The January 31st issue of Blues Blast Magazine features a grand review for Fiona Boyes’ multiple award-nominated Voodoo In The Shadows recording:
“Fiona Boyes is the standard bearer for Australian Blues. A guitarist of unique and distinctive style, she is the spiritual love child of Hubert Sumlin and Ry Cooder. A dramatic and stylized singer, she channels the old school bombast and laissez-faire of Bessie Smith and Memphis Minnie with a sprinkling of Wolf grit. … Boyes’ newest [recording], Voodoo in the Shadows, builds off the conceptual success of the previous two albums and delivers a diverse yet highly focused statement about the artist and her muses. Rolling through the Mississippi Delta and trying to make friends on the way, Boyes offers us a glimpse into her travel journal as she sets a high-water mark for how a Blues album can be produced. … The magic of Voodoo in the Shadows is the daring arrangements. The skeletal opener “Call Their Name” is just guitar and percussion buttressing Fiona’s incantation to the ghosts of real-deal Blues past. The Latin organ trio take on “Dark and Dangerous Love” smolders. … Fiona Boyes is a great songwriter. She writes with a straight talk simplicity that belies depth and meaning. … Voodoo in the Shadows is an excellent record. Worth multiple listens in part because it is clear and straightforward. The talent in the performances and the interplay of these seasoned musicians playing such stellar material washes over the listener in waves of understanding. One feels like Boyes and crew are right in the room with you, explaining the fundamentals of Blues, life
—Bucky O’Hare, Blues Blast Magazineand love.”