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“Professin’ The Blues” Nominated for Age Music Victoria Award
UPDATE — PROFESSIN THE BLUES IS THE BEST BLUES ALBUM WINNER!!! Fiona Boyes‘ Professin’ The Blues has been nominated for The Age Music Victoria Awards as the Best Blues Album of 2017! Her Box & Dice album was the 2015 Winner! About The Age Music Victoria Awards Heading into its 12th year in 2017, The Age Music Victoria Awards are excited to once again reveal the nominees for each category and open up the polls…
Vote for Professin’ The Blues
The polls are now open for the 2017 Blues Blast Music Awards! Make sure to cast your vote for Fiona Boyes’ Professin’ The Blues in the Acoustic Blues Album Category! Vote Now! Voting is free and open to anyone who is a Blues Blast Magazine subscriber. If you are not currently a subscriber you may vote anyway and your vote will count. You are automatically signed up as a subscriber to our free magazine as…
O’s Place Gives Fiona Boyes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Order Now “[Fiona Boyes has] got a meaty voice and a lot of good stories to tell backed by a honky tonk, blues groove. We enjoyed “Old and Stiff”, the swinging “Love Me All The Way” and “Love Changing Blues”. This is a solid, well-recorded (as always with Reference), and entertaining session as Fiona is truly Professin’ The Blues.” —Oscar Groomes, O’s Place Jazz Newsletter See the full review on OsPlaceJazz.com
Professin’ The Blues Around The World
Order Now Spanish blues radio program, La Hora Blues, praises Fiona Boyes and her new Professin’ The Blues recording in their Quarterly CD Review roundup, and they will be featuring the recording on their Friday, February 17th broadcast! “Fiona Boyes has gathered fourteen original blues and two covers “Baby Please Don’t Go” coming from Big Joe Williams and another song entitled “Face In The Mirror”. Fiona has recorded all songs in format of solo, duo…
Hi-Fi News Reviews Fiona Boyes
Order Now “Rural blues has always been a genre favoured by the audiophilie labels because a voice, a guitar and some foot stomping can prove incredibly visceral… Boyes ups the ante by possessing a deeply-textured, raspy voice that contrasts with her fingerpicking and she applies them to originals that made me think of the great Rory Block. … Boyes swings from gutbucket blueser to romantic with ease, and the sound is as deliciously natural and…
2017 Blues Music Awards Nominations!
Cast Your Vote The Blues Foundation announced their 2017 Blues Music Awards Nominees, and RR artists Fiona Boyes, Doug MacLeod, and Jimi Bott, have all been nominated! Best Acoustic Album Eric Bibb – The Happiest Man in the World Fiona Boyes – Professin’ the Blues Jimmy “Duck” Holmes – Live at Briggs Farm John Long – Stand Your Ground Luther Dickinson – Blues and Ballads (A Folksinger’s Songbook) Vol I and II Best Acoustic Artist…
Blues Music Magazine Reviews Professin’ The Blues
Order Now A fantastic new review for Fiona Boyes’ Professin’ The Blues recording in the January 2017 issue of Blues Music Magazine: “[Fiona Boyes] is simply a great player and gutsy singer who has released one of the finest acoustic blues albums in the past year. …Professin’ The Blues, is a 53-minute, 16-song collection where she plays National Reso-Phonic and Beeton resonator instruments, a standard six-string acoustic and an odd little four-string cigar box guitar…
More Best of 2016 Honors for Fiona Boyes!
Order Now The Best of 2016 honors for Fiona Boyes’ new Professin’ The Blues release continue to roll in! The Professor’s Honor Roll of 2016 “I hereby dub Fiona Boyes, The Queen of Old School. She has a great sound and manages to pour more blues into her stripped-down approach than just about anybody else. Her guitar work is top notch, and her vocals are dead on. If you like that sound, you will love…
Professin’ The Blues an Iowa Public Radio Best of 2016!
Order Now Host Bobb Dorr of Iowa Public Radio has released his “Best New Blues of 2016” list and includes Fiona Boyes’ “Devil You Know” track from Professin’ The Blues: “My pick for acoustic album of the year is also by a woman. Australian Fiona Boyes (who splits her time between Australia and Oregon) was the first woman to win the International Blues Challenge. She plays electric and acoustic guitar and is one of the…
Making A Scene on Professin’ The Blues
Order Now Making A Scene reviews the new Fiona Boyes release, Professin’ The Blues: “Fiona Boyes has a new album release, Professin’ The Blues, and on it, she does just that. Produced by the legendary Professor Keith O. Johnson of Reference Records and recorded at Skywalker Sound studios in California, this is a perfect match of space, producer and artist. Also, Boyes is joined by two master musicians, drummer Jim Bott and bassist Danny Croy.…
Living Blues Reviews Professin’ The Blues
Order Now Living Blues Magazine reviews Fiona Boyes’ new Professin’ the Blues recording in their latest issue: “Fiona Boyes continues to make superlative music grounded in the various styles of the blues. … A master of audio engineering, [‘Prof’ Keith O.] Johnson creates a sound that is warm, present and balanced so that the instruments and vocals can be heard clearly and distinctly. Boyes uses four different guitars throughout the album’s 16 songs…and she coaxes…
Fiona Boyes Will Knock You Off Your Chair
Order Now “Out of Australia comes the devastating, gorgeous acoustic blues of Fiona Boyes, a women who has garnered countless Blues Foundation nominations and now confidently hits us between the ears with her new release, Professin’ the Blues, on the venerable Reference Recordings (“RR”) label.… Fiona’s “Professin’ is nothing short of a sonic spectacular from the Prof and the RR team.… Boyes’ music speaks in tough, switchblade sharp fashion (of craggy hard times in love…
Fiona Boyes in Downbeat Magazine
Order Now Fiona Boyes Professin’ The Blues gets a four-star review in the January 2017 issue of Downbeat Magazine: “Fiona Boyes’… voice is a subtly remarkable instrument, combining her natural understanding of country blues with a finely judged sense of drama to produce music of emotional breadth. With offhand ease, she makes her acoustic, metal-body resonator and cigar-box guitars spring forward as commentators on cheating, rootlessness and other topics broached in the lyrics to 14…
The Daily Examiner Interviews Fiona Boyes
Order Now Australia’s Daily Examiner has a fantastic new interview with Fiona Boyes about her latest recording, Professin’ The Blues: “Fiona Boyes is new to the Clarence Valley, but she isn’t new to the world of blues. Her tenth album under her name, Professin’ The Blues, is a showcase of acoustic blues that was recorded in Skywalker Sound studios live, in real-time with no overdubs or effects by legendary audiophile producer the ‘Professor’ Keith O…
Fiona Boyes Professin The Blues a December Pick of the Month!
Order Now The UK’s Independent Blues Broadcasters Association has selected Fiona Boyes’ Professin’ The Blues as a December Pick of the month! This means it will be featured on member stations in the UK and Worldwide throughout the month. Professin’ The Blues debuted at #37 on the IBBA airplay charts in September and moved up to #22 in October. So make sure to tune in to your independent blues stations next month; chances are, you’ll…