Archive for Fiona Boyes
The Absolute Sound Reviews Fiona Boyes’ Blues In My Heart
Greg Cahill gives Fiona Boyes’ Blues In My Heart: 20th Anniversary Edition a four-star review in The Absolute Sound: “Boyes lends a loose, sassy flair to these songs—check out the defiant attitude she bestows upon Kid Bailey’s “Rowdy Blues.” Boyes’ vocals and picking are the driving force here, and her big Matan dreadnaught is close-miked to accentuate the foot stomps, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and string bends. And she is supported by occasional bandmates Kaz Dalla Rosa…
Blues Blast Magazine Strongly Recommends Fiona Boyes’ “Blues In My Heart”
The latest issue of Blues Blast Magazine has a strong recommendation for Fiona Boyes’s Blues in my Heart 20th Anniversary Edition recording: “Fiona Boyes truly stands out from the crowd… With a hard-to-define style that blends everything from Delta and swamp to Chicago blues and more, Fiona exploded onto the world blues scene with the original analog version of this CD, which was self-produced and released on her own label. … The twelfth album in…
Living Blues Reviews Fiona Boyes Blues in My Heart
Living Blues reviews Fiona Boyes’ 20th Anniversary Digitally Remastered release, Blues in my Heart: “One listen, and well, yeah, she’s blues alright, that and then some. There are not enough acoustic blues women, and even less who compose their own songs at her level. She graces the genre with the remastered 20th anniversary edition of her first solo recording, Blues in My Heart. Listeners will appreciate the generous helping of 18 songs on this CD,…
The Art Music Lounge Reviews Blues In My Heart
Lynn René Bayley reviews Fiona Boyes’s newly remastered Blues In My Heart release: “it’s a honey of an album. … crisp, clean sound, which helps one appreciate Boyes’ artistry in better detail. … her sense of rhythm sounds perfectly natural, not forced. … Everything has to work together in order for your performances to click as perfectly as hers do. For an ideal example of what I mean, listen to Honey You Can Take My Man. Not…
Cascade Blues Association Reviews Blues In My Heart
The Cascade Blues Association’s Greg Johnson reviews Fiona Boyes’s new Blues In My Heart Remaster: “Since her win at the International Blues Challenge back in 2003, Fiona Boyes has been one of the most noted blues guitarists of our time, with no less than eight nominations for Blues Music Awards, including Traditional Female Artists of the Year. … Fiona is in fine form here in what she self-describes as an acoustic album of fingerpicking ragtime…
Making A Scene Reviews Blues in My Heart
Making A Scene reviews Fiona Boyes’s new 20th Anniversary Edition of Blues in My Heart: “Too often you’ve heard an artist’s records, admired the talent, and looked forward to a live show and/or a meet and greet, only to be disappointed. It’s so refreshing when the complete opposite takes place as it did in Boyes’ case. So, if you haven’t been introduced to her yet, we are taking you all the way back, (Wow! Twenty…
Midwest Record Reviews Blues In My Heart
Midwest Record reviews Fiona Boyes’s 20th Anniversary Edition of Blues In My Heart: “How little we realized 20 years ago that when Boyes arrived fully formed as a white, finger picking gal with the blues that had to have some kind of lineage to Bonnie Raitt and Rory Block that she’d already been paying dues for 15 years in her native Oz. Guess we missed out on her Bonnie in Boston early moments. Catch this…
Fiona Boyes Nominated for 2019 Blues Blast Music Award
Blues Blast Magazine has announced their 12th Annual Blues Blast Music Awards nominees, and we’re pleased to share that Fiona Boyes has been nominated for Female Blues Artist of 2019! See the full list of nominees on the Blues Blast website. Fan voting begins July 1, and is open to anyone! Fiona Boyes Recordings on RR
Reference Recordings Presents: Up Close and Personal!
Friday, May 10, 2019, Reference Recordings Presents: “Up Close & Personal”, a special showcase featuring our award-winning recording artists Fiona Boyes and Doug MacLeod as part of the Beale Street events schedule celebrating the 2019 Blues Music Awards Nominees! Details Date: Friday, May 10, 2019 Time: 4:30-6:00pm Location: Silky O’Sullivan’s – 183 Beale Street, Memphis, TN
Fiona Boyes’ “Party At Red’s” an International Songwriting Competition Finalist
The International Songwriting Competition announced its 2018 Finalists, and Fiona Boyes’ song ‘Party at Red’s’ from Voodoo In The Shadows is a finalist in the Blues category of the International Songwriting Competition. The official judging round is underway, but there is also a ‘People’s Choice’ award for each category selected solely by a public vote. Simply an email address is required and you can vote once-per-day. Click the button below and scroll through the list…
Blues Blast Magazine Reviews Voodoo In The Shadows
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.…
Voodoo in the Shadows Casts a Seductive Spell
The December 2018 issue of Living Blues reviews Fiona Boyes’ multiple-award-nominated Voodoo In The Shadows recording: “For her latest album, [Fiona Boyes] turns her focus to the Mississippi Delta and New Orleans, and Voodoo in the Shadows delves into the sound, textures and cultures of the region. Boyes serves as her own producer on this collection, and as the album’s title suggests, matters of the spirit are a going concern. … She threads the ode…
Fiona Boyes is a 2019 Blues Music Foundation Koko Taylor Award for Traditional Blues Female Artist Nominee!
Fiona Boyes has just received The Blues Foundation’s 2019 Blues Music Award nomination for the prestigious Koko Taylor Award for Traditional Blues Female Artist. This is Fiona’s 8th BMA nomination, her 3rd in this category. Voting is open to all Blues Foundation members and ends February 28th. Membership is open to all, simply click the Join button on the Blues Foundation website. The awards ceremony takes place May 9 in Memphis, TN. Fiona was also…
Fiona Boyes’ Voodoo in The Shadows in Blues Music Magazine
Blues Music Magazine reviews Fiona Boyes’ Voodoo In The Shadows Recording in their January 2019 issue: “Fiona Boyes has made her mark in the blues world… Case in point: her latest release, which stresses her spiritual connection with the blues music and traditions of Mississippi and Louisiana. … The set commences splendidly with “Call Their Name,” a take-off on Blind Willie Johnson’s “The Soul Of A Man.” The rhythm section takes a subtle back seat as Boyes displays her…
Fiona Boyes’ Voodoo In The Shadows in Downbeat Magazine
The February 2019 issue of Downbeat Magazine has a great Blues section feature on Fiona Boyes and her Voodoo In The Shadows recording: “Riding a successful career since the 1990s, Australian Fiona Boyes sustains the vitality of her love of the music found in America’s Deep South on [Voodoo In The Shadows]…Boyes’ blues composing has a revealing immediacy, as with ‘Tell Your Story Walking’ and ‘I Ain’t Fooling,’ both scrupulous in conveying the understated ebullience…