Dona Oxford

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Doña Oxford: Live…and Loud! album rocks and rolls. Her best ever.

November 29, 2016

  Patrick O’Heffernan (Los Angeles) Doña Oxford never gets older; she just gets better. Her new album, Live… and Loud is not only live and loud, it is her best album yet in a career full of passionate songs, great albums and stunning musical accomplishments. Live…and Loud!  is 5-star, platinum-level pure boogie woogie soul-drenched rock and roll.   Set for release November 30, the 13-song Live… And Loud! album was recorded during live performances in Europe this past spring  and is timed to launch her next European tour, which kicks off with a gig at the famous 606 Club in London.  Produced by Jim Williams, who cut his teeth with The Stooges, the album has the energy of live recordings and the acoustic perfection of the studio. The audio quality is remarkable, given the varied locations which included Matt and Phreds in Manchester, UK, Grand Ol’ Opry in Glasgow, UK and Liederbuch in Zwickau, Germany. Doña’s world-class piano/keyboard skills — which prompted none other than Keith Richards to shout “You’re a bitch!” as they jammed [Read More]

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A conversation with Doña Oxford, Queen of Boogie-woogie and Goddess of Soul. By Patrick O’Heffernan

February 17, 2016

  Dona Oxford was excited.  Oxford is known for being excited about her music, but this time she was excited because she had just introduced me to Ray Kurzweil at the NAMM 2016 Kurzweil electric keyboard booth where, the day before, Stevie Wonder had shown up, sat down at the keyboard Oxford  had just vacated and started to play for the assembled crowd.  But she was even more excited about the fact that later in evening she would be playing for Wonder at the Kurzweil Private party. “He touched my sweat on the keys! Stevie Wonder touched my sweat on the keys,’ she exclaimed, “and now I will be playing for him”. But that is a common story for Oxford, known to her legions of fans as the Queen of Boogie-woogie and the Princess of Soul. Many, many greats have asked her to play for them on stage, in the recording studio and on tour.  Her keyboard chops (she also plays drums), her energy, her voice and her songwriting have been recognized over and over [Read More]

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Doña Oxford birthday bash a blast at Brennan’s in the Marina By Patrick O’Heffernan

June 2, 2014

 Doña Oxford makes people move. Fresh back from playing onstage with Albert Lee in London and in the studio backing a new album with Van Morrison,  Doña Oxford brought her high octane R&B and boogie woogie soul train to Brennan’s in Marina del Rey to celebrate her birthday (39, of course). And Brennan’s may never recover. She came on at 9:30 pm and played three sets, and at one point, even the sports fans at the bar gave up following ESP and joined in the locomotion. There were even dancing folks bopping  in the tiny space in front of the restrooms doors.  It was a hoot. Doña brought the full band for her birthday present to the audience:  the amazing British transplant Colin Ryan on electric guitar, Bill Brennenstuhl keeping it moving on the drums, Fred Johnson  playing  bass and adding a few hallelujahs, and the never-stop-dancing backup vocal singers Robin Daléa and Jamila Ford. Doña conducted them flawlessly from her center spot in front of the big Hammond keyboard, flashing hand signals while her [Read More]