Cat. No. 2828: FIONA BOYES ~ GIMME SOME...SWEET JELLY ROLL. BLUE EMPRESS RECORDS BE204.
FIONA BOYES, WHO HAILS FROM YAMBA IN NEW SOUTH WALES, IS REGARDED AS THE TOP FEMALE BLUES ARTIST IN AUSTRALIA. FIONA HAS BEEN RECORDING AND TOURING FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS. SHE WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF THE AUSTRALIAN FEMALE BLUES BAND, THE MOJO'S. FIONA RELEASED HER DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM, BLUES IN MY HEART, IN 2000. IN 2003 SHE WON THE SOLO/DUO CATEGORY AT THE INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
HER DEBUT USA RELEASE, LUCKY 13, WAS NOMINATED BY THE BLUES FOUNDATION IN MEMPHIS FOR THE 2007 BLUES MUSIC AWARDS, 'CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR'. SHE HAS SINCE RECEIVED THREE FURTHER BMA NOMINATIONS FOR 'TRADITIONAL FEMALE BLUES ARTIST' (2010), 'ACOUSTIC BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR' (2009), 'CONTEMPORARY FEMALE BLUES ARTIST' (2008), AND HER 2008 RELEASE LIVE FROM BLUESVILLE WON THE US BLUES CRITICS AWARD FOR BEST LIVE BLUES ALBUM. FIONA HAS ALSO RECEIVED A MYRIAD OF NATIONAL RECORDING AND PERFORMANCE AWARDS IN AUSTRALIA. SHE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BLUES PIANIST PINETOP PERKINS AS "THE BEST GAL GUITARIST HE HAD HEARD SINCE MEMPHIS MINNIE". FIONA PLAYS BOTH ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC, COVERING PRE-WAR DELTA SLIDE, LAMENTS, SINGLE CHORD MISSISSIPPI HILLS GROOVES, PIEDMONT FINGER PICKING, NEW ORLEANS BARRELHOUSE, MEMPHIS SOUL, CLASSIC CHICAGO, TEXAS SWING AND THE UPTOWN SOUND OF THE WEST COAST. THIS RELEASE (HER SECOND SOLO ALBUM) IS AN ACOUSTIC ALBUM FEATURING HER FINGER-PICKING GUITAR STYLE. FIONA HAS WRITTEN OR HAD A HAND IN WRITING 10 OF THE SONGS ON THE ALBUM. BRILLIANT ACOUSTIC BLUES ALBUM ******
TRACK LISTING: The Preacher / Devil Says... / Ain't No Jelly Roll In Heaven / In Love Again / Drink To Your Health / Harmonica Rag / When Did You Leave Heaven? / How'd You Want Your Business Done? / Mess With Your Mama / It's You / Catfish Fiesta / Down Home Gal / Young Rider Blues / Light At The End Of The Road.
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