Fiona Boyes - Professin' The Blues - 45rpm 180g 2LP

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Fiona Boyes - Professin' The Blues - 45rpm 180g 2LP
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Reference Recordings - RM-2517 -  180 Gram Virgin Vinyl 

Half-Speed Mstered by Paul Stubbleline - Limited Edition -  Pressed at QRP 

Cut & Mastered on a custom Cutting Lathe designed by Nelson Pass

Nominated for the 2017 Blues Music Awards as Best Acoustic Album and Best Acoustic Artist!

Plated and pressed by Quality Record Pressings

Half-speed mastered"...our heroine perpetuates the blues legacy with a brave attitude and amazing conviction." - Vicente Zumel, La Hora Del Blues

Australian singer/songwriter/guitarist Fiona Boyes is an earthy force of nature. Her gravelly vocal timbre is straight out of the red dirt of the Outback. No swishy blues affectation, here. Professin' the Blues proclaims Fiona Boyes' passion for the blues as she celebrates the unique contribution of recording and mastering engineer 'Professor' Keith O. Johnson, Reference Recording's Technical Director and audio legend.

The majority of the songs are written by Boyes. She's influenced by Delta Blues with a little Caribbean thrown in. For the most part, the songs are paired down to the nub. Voice with guitar, with sundry percussion — once in a while, drums and bass make an appearance. Of course, this instrumentation appears on many blues albums, but Boyes has a way of drawing in the listener into her stories. It's very intimate, very personal. Like Bille Holiday and Bessie Smith, Boyes takes you on her journey.

From the wonderful liner notes, Boyes seems to have a made a BFF in Johnson, the engineering alchemist of Reference Recordings. He's the reason why each Reference release with his imprimatur is awaited eagerly. His magic appears on this album from the very beginning.

    Side 1
    Can’t Stay Here No More
    Devil You Know
    Lay Down With Dogs
    Angels And Boats
    
Side 2
    One Rule For You
    Card Sharp
    Old And Stiff
    Kiss Me Darling
    
Side 3
    Love Me All The Way
    Stubborn Old Mule
    Catfish Fiesta
    If I Should Die
    
Side 4
    At The Crossroads
    Love Changing Blues
    Baby Please Don’t Go
    Face In The Mirror

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