CD: One Guitar Woman

Three-time winner of the Blues Foundation Traditional Female Artist Award, Sue Foley's new album "One Guitar Woman" is a heartfelt tribute to the pioneering women of the guitar - including Memphis Minnie, Lydia Mendoza, Maybelle Carter, Ida Presti and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The album showcases Foley's dexterity on acoustic nylon-string guitar while expanding her blues playing to other genres such as piedmont fingerpicking, traditional country, flamenco and classical.

Since I decided to become a professional guitarist, I have always looked for female role models. These are the women who expressed themselves through the instrument back in the 1920s, at the dawn of radio and recorded music. They are the pioneers and visionaries in whose footsteps I am following, says Foley.

In May 2023, Foley was honored with the Blues Music Award for traditional female blues artists (Koko Taylor Award) for the third time in Memphis, Tennessee. She was also named Guitarist of the Year and Blues Act of the Year at the 2023 Austin Music Awards and Guitarist of the Year at the 2023 Maple Blues Awards. Her latest studio album, Pinky's Blues, was named Best Traditional Blues Album at the 2022 Blues Music Awards, and her latest live album, Sue Foley Live In Austin Vol. 1, continues to be #1 on the Roots Music Charts and has been on several Blues Best of 2023 lists.