Whether on her signature pink paisley Fender Telecaster or her hand-built flamenco guitar, Sue Foley is redefining what a guitar hero can be. Heading to our stage for the first time, this Grammy-nominated vocalist and guitarist fuses fiery Texas blues with delicate fingerstyle flourishes, channeling a poet’s sense of purpose through every note. With One Guitar Woman, she opens new musical and historical territory, affirming that women have always had a place in the pantheon of guitar greats.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Sue Foley is a multi-award-winning blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Her latest release, 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, Sue delivers a masterclass in acoustic guitar, honoring the trailblazing women who shaped the instrument’s history—from Maybelle Carter and Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Ida Presti and Lydia Mendoza.

Since her 1992 acclaimed debut, Young Girl Blues, Sue has toured internationally and shared stages with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan and Billy F Gibbons, earning her place among the top tier of modern blues artists.

A five-time winner of the Blues Music Award for Traditional Blues Female Artist (2020–2025), Sue also holds a Juno Award, the 2024 Maple Blues “Blues With a Feeling” Lifetime Achievement Award and numerous other honors. She is not only a performer but a scholar: her forthcoming book, Guitar Women: Conversations with the Heroines of Guitar (Sutherland House, 2026), chronicles her interviews with groundbreaking female players. Sue also holds a PhD in Musicology from York University.

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