Blues Woman, Fiona Boyes’ second album for Yellow Dog Records, captures the striking, original talent that allows Boyes to write, sing and play anything in the
blues realm with total conviction. Its 15 songs run a rollicking trip through the contemporary blues landscape — from Chicago to Texas to Mississippi’s hill country
and the Delta, all evocatively conjured by Boyes’ and producer Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff’s true-to-the-bone arrangements.
Recorded in Austin TX, with a full band including special guests Marcia Ball, Pinetop Perkins, and Watermelon Slim, Blues Woman manifests the soulful, authoritative style of this native Australian and three-time Blues Music Award nominee to full effect.
“Among the leading blues artists today... strong and exhilarating — sultry, rebellious, anguished, joyous...” —Downbeat
“Sounding at times like a gritty version of Maria Muldaur and at others like a semi-tamed Robert Plant... It’s hard to imagine there will be many blues releases this year that hit so many bases so well.” —Blues Source
“This may have been as close to a perfect album as I've heard... one hell of a party.” —Billtown Blues
“Among the elite musicians in the blues today... "outstanding" is exactly the only way you can describe Blues Woman.” —Cascade Blues
“We need some real blues artists to keep the art form alive. This is where Fiona Boyes comes in. ...Her music captures the spirit of blues as well as any contemporary blues musician on the planet.” —American Blues Blog
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