Jun 22, 2010 | Awards, Fiona Boyes
Fiona Boyes is nominated twice in this year’s Blues Blast Music Awards, sponsored by the weekly Blues Blast Magazine. Her excellent album Blues Woman is nominated for “Best Traditional Blues Recording”, while Fiona herself is nominated for...Feb 7, 2010 | Asylum Street Spankers, Features
The Asylum Street Spankers joined NPR’s Liane Hansen for an interview and performance, aired nationwide on Weekend Edition Sunday. Hear live versions of songs from the new album, God’s Favorite Band. Discover which Spanker was twirling a fire baton that...Dec 10, 2009 | Awards, Eden Brent, Fiona Boyes
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...Dec 3, 2009 | Awards, Mary Flower
“Slow Lane to Glory”, an instrumental track from Mary Flower‘s new album Bridges, has been nominated as one of five finalists for “Acoustic Song of the Year” in the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards. The general public is invited to...Oct 6, 2009 | Asylum Street Spankers, new releases
Austin’s postmodern jug bandtakes a wide left turn with the world’s first agnostic gospel album.- Mixing raucous old traditionals with wryly humanistic originals from co-bandleader Wammo, the all-acoustic roots mob pays homage to one of America’s...Jul 14, 2009 | new releases, Woodbrain
With a guitar/harmonica/bass/drums line-up, Woodbrain might be mistaken for a typical blues collective — at least until this fiery Portland, Oregon foursome begins to play, when it quickly becomes apparent they are potentially an evolutionary force in the genre....May 10, 2009 | Fiona Boyes, new releases
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...May 8, 2009 | Awards, Eden Brent
Here’s the list of artists who won in more than one category in last night’s 30th Blues Music Awards: Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Janiva Magness. That’s a pretty exclusive list. But you can add another spectacular performer to the list: Eden Brent , who...Feb 27, 2009 | Mary Flower, new releases
Mary Flower‘s newest studio album, Bridges, is another chapter in the acoustic guitarist’s narrative of the diversity of American roots music, deftly melding ragtime, country blues, swing, folk styles, and hot jazz through the mastery of her fingerpicked...Feb 26, 2009 | Awards, Eden Brent
2009 Blues Music Award voting is coming to a close… we hope you will join the Blues Foundation and participate! We are thrilled that Eden Brent is nominated in four categories: “Acoustic Album of the Year”, “Acoustic Artist of the Year”,...