NOTTINGHAM: The Maze

THU 23RD MAY, 2013 7.30pm

“We rock as an edgy blues electric duo. There is definitely Americana roots and country in the show but the overall sound is a dirty bluesy one. They are all my original tunes and Jason is off the charts as a guitar player. I think it may possibly blow people's minds.” Romi, on her new live show

If Keith Richards, Joan Jett and Ray Charles could somehow spawn a love child, it’d be Romi Mayes (suitably pronounced RAW-ME). Hailing from Winnipeg, Canada, and renowned as one of the hardest working independent musicians touring the globe today, Mayes has chipped away at the rock and roll stone over the past couple of decades, and now, this Juno nominated, CFMA nominated, four time WCMA award winner, has done it again.

Her latest and fifth full length album, ‘Lucky Tonight’ stamps one more victory in this bad ass guitar playin lady’s discography. Featuring guitar demon Jay Nowicki of the well known rockin blues band ‘The Perpetrators’, Mayes chose to record a rare electric duo album. Not unique enough for ya? Inspired by what another Winnipeg raised artist, Neil Young, did with his 1973 release 'Time Fades Away', Mayes and Nowicki recorded an album of all unreleased and unrecorded brand new songs live and in one take at a sold out concert in Winnipeg in the middle of winter.

Romi Mayes is a force to be reckoned with that will be a household name for years to come. She is only getting better with each album and one thing you can bet on is this hard core prairie gal has no plans to burn out or fade away.

“Romi and Jay are an absolute force of an electric blues duo. The end result is an album that’s carefully balanced between grinding, grooving roadhouse rhythms, heartfelt guitar solos, and Romi’s aching, yearning voice and lyrics.,” Uptown Magazine