Liona Boyd - No Remedy for Love (2017)

Liona Boyd, Canada’s First Lady of Guitar new album "No Remedy for Love'.Few people’s lives are as romantic and adventurous as Liona Boyd’s has been. She has performed around the world, sold millions of albums, won five Juno awards, serenaded numerous heads of state. "No Remedy for Love" details her fascinating journey with the reinvention of her entire career, due to a six year period when she could not play guitar because of Musician’s Focal Dystonia, and also includes a 30 + year pen-pal relationship with Prince Philip. The new album serves as a perfect musical companion as a reflection in song that includes such songs like ‘No Remedy for Love’ dedicated to her late friend Leonard Cohen, a tribute song to Gordon Lightfoot aptly named “Lightfoot”, that includes guest vocals from the legendary Ronnie Hawkins, ‘Who Knows’ featuring Jack Grunsky, ‘Love Of The Horse’, dedicated to her friend, HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh. The album also includes her homage to the city she lives in with ‘The Toronto Song’ that features special guests including Jerry Howarth (the voice of the Toronto Blue Jays), Michael ‘Pinball’ Clemons and Maple Leafs Garry Leeman, Brad May, and international citizens of Toronto! Liona Boyd, known as the First Lady of Guitar, introduced millions around the world to the art of classical guitar through her concerts, television specials, and 27 recordings. Her talents have resulted in five gold and three platinum albums, plus five Juno awards, the Order of Canada, five honorary doctorates, and over 4 million YouTube views.