Fiona Boyes

Hubert Sumlin smiles down on me everyday.
I’ve lived in 8 different houses since I first met Hubert in 2004.
All of them have had a music space of some sort, with guitars and gear spread about. At…Read more

Another action-packed few months for me! With blog activity LONG overdue, I’ll give you a quick catch up…from a South African blues festival to touring Aussie gigs with Deb Davies, while moving house (again!) and LOTS of traveling across the… Read more

This blogging thing has got out of hand, dear reader…
In my last blog, I was looking forward to the fabulous 2010 Blues Music Awards ceremony. (That was held in MAY, folks.)

So we start in Memphis… The… Read more

The South Australian desert of my last blog seems so long ago…
There’s been a lot of traveling, gigging, jamming and making new friends since then!
(Click here for photos)

It’s been a time of huge contrasts.… Read more

5,500 miles.
That’s 8,800 kilometers, folks, for those of us who are metric.
And that’s how far I have driven over the last 6 weeks, rambling between festivals and gigs during this long hot Aussie Summer.
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First, I have to say – the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise lives up to its’ name. The gigs, line-up, audience and atmosphere are fantastic. And that’s not just for a day or two, everyone keeps up this standard (and… Read more

I am SO far behind in my blog, gentle reader, that I resolve to do a ‘double blog’ to catch up! Last time…fabulous New York City…now – after a couple of quick last minute gigs in the US - it…Read more

From last blog...

We left our intrepid traveler lost in the wilds of Northern Pennsylvania, in picturesque Wellsboro – a town that looks like the setting of the movie ‘Groundhog Day’.

The pretty town of Wellsboro has a main… Read more

How cool is it to hear your one of your songs played on the in-flight Blues channel while flying from Australia to America?! (Thank-you Bill Wax, host and programmer at XM Sirius ‘Bluesville’!) It’s the first of July and I… Read more

Picking up the story from our last episode….

I am driving in the gathering dusk, towards a teaching gig at Jorma Kaukonen’s Fur Peace Ranch, Ohio. Suddenly I realize...I am quite lost! Night has fallen and I can’t seem…Read more