It’s been a wild ride for young English guitar sensation Joanne Shaw Taylor - from her discovery at age 16 by Dave Stewart of the Eurhythmics, to her recent appearance with Annie Lennox at The Queen’s Jubilee concert. In that time she’s won best female vocalist at the British Blues Awards twice, toured the globe with the likes of BB King and Joe Bonamassa made two smashing appearances at Byron Bay’s iconic Bluesfest and released three critically acclaimed albums. In a few short years Shaw Taylor has gone from promising young blues talent to a bona fide force on the international music scene. Don’t miss the chance to catch her live on her first Australian tour this February. $20 at Door

"...this performance came from a goddess - Joanne Shaw Taylor - a 27-year old Detroit-based Englishwoman whose musical style and audacious guitar skills can easily cause a double-take on the part of those who stumble upon her unprepared.

A gravelly blues voice and long, flailing blonde hair add to the feeling that something here does not quite fit the "axe-man" mould carved out by Hendrix, Vaughan, Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page or Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones.

Female blues-rock guitarists, after all, are few and far between - particularly if they were born in the mid-1980s and can mesmerize their listeners with a version of Hendrix's "Manic Depression", giving the original a run for its money."

Jeremy Gaunt - Rueters October 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmlVQm0sia0

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