Fiona Boyes
Encyclopedia
Fiona Boyes is an Australia
n blues
musician
. She has been recording for more than 17 years and has toured in Australia, the United States
, and Europe
. Boyes' debut US
release Lucky 13 was officially nominated by the Blues Foundation
in Memphis
, TN
for the 2007 Blues Music Awards, 'Contemporary Blues Album of the Year'. However, the award was given to Guitar Shorty
for the album We The People.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
. She has been recording for more than 17 years and has toured in Australia, the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. Boyes' debut US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
release Lucky 13 was officially nominated by the Blues Foundation
Blues Foundation
The Blues Foundation is an American nonprofit corporation, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, that is affiliated with more than 175 Blues organizations from various parts of the world....
in Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
, TN
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
for the 2007 Blues Music Awards, 'Contemporary Blues Album of the Year'. However, the award was given to Guitar Shorty
Guitar Shorty
Guitar Shorty is an American blues guitarist. He is well known for his explosive guitar style and wild stage antics. Billboard magazine said, “his galvanizing guitar work defines modern, top-of-the-line blues-rock. His vocals remain as forceful as ever...
for the album We The People.
Discography
- 1990: The Mojos (The Mojos)
- 1991: Hardheaded Woman (The Mojos)
- 1992: Real Australian Blues (compilation albumCompilation albumA compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
) - 1995: Sassy Mama (The Mojos)
- 1996: Mumbo Gumbo (The Mojos)
- 1999: Swing O'Clock Blues (The Mojos)
- 2001: Blues in my Heart (Fiona Boyes)
- 2001: Live at Bruthen (compilation)
- 2002: The Muster Collection (compilation)
- 2003: Gimme Some Sweet Jelly Roll (Fiona Boyes)
- 2003: Underground Highway (Vol.2) (compilation - Southern Records, USUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
) - 2004: Fiona Boyes & The Fortune Tellers Live in Atlanta (double albumDouble albumA double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs....
) - 2006: Lucky 13 (Fiona Boyes)
- 2008: Live From Bluesville (Fiona Boyes, Mookie Brill, Rich DelGrosso)
- 2009: Blues Woman (Fiona Boyes)
- 2011: Blues for Hard Times (Blue Empress Records)