Voodoo in the Shadows Fiona Boyes

• 1 Call Their Name 05:19
• 2 Party at Red's 04:15
• 3 What You Put on Me 03:47
• 4 Dark and Dangerous Love 03:57
• 5 Little Things 04:05
• 6 New Orleans 03:27
• 7 Don't Leave Your Feet at Home 03:14
• 8 I Ain't Fooling 04:27
• 9 With a Little Respect 04:24
• 10 Tell Your Story Walking 03:39
• 11 Ember 04:50
• Total Runtime 45:24

Info for Voodoo in the Shadows

Fiona Boyes ist Australiens erfolgreichste, international tourende Blues-Künstlerin. Ihre vorherige Veröffentlichung beim Label Reference Recordings, Professin' The Blues, wurde 2017 vom Blues Blast Magazine für das "Acoustic Album of the Year" nominiert. Die Blues Foundation in Memphis hat sie mit 6 Nominierungen für den Blues Music Award geehrt. Und im Jahr 2003 gewann sie die International Blues Challenge als Vertreterin der Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society. Voodoo In The Shadows ist ihr jüngstes, selbstproduziertes Album, das den Reiz der Nebenstraßen von Memphis über Mississippi nach New Orleans und hinunter zum Golf erkundet. In elf Liedern erzählt Boyes Geschichten von Respekt, Haltung, Mysterien, Party, Sinnlichkeit und Liebe.

Zu ihr gesellen sich zwei australische Bandkollegen: der Multi-Instrumentalist Tim Neal (Hammond B3, Klavier, Bass und Baritonsaxophon) und der Schlagzeuger Mark Gruden. Außerdem dabei ist Johnny Sansone, Musiker aus New Orleans, der seine Mundharmonika und sein Akkordeon hinzufügt, um dieses internationale Gumbo reich zu würzen! Wie üblich spielt Fiona ein Füllhorn von Gitarren, ihre 6-saitigen Maton, drei Cigar-Box-Ininstrumente und ihre seltene National ResoLectric Baritone. Lassen Sie sich mitnehmen auf eine magische Reise!

Fiona Boyes, electric, baritone & cigar box guitars, vocals
Tim Neal, Hammond, piano, bass, baritone saxophone
Mark Grunden, drums, percussion, chains & horseshoes
Johnny Sansone, harmonica, accordion

Recorded and Mixed at Thirty Mill Studios, Australia Recorded December 8 & 9, 2017 and January 16 & 17, 2018
Engineered by Colin Wynne at Thirty Mill Studios Produced by Fiona Boyes
Mastered by Joseph Carra at Crystal Mastering, Australia

Fiona Boyes
an Australian blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, has been recording and performing for more than 25 years, building a career that has taken her to major festivals and stages around the world. A veteran recording artist with 13 releases, Australia’s first lady of the Blues has 5 USA Blues Music Award nominations in 4 different categories, and more than 30 Australian music awards, spanning the blues, folk, jazz and Americana scenes. Fiona’s immersion in the wide musical and historical traditions that make up the Blues and her deep love of the art-form itself lends conviction and authenticity to her playing and songwriting.

Fiona began her career as a Blues artist when she won an Australian made Maton guitar in a local coffee shop talent show. During the early years she honed her skills with all female band, The Mojos, who went on to become one of Australia’s premier blues acts, with 5 recordings to their credit. In 2000 Fiona released her debut solo recording, which won Australian Blues Album, Female Artist, and Song of the Year awards. Her international career took off in 2003 when she won the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, the first woman and first non-American to be so honored. Since then she has released numerous award winning albums and maintained a busy international touring schedule.

Equally at home on acoustic or electric guitars, her repertoire is like a Blues travelogue. Listen to her play and you’ll hear pre-war Delta slide, wailing laments, single chord Mississippi Hills grooves, intricate and beautiful Piedmont finger picking, rollicking New Orleans barrelhouse, greasy Memphis soul, driving classic Chicago sounds, the country stylings of Texas swing, and the uptown sounds of the West Coast. On her latest release - ‘Professin’ the Blues’ - Fiona digs deep into her love of acoustic blues guitar and songwriting: the roots of the Blues. As her friend and musical mentor, the late, great Hubert Sumlin said, ‘She’s got it! I’ve played with all of them – and she’s got it!’

Constantly touring, Fiona divides her time between Australia, Nth America, and Europe. Her home-away-from home is Portland, Oregon, as she follows the Festival seasons in both hemispheres. When she’s back in Australia, Fiona lives on the Clarence River in northern NSW, with her husband Steve, a social activist and Anglican priest, and between them they share the joys of five children and eight grandchildren.

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