Biography
"This is the sort of sound you'd want to hear pouring out of roadhouses as you drive up expecting to get drunk and maybe fall in love." (Americana UK Magazine)
"Romi Mayes is the hardest-working person in the Americana scene right now. That's good, because she has a great new record out, and it deserves to be heard."--Slaid Cleaves
"Romi Mayes is somethin else. She writes great songs and she's got a great voice, but you should see her try to outrun a train. I think I had more fun on tour with Romi Mayes than I've ever had in my life"--Gurf Morlix
"I really dig it (the CD) and Gurf is the best" - Buddy Miller
"Music from the heart and soul, Romi makes it look easy" - Bob Harris, BBC
"Romi Mayes might as well be from Texas."- Grant Alden, No Depression
"...a sparkling, dynamic album with just the right amount of edge. Simply put, Mayes is a Canadian country music icon whose music will keep you company long after the bar closes." -Exclaim
"As good as Mayes is now, she has nowhere to go but higher and higher and higher into the alt-country stratosphere." The Record
"If you like your artists to possess grit and strong albeit traditional sounding songs, then Romi Mayes has got everything you need right here. Excellent stuff! "--Americana UK
"With honest emotion and raw guitars Romi Mayes is emerges from Canada and delivers a gut punch on her new release Achin' in Yer Bones. There are certain artists that are just honest and sing from the heart. On Achin' in Yer Bones you can't avoid reality. It is right in front of you." Twangville
"...Mayes' most consistent, confident and concise disc. So put on the headphones, turn out the lights, pour another shot and hit repeat." Winnipeg Sun
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. Having won a WCMA Songwriter Of The Year award for her previous album "Sweet Somethin Steady" one can really hear where her true gift rests. On her new album, Mayes' effortless, matter-of-fact lyrical style weaves poetically around fantastic production, credited to renowned producer Gurf Morlix (Lucinda Williams, Mary Gauthier) who also worked with her on acclaimed album "Sweet Somethin Steady" in 2006 which also won a WCMA award and a Whiskey Award for Album Of The Year.
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 smaller venues to rowdy rockin bar shows to tightly arranged full band sold out theatre shows. She has shared the stage with the likes of Ricky Skaggs, Iris Dement, Jim Cuddy, The Flatlanders, Martha Wainwright, Fred Eaglesmith, Corb Lund, Billy Joe Shaver, Sue Foley, Blackie and The Rodeo Kings and many 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.
"Achin In Yer Bones" is available March 10, 2009 in Canada, The United States, and April 18, 2009 in Europe.
Instrumentation
The Romi Mayes Band (4 piece):
Romi Mayes - vocals and guitar
Jason Nowicki - guitar
David Landreth - bass
Daniel Jordan - drums
Discography
Achin In Yer Bones - 2009
Sweet Somethin' Steady - 2006
Romi Mayes and The Temporarily Employed: The Living Room Sessions VOLUME ONE - 2005
Mayes and Carmichael - 2004
On The Road - 2002
Off The Wagon - 1997
Links
| http://www.romimayes.com |
| Romi Mayes Website |
| Romi Mayes MySpace |
| Romi Mayes Facebook Group |
| Romi Mayes @ CD Baby |