FIONA BOYES
AUSTRALIA’S INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED BLUESWOMAN,
SIGNS WITH US AGENCY
PIEDMONT TALENT
Piedmont Talent, Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the world’s leading booking agents for blues and roots musicians, has proudly announced the addition of Fiona Boyes to their roster.
Fiona joins a stable of artists including Johnny Winter, Alvin ‘Youngblood’ Hart, Rory Block, Bobby Rush, Candye Kane, Carey Bell, Robert Jnr Lockwood, and Little Charlie and the Nightcats.
Fiona’s recent debut US release, ‘Lucky 13’, is receiving wide acclaim from reviewers, high rotation radio play, and has climbed the international blues charts, reaching #1 as the House of Blues Pick for October, #5 on the Living Blues Polls, #8 on Canadian Polls, and #6 on the Roots Music Chart.
Here’s a slice of what the reviewers are saying:
(see the full docs http://yellowdogrecords.com/fiona/fiona_boyes_press.html)
‘one of the year's standout albums’ (Blues Revue)
‘Fiona Boyes’ debut US album takes coals to Newcastle … a magical mystery tour of the blues heritage … classic
stuff - 41/2 stars’ (The Australian)
‘one of the most sizzling blues albums - by anyone - in years’ (Blues Bytes)
‘one wicked slab of blues’ (All Music Guide)
‘this is great stuff... The lady does it all, plays a wicked guitar, knows how to growl a lyric’ (House of Blues)
‘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’ (Sing Out)
‘The hottest woman on the blues scene’ (Herald Tribune)
‘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.’ (Jazz & Blues Report)
‘Lucky 13 only reinforces her reputation as the most heralded female blues musician on the scene’ (High Bias)
‘A powerhouse of an American debut’ (SW Blues)
‘This is great, greasy stuff … Boyes is as thoroughly steeped in blues as any American currently playing today’ (CD Hot List)
‘She is an instrumental master at work on almost every guitar solo here, whether it's dazzling acoustic finger-picking or heated electric riffs’ (The Blade)
Fiona is proud to join the roster at Piedmont. She is currently winding up the festival season in Australia and New Zealand and will be residing in Charlotte, NC from early in 2007.
For press and artist enquiries + Booking enquiries contact:
Australia/NZ
Steve Clarke ‘The Preacher’ backporch@fionaboyes.com
US/Canada/Europe
Suzanne Holmes, Blue Empress Management, Int'l blueempress4@aol.com
Steve Hecht or Tina Terry, Piedmont Talent info@piedmonttalent.com
For CD enquiries contact
John Ward - Only Blues Music Australia/NZ onlybluesmusic@aol.com
Mike Powers - Yellow Dog Records US/Canada/Europe info@yellowdogrecords.com
www.fionaboyes.com www.myspace.com/fionaboyes www.piedmonttalent.com www.yellowdogrecords.com www.myspace.com/blueempressmanagementintl