relationships with radio broadcasters, CD reviewers, magazines, e-zines, blue societies and anyone else in this crazy business. Let us know who you are, what you need and what you think. Ruf Records wants to hear from you, and we want you to hear from Ruf Records... communicating for the power of music.

On this site you will be able to view our growing family. Stay a while and enjoy. Be sure to come back soon.

Thomas Ruf

P.S. and in case you were wondering, it's pronounced "roof"

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