1. Liona Boyd's father grew up in Bilbao, Spain, and her mother in Stoke-on-Trent, England.
12 Facts About Liona Boyd
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Liona Boyd's grandmother was from Linares, Spain, the birthplace of the "king of the classical guitar", Andres Segovia.
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Liona Boyd took lessons from Eli Kassner, Narciso Yepes, Alirio Diaz, Julian Bream, and Andres Segovia.
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Liona Boyd toured as the opening act for Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot.
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In 1976, Liona Boyd joined Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, and established her own publishing company, Mid-Continental Music.
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In 1995, Liona Boyd contributed to the Canadian Windows 3.1 computer game The Music Game.
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In 1992, Boyd moved to Beverly Hills, California, where she married John B Simon, a real estate developer.
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Liona Boyd reinvented herself by developing her songwriting and singing skills and playing less demanding guitar arrangements.
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Liona Boyd released a new age album titled Seven Journeys which was co-written with her producer Peter Bond.
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In 2016, Liona Boyd formed a new touring duo with Andrew Dolson.
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In 2017, Liona Boyd filmed "A Winter Fantasy", a live Christmas special that was broadcast in December 2018 on several PBS stations including WNED-TV in Buffalo, New York.
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In 2018, Blackstone Publishing released an audiobook of Liona Boyd reading her autobiography In My Own Key.