News
Meet us in Idaho City
Yellow Dog Records will be sponsoring the inagural Music on the Rocks Festival, July 21-23 in beautiful Idaho City, ID. William Lee Ellis, Chris Cotton, and Terry Robb will perform and we’ll have a booth going all weekend where you can preview CDs and meet the performers. If you’re looking for a scenic vacation spot this might be the ticket!
Other promotional notes
- Terry Robb is featured in a multi-page “Player Spotlight” article in the recent March 06 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine. Tagline: “The veteran guitarist takes a “more is more” approach by incorporating Django Reinhardt flourishes, Impressionist harmonies, and jazzy modes into his country-blues picking.”
- As recently the end of January, Mary Flower‘s Bywater Dance was #1 on XM Satellite Radio’s national Bluesville channel. At the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Programmer Bill Wax told label staff that he was getting as many or more requests for her songs as anything else. He called her music “earworm songs” (supposed to be a good thing – meaning that the tunes get stuck in your head.)
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.