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Fiona Boyes Plays “Baby Please Don’t Go”
Order Now Baby Please Don’t Go Blues DNA runs deep in this song popularised by Big Joe Williams in the mid 1930’s but believed to have older folk origins. It’s something that fascinates me about the blues; something so old and familiar is rearranged and reinvented by each new musician and era. Almost every traditional blues player has recorded a version of this song, along with acts like AC/DC, Aerosmith and doo-wop group The Orioles!…
Nojima Plays Liszt Now Available on Vinyl!
Just Arrived — Nojima Plays Liszt! A great gem from our catalog, now released for the first time as a 45 rpm 2-LP set, half-speed mastered. Nojima Plays Liszt (RM-2516) is pressed on 180 gram virgin vinyl from Quality Record Pressings, and packaged in a beautiful old-style gatefold jacket.RM-2516 – NOJIMA PLAYS LISZT – Order Now! Nojima Plays Liszt (RR-25) was named “Best Recording of the Month” by Stereo Review when it was originally released…
“Go Get ‘Professin’ the Blues’ Right Now”
Order Now “Fiona has been around for a long time, her credits are well known. Nevertheless, it is always good when an established artist doesn’t loose momentum and hits the jackpot again.…Masterful execution of acoustic Blues guitar, all styles and then some. Vocals that range from soulfoul to spooky. Lyrics sometimes dead serious, turn into open satire on occasion. Blues, gospel, rock ‘n’ roll, the woman does it all. …Professin’ The Blues is a great…
Fiona Boyes Is Topping The Charts!
The Roots Music Report is out for the week of October 1, 2016 and Fiona Boyes “Professin’ The Blues” is the #1 Acoustic Blues Album and features three of the top 15 Acoustic Blues Songs!Pre-Order the album TODAY!
Moszkowski Scores Four/Five from ClassicalEar
“Martin West and his excellent San Francisco Ballet Orchestra[‘s]… affable and lively performances, always well played, fall very happily on the ear, and the sound is superb. … the programme is well worth hearing, especially the polonaise-style Torch Dance, Habanera, Six Airs de Ballet and the Gondoliera, all of which are here given their world première recordings. And what to expect, musically? Think of the lighter side of Elgar and that will give you some…
Midwest Record Reveals A Fiona Boyes Secret
Order Now “With her latest release we can now let the cat out of the bag. Fiona is Boyes middle name, her first name is The Great.… Boyes is sounding like she’s on the run from Piedmont and the delta with hell hounds on her tail and they think she’s a steak. With an audio team that puts her front and center in your face… using her amazing command of all the authentic, traditional moves,…
Classical Candor Reviews Moszkowski: From Foreign Lands
“Most of this material is lightweight, to be sure, yet it’s also most delightful in the capable hands of West and his players. The opening “Torch Dance” has a rousing spirit. The six movements of “From Foreign Lands” are colorful and characterful, each exemplifying a different country. They reminded me of things by maybe Glazunov, Gounod, or Rimsky-Korsakov. In their time (the late nineteenth century), the “Foreign Lands” suite was apparently quite famous, although today…
Fiona Boyes “Professin’ the Blues” is a “Gem”
Order Now “Australian singer/songwriter/guitarist Fiona Boyes is an earthy force of nature. Her gravelly vocal timbre is straight out of the red dirt of the Outback. No swishy Blues affectation, here. You’ll be getting as honest a voice as you’ve heard in a long time. ‘So bloody refreshing’, as the Aussies might say. … It seems to be a project that each Reference stakeholder got behind. It’s a gem, musically and technically. … Boyes has…
Fiona Boyes Plays “One Rule For You”
Order Now One Rule For You The notion of power and its potential misuse is not a new theme in my songwriting. It’s unfortunate that a highly developed sense of entitlement often leads people to behave badly. Although this song is about a particular person and situation, I think there is a universal element to it. No names to protect the guilty – but some folks may recognise the scenario!
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra’s Moszkowski Gets Four Stars From Audiophile Audition
“These are memorable and melodious orchestral compositions which, especially in their full orchestra versions, seem much more than mere salon pieces from the 19th century. The opening Torch Dance is based on a tradition at some German weddings in a certain area of a dance with torches featured. The From Foreign Lands is a nearly half-hour suite which has been a San Francisco Ballet performance. This ballet orchestra is one of the leading ones in…
Fanfare Strongly Recommends Wuthering Heights
Fanfare Magazine’s James Altena sees Carlisle Floyd as a leading voice of American Opera and welcomes Wuthering Heights into his collection: “Here is a composer who writes in an accessible but never simplistic or retrograde tonal vocabulary; has a sound grasp of what makes operas work dramatically in terms of subject matter, plotting, and pacing; and crafts compelling music that vividly illustrates his texts (Floyd writes his own librettos) while yet placing them in expressive,…
BBC Music Magazine Gives Wuthering Heights Four Stars
The Florentine Opera Company and Milwaukee Symphony’s new recording of Carlisle Floyd’s Wuthering Heights gets four stars from BBC Music Magazine in their October 2016 Issue: “In this studio recording following a concert performance by Florentine Opera of Milwaukee, Kelly Markgraf and Georgia Jarman make a powerful impression as the ill-fated couple, and Chad Shelton’s incisive Hindley and Heather Buck’s sweet Isabella also stand out amidst a strong cast. … Under opera specialist Joseph Mechavich,…
Pittsburgh Symphony’s Beethoven in ClassicalNet
Brian Wigman reviews the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck’s Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 for ClassicalNet: “On a completely subjective note, few releases on the market excite me as much as those from Reference Recordings. Long-known for superlative sound quality and intelligent repertoire selection, they have recently focused on getting the very best from American orchestras. Pittsburgh and Kansas City are similar musically to their baseball counterparts in that they are respected but…
Audiophilia Highly Reccomends Moszkowski From Foreign Lands
“First off, Moszkowski’s music is delightful. Expertly composed and beautifully arranged for full symphony orchestra. If you like orchestral music with both froth and depth, then this CD’s repertoire is for you. … Percussion is highlighted throughout the CD and the section is spectacularly recorded by Reference. Sure, the loud is good, but the micro dynamics of the cymbals, castanets and bass drum are just brilliant. … As a first class ballet orchestra, the players…
Fiona Boyes Plays “Love Changing Blues”
Order Now Love Changing Blues The path of true love is not always smooth. There may be challenges but also unexpected delights and richness. I was single and childless when my husband-to-be came into my life, complete with 5 children and a 3 year-old granddaughter. Taking a twist on some old blues lyrics, this is the story of how I fell in love with the whole package! Love and thanks to the ‘children of my…