Eden Brent, Fiona Boyes nominated for Blues Music Awards
Congratulations to Eden Brent and Fiona Boyes for their nominations in this year's Blues Music Awards! Eden earned a nomination for the second year in a row for "Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year", while Fiona Boyes is nominated for the fourth consecutive year, this time as "Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year".The Blues Music Awards (formerly known as the W.C. Handy Awards) are universally recognized as the highest honor given to Blues artists. And best of all, you can vote in the awards process! Visit The Blues Foundation to join, and then this link to vote once you are a member. Voting is open now through February 28.
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posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2009
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Fiona Boyes - Blues Woman released
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.
- More details and sound samples
- Official press release (PDF)
- Album shipping now! Visit the Order page to get your copy.
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posted on Sunday, May 10, 2009
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Fiona Boyes named Official Ambassador for the Australian Blues Festival
Fiona Boyes is honored to be the 2009 Ambassador for the Australian Blues Music Festival, held annually in a variety of venues throughout the historic NSW city of Goulburn. The Festival showcases the very best of emerging and established blues acts from around Australia.- Festival Program
- Other tour dates for Fiona Boyes
- More information and sound samples for Fiona Boyes
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posted on Sunday, February 08, 2009
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Free Showcase at IBC Memphis
Five roots music masters... Thirteen Blues Music Award nominations... One lineup... Zero cover!Yellow Dog Records presents an afternoon of blues excellence, this Friday Feb 6 2009 during International Blues Challenge weekend. We'll be at King's Palace, 162 Beale Street, downtown Memphis. It's free to the public, so please join us as we present:
- 12:30 William Lee Ellis
- 1:15 Eden Brent
- 2:05 Mary Flower
- 2:55 Rich Del Grosso
- 3:45 Fiona Boyes
Rich Del Grosso and Fiona Boyes will perform songs from their 2008 album Live From Bluesville, also nominated as "Acoustic Album of the Year" in the 2009 Blues Music Awards!
And, Mary Flower and Fiona Boyes will each premiere songs from their upcoming albums Bridges and Blues Woman, set for spring releases from Yellow Dog Records.
See you there!
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posted on Tuesday, February 03, 2009
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Eden Brent, Fiona Boyes nominated for Blues Music Awards
Yellow Dog Records is once again well-represented in this year's Blues Music Awards, with two artists recognized with award nominations. Eden Brent and her Yellow Dog Records debut album Mississippi Number One notched nominations in four categories: "Acoustic Album of the Year", "Acoustic Artist of the Year", "Best New Artist Debut", and "Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year". Fiona Boyes earned a nomination for the third consecutive year with a nomination for "Acoustic Album of the Year".The Blues Music Awards (formerly known as the W.C. Handy Awards) are universally recognized as the highest honor given to Blues artists. And best of all, you can vote in the awards process! Visit The Blues Foundation to join, and then this link to vote once you are a member. Voting is open now until March 2nd, 2009.
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posted on Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Three Yellow Dog artists nominated for Blues Music Awards
Yellow Dog Records is well-represented in this year's Blues Music Awards, with three artists recognized with award nominations. The Soul of John Black and his Yellow Dog Records debut album The Good Girl Blues are nominated for "Best New Artist Debut", while Mary Flower is nominated for "Acoustic Artist of the Year". Fiona Boyes becomes a two-time nominee with this year's nomination for "Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year".The Blues Music Awards (formerly known as the W.C. Handy Awards) are universally recognized as the highest honor given to Blues artists. And best of all, you can vote in the awards process! Visit The Blues Foundation to join, and then this link to vote once you are a member. Voting is open now until Feb 29, 2008.
Labels: Blues Music Awards, Fiona Boyes, Mary Flower, The Good Girl Blues, The Soul of John Black
posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007
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Fiona Boyes' Lucky 13 nominated Contemporary Blues Album of the Year!
We're thrilled that Lucky 13, the debut album for Yellow Dog Records by Fiona Boyes, has been nominated for a Blues Music Award for Contemporary Blues Album of the Year!
The Blues Music Awards (formerly known as the W.C. Handy Awards) are universally recognized as the highest honor given to Blues artists. And best of all, you can vote for Fiona in the awards process! Visit The Blues Foundation to join, and then this link to vote once you are a member.
To celebrate Fiona's nomination and to encourage membership in the Blues Foundation, Yellow Dog Records has teamed with Maton Guitars to offer a free reward pack to all Blues Foundation members who contact us before the end of February! The reward pack includes two free sampler CDs, one free DVD, and a chance to win a Maton Mastersound MS500LS electric guitar (valued at more than $1,500) autographed by Fiona and legendary guitarist Hubert Sumlin. To learn how to request your free reward pack, please read here for instructions.
- Press release about the album's nomination
- Hear sound samples from Lucky 13
- Read a bunch of great reviews about Lucky 13
- Get your own copy by visiting our Order page!
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posted on Wednesday, December 13, 2006
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Lucky 13 airplay!
Blues DJs and radio audiences are digging Fiona Boyes' Lucky 13 , which has hit the top ten of the Living Blues Radio Chart for the third straight month, checking in at #10 for the 11/1 chart! Previously, it hit #5 on the 10/1 chart and #7 on the 9/1 chart. Fred Hawley at KMXT writes, "The Fiona Boyes release is one of the year's best. It will be #1 on my Living Blues airplay list..."
The album is also going strong on XM Satellite Radio's Bluesville channel, hitting #3 on the "Picks to Click" list, and the song "Big, Bigger, Biggest" was featured as "Blues Breaker of the Week" on the nationally syndicated House of Blues Radio Hour. Host Elwood Blues praised the album, saying "This is great stuff... the lady plays a wicked guitar."
Update 11/18/06: "Lucky 13" just hit #1 on XM's Bluesville channel! Congrats to Fiona and thanks to all the listeners who have been requesting tracks from the album!Labels: Fiona Boyes
posted on Friday, November 03, 2006
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Grammy ballot for William Lee Ellis and Fiona Boyes
We're pleased to note that William Lee Ellis' God's Tattoos and Fiona Boyes' Lucky 13 are listed on this year's Grammy ballot. If you are a voting member of NARAS and/or have friends that are members, please keep the album in mind! You can find them:
- Category 65 - Best Traditional Blues Album - Fiona Boyes Lucky 13 - #005
- Category 55 - Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album - William Lee Ellis God's Tattoos - #007
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posted on Friday, October 27, 2006
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Fiona Boyes featured in Blues Revue
Fiona Boyes is named as an "Aussie Wonder" on the cover of the new issue (Oct/Nov) of Blues Revue magazine. The multi-page feature story inside covers Fiona's history as a blues guitarist and discusses some of her musical heroes and gear. Check out the article in this PDF file...
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posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006
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Fiona Boyes, William Lee Ellis video clips
William Lee Ellis is the subject of a video feature on SpotlightON, a weekly music television show brodcasting original live performances. For the answer to the frequent question "how does he do that with the E-bow?", be sure to check out the footage of "When LeadbellyWalked the River Like Christ". Visit the show here.
And Fiona Boyes is featured on Guitar Player TV... you can see her performance of "Young Rider Blues" here.
And Fiona Boyes is featured on Guitar Player TV... you can see her performance of "Young Rider Blues" here.
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posted on Tuesday, September 19, 2006
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Fiona Boyes' Lucky 13 released!
Rising Australian blues star Fiona Boyes is primed to find her place in the American roots and blues scene with the release of Lucky 13.
Boyes, the first Australian -- and first woman -- to win the Blues Foundation's International Blues Challenge, delivers sassy and soulful electric and acoustic blues on an album that All Music Guide calls "...one wicked slab of blues."
Recording in Austin TX, Fiona was joined by a full band including special guests Marcia Ball, "Steady Rollin'" Bob Margolin , and Kaz Kazanoff & the Texas Horns to record a tour-de-force of raw acoustic blues, swing, electric blues, rockabilly -- and every style of blues in between.
Update 09/06: Fiona has her name on the cover of the new issue of Blues Revue magazine with a feature article. And the album has just charted #7 on the Living Blues radio chart!
- More details and sound samples
- What the press is saying about Lucky 13
- Album shipping now! Visit the Order page to get your copy.
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posted on Friday, August 11, 2006
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Fiona Boyes sweeps Australian Blues Awards!
The Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society recently held their Victorian/Tasmanian Blues Music Awards... and Fiona Boyes scooped 'em! From a record field of entrants Fiona was awarded Female Blues Artist of the Year, Blues Album of the Year for her new album Lucky 13, and Blues Song of the Year for "Stranger in Your Eyes". These are among the most closely contested awards of their kind for Australian Blues Artists - congratulations to Fiona!
Next stop - the US release of Lucky 13 on August 11th...
Next stop - the US release of Lucky 13 on August 11th...
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posted on Monday, July 31, 2006
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New Recordings from William Lee Ellis, Fiona Boyes in production
We're pleased to announce new recording deals with William Lee Ellis and Fiona Boyes!
William Lee Ellis, the son of banjo composer Tony Ellis, godson of bluegrass patriarch Bill Monroe, and former pop music critic for the Memphis Commercial Appeal, recently wrapped recording on his new album God's Tattoos, his third for Yellow Dog Records. The album, recorded and produced by Jim Dickinson at his Zebra Ranch, is an eclectic mix of blues, Americana, gospel, world music, and even rock, that set out as a personal journey of the spirit (the title referring to psychic and emotional scars or "tattoos" we all wear inside.) The album is set for release this summer.
Australian Fiona Boyes is relocating to the US for a while to tour and record her new album for Yellow Dog Records. After winning the prestigious International Blues Challenge in Memphis in 2003, Fiona visited the US to play major festivals in New York, Chicago, Portland and Atlanta. Recognized by Blues Hall of Fame legend Pinetop Perkins as "the best gal guitar player I've heard since Memphis Minnie," Fiona has gone on to play and record with some of the greats of Delta and Chicago blues, including Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin from Muddy Waters' band, and the immortal Hubert Sumlin, famed for his 28 year career as Howlin Wolf's guitarist.
Fiona recorded her Yellow Dog Records debut, titled Lucky 13, in Austin in February for a planned August release - Grammy award-winning producer Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff was at the helm with special guests, including Bob Margolin and Marcia Ball, joining in.
William Lee Ellis, the son of banjo composer Tony Ellis, godson of bluegrass patriarch Bill Monroe, and former pop music critic for the Memphis Commercial Appeal, recently wrapped recording on his new album God's Tattoos, his third for Yellow Dog Records. The album, recorded and produced by Jim Dickinson at his Zebra Ranch, is an eclectic mix of blues, Americana, gospel, world music, and even rock, that set out as a personal journey of the spirit (the title referring to psychic and emotional scars or "tattoos" we all wear inside.) The album is set for release this summer.Australian Fiona Boyes is relocating to the US for a while to tour and record her new album for Yellow Dog Records. After winning the prestigious International Blues Challenge in Memphis in 2003, Fiona visited the US to play major festivals in New York, Chicago, Portland and Atlanta. Recognized by Blues Hall of Fame legend Pinetop Perkins as "the best gal guitar player I've heard since Memphis Minnie," Fiona has gone on to play and record with some of the greats of Delta and Chicago blues, including Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin from Muddy Waters' band, and the immortal Hubert Sumlin, famed for his 28 year career as Howlin Wolf's guitarist.Fiona recorded her Yellow Dog Records debut, titled Lucky 13, in Austin in February for a planned August release - Grammy award-winning producer Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff was at the helm with special guests, including Bob Margolin and Marcia Ball, joining in.
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