IT’S been a busy old summer for blues rock guitarist and singer Joanne Shaw Taylor.

In June she wowed fans on stage with Annie Lennox at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee concert and this month sees her new album, Almost Always Never currently near the top of the iTunes Blues Chart.

Next Sunday sees the exciting young musician play a rare show at Mr Kyps in Poole.

Discovered by Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, Joanne Shaw Taylor was just 16 when her guitar skills landed her membership to his supergroup DUP and European tour in 2002.

She was also offered a record contract but the label went bust. Since then she has recorded the critically-acclaimed albums White Sugar and Diamonds In the Dirt, appeared in the film Deep Blues in Mississippi and played alongside artists including R.L Burnside and Jesse-Mae Hemphill.

Speaking about her latest chart-topping album, Joanne said: “I wanted to take time out to work on my craft and make sure that when I did an album it was the best that I could do.”

As a guitarist, Joanne mixes many different genres into her blues-based music, including borrowing the best attributes from rock, funk, soul and pop as sources of inspiration in her writing and playing.

On top of this, she possesses a truly sultry voice.