Sue Foley is a GRAMMY®-nominated blues guitarist, singer, and song writer known for her fiery Texas blues style and unmistakable guitar tone. Her latest album, One Guitar Woman: A Tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar, was nominated for the 2025 GRAMMY® Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. On it, Foley delivers a stunning acoustic performance honoring trailblazers like Maybelle Carter, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Ida Presti, and Lydia Mendoza. Foley’s signature pink paisley Fender Telecaster and masterful finger style technique have made her one of the most respected guitarists in modern blues.Born in Ottawa and based in Austin, she first gained acclaim with her debut Young Girl Blues on Antone’s Records, the legendary label behind Stevie Ray Vaughan
She’s a five-time consecutive Blues Music Award winner, a JUNO Award recipient, and holds a PhD in Musicology from York University. Her forth coming book, Guitar Women (Sutherland Press, 2026), features interviews with groundbreaking female guitarists across genres and generations.“We’ve been here all along,” she says. “Now we’re claiming it"
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Since 2018, GA-20 has been at the forefront of a traditional Blues revival. The dynamic throwback trio have long been disciples of the place where traditional Blues, Country and Rock ‘n’ Roll intersect. “We make records that we would want to listen to,” says guitarist Matt Stubbs. “It’s our take on the song-based traditional electric Blues we love.” Stubbs, along with guitarist & vocalist Cody Nilsen and drummer Josh Kiggans, strive to bring traditional Blues to the front lines of the modern roots music scene.
GA-20 has drawn inspiration for their old-school sounds from the music they love byartists such as Otis Rush, J.B. Lenoir, Howlin’ Wolf, Junior Wells, Hound Dog Taylor, Earl Hooker, Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson and so many others. Performing with what feels like reckless abandon, GA-20 brings a timeless immediacy to every song they play with a sound that continues to grow and evolve. The band uses vintage instruments and amps to produce their authentic sound, and favours traditional recording techniques, like recording live off the floor together in one room, to help recreate that energy and sonic connection.
