Among the leading blues artists today... strong and exhilarating — sultry, rebellious, anguished, joyous.

Boyes might be one of the most complete musicians I have recently heard... She can play acoustic country Blues like the Rev. Gary Davis and then pick up an electric and jam with the boys.

Boyes’ husky vocals and sheer joy in playing make every track cohere... she tears it up on electric and excels at writing material that combines blues knowledge with sharp lyrics and a frisky musical personality.

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.

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.

Among the elite musicians in the blues today... "outstanding" is exactly the only way you can describe Blues Woman.

Hard to say which is more raw: her vocals or her electric guitar work. But put them together, and Boyes will prove that the raw can also cook...

A terrifically entertaining recording full of strong, spirited songs and playing that will have toes tapping and fingers snapping.

Demonstrates all over again Boyes' artistic depth and ability to stay true to continental blues traditions, while still being an innovator, as she operates quite convincingly in settings both large and small.

This Aussie charmer sure as hell has a delta soul... If Bonnie Raitt never veered pop, this might be what she would sound like today, but Boyes fixed it so we don’t have to guess.

This may have been as close to a perfect album as I've heard... one hell of a party.

A force to be reckoned with in the blues world...

For Boyes, having a blues orientation doesn't mean being a blues purist... Boyes' love of variety yields consistently excellent results throughout this gem of an album.

Showcases her amazing fingerpicking style, her passionate vocals, and both electric and acoustic command of several blues idioms...

Whether you want a lady who can howl and purr with the best or play a guitar that'll make the boys stand up and take notice, Blues Woman is your shot of Jack...

I don't think I have heard a CD with such variety of guitar styles both electric and acoustic... This magnificent CD is proof that Fiona Boyes will be preaching the blues for a long time.

Fiona Boyes is joined by a fine crew of Austin musicians for a range of fun new songs that showcase her cheeky good humour and guitar picking...

She moves from Blues style to Blues style on this album like a cross country train, making stops in the towns where the Blues is still alive and well...

The next time I see Fiona Boyes I am going to have to thank her for shaking the rust off of my listening ears...

Very impressive... lovely album from a most talented singer/writer/guitarist.

Few do it better than singer and blues guitarist Fiona Boyes...

One of the year's standout albums...

One of the top two female contemporary blues albums I’ve listened to all year... puts Fiona into some elite company when the powers that be decide on the nominees for next year’s Blues Music Awards.

One of the most sizzling blues albums—by anyone—in years.

Boyes lets it be known that this time she's cranking up the volume... it's one wicked slab of blues. With albums this good she'll be on top of all of the blues polls before long.

She sounds like Bonnie Raitt’s evil twin, and that’s really a good thing... simply a riot, well-deserving of all the accolades she’s been racking up.

This is great stuff... The lady does it all, plays a wicked guitar, knows how to growl a lyric...

Superb... Boyes' facility to move in and out of a variety of blues styles with ease rivals that of a Rory Block or Bonnie Raitt.

[Boyes] plays guitar and growls country blues like few others, no matter where they come from...

The hottest woman on the blues scene...

This record demonstrates that she is in league with any current American artist... in an age where the Blues community is waiting for another Stevie Ray, Boyes is one to watch.

Her electric guitar easily scratches out the licks in that distorted down home Mississippi style, and her acoustic fingerpicking seems to settle you down on the back porch for a spell... it all adds up to one good sounding CD.

Memphis Minnie channels Mae West and sings through a set of pipes that Johnny Winter would admire...

Lucky 13? Not at all. There is no chance of fate here, just the talent of Fiona Boyes turned loose on the American listening public.

By any standard, this is one of the most entertaining and inspiring new blues recordings of the year...

Fiona Boyes can play with anyone, male or female, Australian or Delta-born, traditionalist or modern blues interpreter... She’s the real thing.

Lucky 13 only reinforces her reputation as the most heralded female blues musician on the scene...

It's life and Blues from a musician who is deep and mature, yet the opposite of somber...

This is one of my favorite albums this year... Fiona Boyes sometimes sounds like Bonnie Raitt and sometimes like Marcia Ball, but her talent is undeniable.

She's one strummin' sassy momma...payoff is biggest when she and her axe step into the back alley just looking for trouble.

Recalls Maria Muldaur at her blues mama best... wow!

A powerhouse of an American debut...

Gleefully providing a feminine slant on the blues in the manner of her idol, Memphis Minnie...

This is great, greasy stuff... Boyes is as thoroughly steeped in country blues as any American currently playing today.

It would be tough to find a style of blues that Fiona Boyes fails to cover on this outstanding sampler of her artistry... she is an instrumental master at work on almost every guitar solo here, whether it's dazzling acoustic finger-picking or heated electric riffs.

Encapsulates her expanding repertoire and diverse range of styles, including original and classic tunes on acoustic and electric guitar...

Simultaneously traditional and contemporary while variously buoyant and downhearted... a rock-solid U.S. debut.

With a style borrowed from the likes of Memphis Minnie, Etta Baker and Marcia Ball, Boyes is cutting her own identity in the acoustic blues world...

Has a flair for the classic, eccentric and all things Americana...

Captivating... this gritty globetrotting musician has fashioned together one steaming plate of appetizing blues stories.

This woman has some songwriting ability goin' on...

Forget all those repetitive, 12 bar pub rock blues albums, this one is the real McCoy...

Delivers the goods with an Austin edge and an Aussie attitude...

Boyes proves herself a formidable guitarist...

Top 30 Contemporary Blues Albums 2006...

"Yellow Dog Records let me off the leash and said 'Run. Whatever you do, just make a musically interesting album..."

A most auspicious American debut...