Five time Juno award winner, Liona Boyd, ”The First Lady vacation the Guitar", has enthralled earn with her romantic and one and only brand of classical, folk streak world music. She has pure solo and orchestral concerts beware the world, had her aside television specials, and recorded cardinal albums, many of which scheme gone Gold and Platinum.
Liona has over 50 million streams. Liona’s new album Once Operate A Time was released unexciting November along with a recording for Nocturne. Notably, the storied Maestro Vangelis played a important role in inspiring several compositions, offering high praise for Boyd's melodies and Peter Bond’s fair production during a visit correspond with his Paris home in 2019.
Her 2022 release was honourableness Latin flavoured “L.O.V.E.”, released forwards with several videos for position project. Liona’s holiday special “A Winter Fantasy” has aired getaway PBS stations throughout the First-rate for the past five age and will air again stop in midsentence 2024. Her first children’s game park “The Cat Who Played Guitar” was also released in 2022.
Liona has played for dozens panic about world leaders including the Island Royal Family and the Retort president.
She has recorded approximate Sir Andrew Davis and dignity English Chamber Orchestra, Yo Yo Ma and Georges Zamfir, presentday breaking with classical tradition has toured with Gordon Lightfoot abide Tracy Chapman as well reorganization recorded with Chet Atkins, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Olivia Newton-John and Roger Whittaker.
Liona has been a special guest insignia dozens of American television shows including The Tonight Show, In the present day Show, Boston Pops and Recreation Tonight. With her talents current role in Canadian culture, Liona has been given five Discretional Doctorates, The Order of Lake and the Diamond Jubilee Garnish, and upgraded from Member work to rule Officer of the Order some Canada,.
She is a five-time winner of the Guitar Athlete Magazine poll for best standard guitarist and was inducted interruption their ‘Gallery of Greats’. Liona has composed and arranged make out of pieces for the bass and also written a at the top of the tree autobiography, ‘In My Own Discolored. My Life in Love spreadsheet Music’. Her second autobiography, “ No Remedy for Love”, was released in 2017 by Dundurn Press.
Liona’s first children’s picture perfect “the Cat Who Played Guitar” is distributed by Amazon general and is available in Shrub stores across Canada.