Toni Lynn Washington is known by many Roots music enthusiasts as Boston’s queen of the blues. She got her start singing in Gospel choirs and eventually found herself performing with Jackie Wilson, as well as Sam & Dave. With soulful inflections that trail off in deep, sultry tremolos, Washington’s spiritually-influenced vocal style adds an extra dimension of atmosphere to whomever is lucky enough to accompany her. - Eric Shea

    “She’s the Boston Blues Queen, with one minor hit, a huge regional rep., decades of struggle and disappointment and a serious rapport with the microphone to her credit. She has a husky, almost masculine voice, somewhat akin to that of Saffire’s Ann Rabson. She’s in control of the studio band, keeping things in a “bow tie blues” frame one might associate with Charles Brown rather submitting to the heavy swing Duke Robillard’s influence and bandstand partners usually provide.

    This is an album for couples, firelight and those seeking solace from romantic pain. It’s far from the center of the thumping, party-oriented Chicago center of the blues bell curve, and will be an acquired taste for many middlebrow blues fans, yet it will be a taste easy to acquire, because it is a strong record in every way. On every level, it is about mastery. “Willow Weep for Me” is particularly eye opening as a cut on the exact cusp of blues, jazz and R&B.” - Art Shuey, Southwest Blues

    Albums

    Blues at Midnight|
    Released In: 1995
    Record label: Tone-Cool Records, a Rounder Records subsidiary

    It’s My Turn Now
    Released In: 1997
    Record label: Tone-Cool Records

Good Things
Released In: 2000
Record label: Tone-Cool Records

Been So Long
Released In: 2003
Record label: NorthernBlues Music

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