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What’s That Cigar Box Guitar Made Of? Fiona Boyes Tells All
Fiona Boyes talks with ABC Radio about her unusual instruments and the music on Box & Dice: Pre-Order on Amazon today!
Making A Scene Says To “Seek Out” Fiona Boyes
The new Fiona Boyes release, Box & Dice, gets a rave review from Making A Scene‘s Richard Ludmerer: “Coming from Australia didn’t hold Fiona Boyes back. Perhaps the distance served to filter out the mediocre; so that she only listened to and learned from the very best. … Boyes was nominated for a Blues Music Award every year between 2007 and 2010. … Boyes raspy voice is highly expressive. If you haven’t heard her lately,…
A blues musician walked into a bar in Yackandandah…
The Star Hotel has been plying its trade since 1863, but the funky cigar box guitar hanging on the wall was only a few days old and proudly inscribed ‘No 1’ in Sharpie on the back. In an uncharacteristic move, I took if off the wall and played it at my gig that night. While it proved to be a bit of a mongrel, there was something strangely compelling about this little junk yard dog…
Box & Dice is a “guitar fest”
“I just received the newest release, Box & Dice, from Fiona Boyes and it’s a gritty, bluesy guitar fest. Opening with Juke Joint on Moses Lane, Boyes gets a thick, rudimentary sound from a resonator guitar with superior sliding technique. Her voice is raspy and well suited to this polished form of primitive blues. I’m A Stranger Here has a pure delta sound played only on a 6 string cigar box and she handles it…
Fiona Boyes a Melbourne Blues Society Artist of the Year!
The Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society has named Box & Dice artist Fiona Boyes the 2015 Artist of the Year! Here is her reaction: While I was on the road last weekend, the news came through that I’d just won the MBAS Victorian & Tasmanian Blues Music Awards ‘Artist of the Year’. Home again, at last, and admiring the beautiful trophy, I’m reflecting on the importance of heroes and mentors in the Blues life. It means…
Box & Dice is Universal Blues
“They say music is the universal language. Few things will bear that out like this CD from Reference Recordings, the latest in their Fresh series, “Box & Dice” from Fiona Boyes. I hear you. What’s so universal about a female Blues guitarist? Well, how about the fact that Ms. Boyes comes from a place about as far removed from the birthplace of the Blues – the rural South – as it’s possible to get. She’s…
BlogCritics Review Fiona Boyes: Box & Dice
Fiona Boyes new FRESH! From Reference Recordings release Box & Dice gets five stars from BlogCritics.org! “Fiona Boyes is an amazing blues performer from Australia with a great husky voice and a love for unusual instruments. This self-produced album features simple but effective arrangements. … These unusual instruments ensure a different and interesting sound, but do not think of this album as a novelty. It’s not that at all. The songs include nine great originals…
Fiona Boyes Box & Dice Preview on YouTube
Preview next month’s Box & Dice release from Fiona Boyes with our new YouTube Playlist featuring live performances of works on the album: Fiona Boyes: Box & Dice Fiona Boyes plays deep Blues, influenced by a myriad of traditional regional styles. She has carved an international reputation as a blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, and American reviewers have described her as a ‘musical anomaly’ and ‘Bonnie Raitt’s evil twin’! Equally at home on acoustic or…
Fiona Boyes — Walkin’ Round Money
FRESH! From Reference Recordings artist Fiona Boyes plays Walkin’ Round Money at the 2014 Wangaratta Jazz and Blues Festival! Fiona Boyes: Box & Dice Fiona Boyes plays deep Blues, influenced by a myriad of traditional regional styles. She has carved an international reputation as a blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, and American reviewers have described her as a ‘musical anomaly’ and ‘Bonnie Raitt’s evil twin’! Equally at home on acoustic or electric guitars, her mostly…
First Look and Listen — Fiona Boyes: Box & Dice
Get a first look and listen to new FRESH! From Reference Recordings artist Fiona Boyes: Fiona Boyes: Box & Dice Fiona Boyes plays deep Blues, influenced by a myriad of traditional regional styles. She has carved an international reputation as a blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, and American reviewers have described her as a ‘musical anomaly’ and ‘Bonnie Raitt’s evil twin’! Equally at home on acoustic or electric guitars, her mostly original repertoire is like…