Fiona Boyes is an Australian blues musician. She has been recording for more than 25 years[1] and tours regularly in Australia, the United States, and Europe.

Fiona Boyes
OriginAustralia
GenresBlues
OccupationsMusician
InstrumentsGuitar, vocals
Years active1980s–present
LabelsYellow Dog Records, Blue Empress Records
Websitewww.fionaboyes.com

Boyes was part of the Australian female Blues band, The Mojo's, in the 1990s alongside Annie Packer, Gina Woods, Kaz Dalla Rosa and Paula Dowes.

Boyes released her debut studio album, Blues in My Heart in 2000.

In 2003 she won the solo/duo category at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee.

Boyes' debut US release Lucky 13 was nominated by the Blues Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee for the 2007 Blues Music Awards, 'Contemporary Blues Album of the Year'.[2] She has since received three further BMA nominations for 'Traditional Female Blues Artist' (2010),[3] 'Acoustic BluesAlbum of the Year' (2009),[4] 'Contemporary Female Blues Artist' (2008),[5] and her 2008 release Live From Bluesville won the US Blues Critics Award for Best Live Blues Album. Boyes has also received 15 national recording and performance awards in Australia.

Boyes has toured and recorded with many, including Hubert Sumlin and Bob Margolin. Boyes was described by Grammy Award winner and Blues Hall of Fame pianist, Pinetop Perkins, as "the best gal guitarist I heard since Memphis Minnie."[This quote needs a citation]

She plays both acoustic and electric, covering pre-war Delta slide, laments, single chord Mississippi Hills grooves, Piedmont finger picking, New Orleans barrelhouse, Memphis soul, classic Chicago, Texas swing, and the uptown sound of the West Coast.

Discography

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List of albums, with selected details
Title Details
Blues in My Heart
  • Released: 2000
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Black Market Music (BMM239-2)
Gimme Some... Sweet Jelly Roll
  • Released: 2003
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Black Market Music (BMM271-2)
Live in Atlanta
(as Fiona Boyes & The Fortune Tellers)
  • Released: 2004
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Blue Empress Records (BE-201)
Lucky 13
(as Fiona Boyes & The Fortune Tellers)
  • Released: 2006
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Yellow Dog Records (YLDG 1353)
Live from Bluesville
(with Mookie Brill & Rich DelGrosso)
  • Released: 2008
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Blue Empress Records (BE-205)
Blues Woman
  • Released: 2008 (US)
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Yellow Dog Records (YLDG 216532)
Blues for Hard Times
  • Released: 2011
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Blue Empress Records (BER 206)
Box & Dice
  • Released: October 2015
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Blue Empress Records (BER 207)
Professin' The Blues
  • Released: October 2016
  • Format: CD, 2×LP
  • Label: Reference Recordings (RR-140) / Blue Empress Records (BER 208)
Voodoo in the Shadows
  • Released: 2018
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Label: Blue Empress Records (BER-209)
Ramblified
  • Released: 2023
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Blue Empress Records

Awards and nominations

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Music Victoria Awards

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The Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
Music Victoria Awards of 2015 Box & Dice Best Blues Album Nominated [6][7]
Music Victoria Awards of 2017 Professin' the Blues Best Blues Album Won
Music Victoria Awards of 2018 Voodoo in the Shadows Best Blues Album Nominated

References

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  1. ^ Hutchens, Gareth (21 August 2014). "Guitarist Fiona Boyes paints the town blue". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  2. ^ "2007 – 28th Blues Music Awards Winners". The Blues Foundation. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  3. ^ "2010 – 31st Blues Music Awards Winners". The Blues Foundation. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  4. ^ "2009 – 30th Blues Music Awards Winners". The Blues Foundation. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  5. ^ "2008 – 29th Blues Music Awards Winners". The Blues Foundation. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Previous Nominess". Music Victoria. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Previous Winners". Music Victoria. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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