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Wednesday, August 25 - 6pm
From the centre of Canada, deep in the prairies, comes an unstoppable force that is becoming a household name across the globe: Romi Mayes. Suitably pronounced "Raw Me", Mayes is a straight shooter with heart on your sleeve lyrics, edgy innuendo, and some serious bad ass guitar playing. She writes about sex, drugs, love, and the road. She can be soft and sweet or just down right dirty.
Her latest release "Achin In Yer Bones" is another testament to exactly that. With no filters and no shame, she unravels herself layer by layer baring her being to her listeners from song to song. But honesty is only part of the charm, not the main talent here. Achin In Yer Bones has recently been nominated for a 2010 Juno award for Album of The Year. The album also won 2009 WCMA Songwriter and Album of The Year, the same two awards she garnered with her previous 2006 album "Sweet Somethin Steady". On her new album, Mayes' effortless, matter-of-fact lyrical style weaves poetically around fantastic production, credited to renowned producer Gurf Morlix (Lucinda Williams, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Slaid Cleaves, Mary Gauthier) who also worked with her on the acclaimed "Sweet Somethin Steady".
It is no wonder a producer like Morlix would come up to Canada in the cold of winter from his home base in Texas to work with Mayes again. "Romi's writing on this new album is better than ever," says Morlix. "She's got the flint and she's got the steel - everything she needs to take her anywhere she wants to go."
Commonly referred to as the hardest working musician in Canada, Mayes tours steadily and relentlessly across the globe from solo shows in quaint venues to rowdy rockin bar shows to tightly arranged full band mainstage festival and sold out theatre shows. Her present 4 piece line up is the best it's ever been for Mayes' sound.. Think The Rolling Stones meets Ray Charles meets Joan Jett.
She has shared the stage with the likes of Ricky Skaggs, Iris Dement, Jim Cuddy, Derek Trucks, The Flatlanders, Martha Wainwright, Hayes Carll, Fred Eaglesmith, Corb Lund, Billy Joe Shaver, Sue Foley, Slaid Cleaves, Guy Clark, Blackie and The Rodeo Kings and many more.
Romi Mayes is charming, passionate, comedic, and with whiskey in one hand and a cigarette in the other can out-cuss any sailor on a Saturday night.
