Cabannes Blues Night (13) – July 2006

Singer songwriter and trumpet player Boney Fields is the real Mc Coy !

Cabannes Blues Night (13) – July 2006

At last, Boney Fields and his gang entered the stage and managed to bring the whole audience and even the staff dancing at the bottom of the stage!

Montlouis sur Loire Festival (37) – September 2005

The world’s gone mad and funky ! Picture yourself the Espace Ligeria’s 850 seats left alone by a crowd turned red hot by Boney Fields’ band and litterally assaulting the stage! Yesterday’s blues evening went unexpectedly wild and funky and the crowd responded accordingly!
La Nouvelle République – Magalie BASSET – september 2005

Jazz en Touraine Festival (37) – September 2005

The programme looked promising and the party that followed went beyond all expectations. With a king size talent, Boney offered us a show that could easily be defined in a single word: awesome!
A funk tsunami, led by a superb musician and an footlose performer. An intense moment and a huge party, thanks to an intense, and extremely tight band. Really nothing to throw away! A smashing performance from an artist at the peak of his art! ... What a treat!!!
Blues & Co # 34 - Tonton Erick – décember 2005

Avignon Blues Festival (84) – August 2005

An explosive performance of the funkiest kind of blues from Boney Fields and The Bone Project, whose presence and energy on stage strongly reminds of James Brown's powerful shows!
www.peppermint-blues.com - David – January 2006

Gondreville met le feu à la ville – june 2005

Saying that Boney Fields is a reference in the world of trumpet players is now a euphemism. After all, didn't he play with some of the most famous blues artists for years? And now, « The Bone's Project », his band , is playing an explosive funk blues, made for dancing.  Because Funk is the word that defines his music best: either funk-blues, soul funk or the funk of funk, every single song he's playing is full of groove and trumpet. And with a band like his band, even a cripple would find it really difficult NOT to dance! (…) An outstanding success !
http://metablues.free.fr – Edouard  – june 2005

Fête de la Musique à St-Brieuc (22) – june 2005

The mighty good band Boney Fields was in St Brieuc for the annual « Fête de la Musique » (Music Fest). What they offered to their audience was a dream come true and the public's reaction was unanymous...

Festival « Jazz au Fil de l’Oise » (95) – november 2004

Boney Fields has blessed us with a 2 h 30 long concert. In a beautiful festival hall packed to the rim with an audience mostly made of jazz buffs... But then came Boney and his crew making  a demonstration , together and individually of their incredible musicianship. (…)
Boney Fields, always brimming with energy, provided us with an explosive and smashing performance, plunging the usually rather reserved audience in a transe, dancing and clapping their hands all night long... (…)
And who said that jazz buffs couldn't widen their musical horizon !
Blues Magazine n°32 – Alain AIMAR – Winter 2005

« Bougy Blues Festival » (14) – August 2004
Is it still necessary to introduce Boney Fields? With a foot always outside of what is considered blues territory, Boney is revisiting it through rhythm'n'blues, funk, jazz, and why not, even reggae, for our eyes and ears only!
(…) A skilled showman, Boney Fields is playing trumpet in and over very well written horn arrangements, with a show strongly based on a horn section present everywhere (…). Behind them, there is also this outstanding young guitar genius, a sort of crossbreed between Keziah Jones and Jimi Hendrix (…)
(…) Master of funky blues, the dreadlocked trumpet player is also an excellent singer, filling us with pleasure with his rugged voice and its special effects that are always giving instantaneous results on the audience (…).
(…) It’s been now over 2 ½ hours that the most Parisian of Chicago bluesmen has hit the stage but his energy does not seem to wear out! So, is Boney Fields blues or not? Well he surely is !!!
www.zicazic.com – Fred DELFORGE – september 2004

« Bougy Blues Festival » (14) –August 2004
Boney Fields has given an outstanding performance last Friday, either on trumpet or vocal.
Ouest France – August 29, 2004

Festival « Bagnols Blues » (30) – July 2004
Funk time is here and it is Boney FIELDS & his Bone’s Project who are delivering a sheer energy overload! As the skies are darkening and the weather is refreshing, Boney Fields kicks it all away with his horn lines from another world! Bone’s Project music is a mix of funk overload with red hot blues enriched with vitamins. It sounds as good as James Brown’s Motown, with a few reggae chords coming discreetly only to get a step higher into party time!
The former Luther ALLSION and Alpha BLONDY trumpet player litterally explodes on stage, an incredible and groovy wiggle, making him tread almost every inch of the stage! It’s party time in Bagnols and the audience is just letting it happen! The heat is rising quickly. The guitars solos are rocking, the sax’s solos are orgasmic, like the one on « Got My Mojo Working ». Powerful and Funky! From slow blues to hot boogies, all musicians are involved in each and every song. Musical duels are bursting out for the audience’s greatest satisfaction. Boney is having a good time with the public (…) You have probably got it now, Boney Fields is a hell of a showman !
Trois Rivières Blues n° 15 – Dave « PEPPERMINT »– october 2004

Festival « Bagnols Blues » (30) – July 2004
The Bone’s Project is one of those bands built to bring an audience to boiling point. The frontman’s energy, a trumpet player and a singer, the powerful horns, the tight rhythm section and a fantastic show, all the ingredients concur to offer a high energy evening! And the audience makes no mistake as it litterally communicate with the band (…).
Blues & Co n° 29 – Deltaman – september 2004

Festival « Bagnols Blues » (30) – July 2004
This Bagnols Blues Festival closing evening was very promising. Boney Fields, ex-trumpet player for the Allison Family, father and son, had the honour of opening it. More funk than blues, the band quickly conquered the audience, with its burning grooves and hot powered horn section, the Bone’s Project.
Boney is a real showman, overflowing with energy. The man knows how to capture the audience and fill people with excitement. He kept us on our toes until the end of his performance, screaming at the public and jumping in style of a James Brown song, alternating blues, funk, rhythm and blues. A real stage performance !!!
http://www.agendadublues.com – Philippe ESPEIL – september 2004

Festival « Bagnols Blues » (30) – July 2004
Here’s Boney Fields and his Bone Project opening for us. Boney is playing trumpet and singing, with a tenor sax and a trombone to complete his horn section and a very lively rhythm section. Everything is set for a good slice of “swing funk” like one could rarely hear. Especially when Boney starts revisiting Chicago Blues standards in his own Funk and R&B style, just like with “Got My Mojo Working”. The band keeps delivering songs almost non stop. (…) A remarkable trumpet player and a more than decent singer, Boney is demonstrating once again he has got a style of his own.
Soul Bag n° 176 – Daniel Léon – september 2004

Festival « Blues Sur Seine » (78) – November 2003
Boney Fields and The Bone's Project are taking the stage by storm to deliver their show to the audience, a heavy duty funk show. Boney and his Bone’s don’t need lesson from anyone as their show unfolds impeccably, ranging from soul to jazz, with the audience watching aghast.
(…) The genial trumpet player (…) glows with a style revisiting Rhythm 'n' Blues and Chicago Blues, adorned with the band’s constant groove, leaving the necessary room for the charismatic Boney’s stage play and effects. The public is not making any mistake as people quickly get into the groove and start singing the songs’ choruses along (…) This Franco-American band has delighted us for over 75 minutes, encore included, with a wild and colourful concert. No doubt that people who were present will remember them !
Blues Magazine n°32 - Fred DELFORGE – Spring 2004

Festival « Blues Sur Seine » (78) – November 2003
The Festival closing night started with Boney Fields and the Bone’s Project’s bustling energy. Their newly released album, “Red Wolf” was introduced to the audience. (…) The richness and tightness of the band as well as the brightness of the horn parts showed a group of musicians totally involved in the music. It was difficult not to dance !!!
Soul Bag n° 174 – Nicolas TEURNIER – mach 2004

Festival « Blues en V.O ».(95) – November 2003
The band kicks off at 100 Mph !! Boney FIELDS has the audience dancing, swapping with ease from trumpet to singing. The horns are kicking ass. I had not felt that kind of groove since the last Tower of Power gig. An energizing show who has got the public up on their feet from beginning to end. Some heavy calibre !
Blues magazine n° 34 – Roger MERRAN – fall 2004

Festival « Blues en V.O ».(95) – November 2003
Originally a trumpet player coming from the Chicago Blues tradition, Boney FIELDS has got himself some powerful grooves, either funk, jazz or soul. And his horn section could easily be compared to the Memphis Horns or Tower of Power. The show last over 2 hours and it is impossible not to dance! An absolute thrill !!
Blues magazine n° 31 – Bernard MONNOT et Roger MERRAN - winter 2003

Festival « Autour du Blues » (22) – August 2003
Boney Fields is really kicking ass on stage !
France Inter "Ondes de choc" - Laurent LAVIGE - March 18, 2004

Festival « Autour du Blues » (22) – August 2003
Boney FIELDS left the strongest impression to blues fans during this festival, either on Wenesday’s opening night or on the following days on the waterfront.
La Presse d’Armor – august 2003

Festival « Autour du Blues » (22) – August 2003
Walks on the waterfront are sometimes offering moments of pure joy… Let’s take Boney Fields for instance. The man and his trumpet have brought moments of Chicagoan heat to this festival. The audience just couldn’t resist this music filled with horns…
www.m-la-music.net - Stéphane GUIHENEUF – august 2003

Quai du Blues (92) – June 2002
This Funk master has started his career in Chicago at the end of the 70s, following the path of James Brown of EWF. His warm horns sustained by some blazing grooves have turned the heat on more than once at the Ile de la Jatte.
A Nous Paris - june 2002

Quai du Blues (92) – april 2002
Boney Fields is a sensual screamer whose trumpet alone is worth the whole of James Brown’s horn section. This man shouldn’t be missed under any circumstances. We’ll be there.
Libération – Jean SKORECKI - april 2002

Nuit du Blues de Chaumont (52) – November 2001
Seven musicians are invading the stage only to leave the audience totally worn out. This is not just another concert they are giving us here, it is full-fledged show. (…) The atmosphere in the hall is delirious as the band delivers a hell of a time to the audience. Each member of the band is making a point in trying to outdo his colleagues in their own solos.(…) Boney FIELDS & the Bone’s Project have set the Community Hall on fire, offering us the very best of themselves…
Journal de la Haute Marne – november 2001

La Défense Jazz Festival – june 2001
It’s on the Parvis de la Défense that Boney Fields has decided to go for his guns (…) I’m hit full face from the very first song by their massive sound and, let me tell you, it’s an immediate thrill, goosebumps all over!(…) Though the sound is quite jazzy, the band is extremely powerful! (…) The set slowly slides into blues tainted with reggae or with incursions into latin rhythms… Astonishing, dazzling and always easy to dance! (…)

Boney distillates his blues with “Let The Good Times Roll” before skipping into soul with biggest James Brown’s classic “Sex Machine” (…)

(…) Boney is burning the place down, the audience is wiggling, (…) the horns are blowing hard on stage…
La Page Blues -
http://perso.club-internet.fr/jean92/boney_field1.htm - june 2001

Le Méridien (75) – April 2001
With Boney FIELDS at the controls, the audience is guaranteed of a good time. It’s lively, it’s moving and grooving left, right and center, overflowing with energy. Boney has got that rare charisma enabling him to capture the audience’s attention in no time. Not only is he a excellent trumpet player, he is also a fine singer with a sense of humour. He can swap from James Brown to Lowell Fulson or Junior Wells with ease and the filiation is always obvious and natural. And with such a tight band backing him, there can’t be any problem whatsoever(…).
The horn section is the corner stone of the band and I personally find it flawless.
Over the 3 hours of the gig, in addition to the many covers, you can also discover the Bone’s Project original material. All songs are excellent and are encompassing a whole range of influences, notably African. These songs can be heard on the band’s first CD « Hard Work », that I will recommend vividly. But it is on stage that the band takes his real dimension and its beautiful alchemy.
La Gazette de Greenwood – Christophe GODEL - may 2001.

Festival « Blues autour du Zinc » (60) - March 2001
I went to see The Bone's project, with his leader Boney Fields, a talented trumpet player (…). He’s an awesome showman who knows his ways to bring his audience to boiling point (…). Scorching atmosphere. He can do what he wants with the public. A real groove master…
La Gazette de Greenwood n° 30 - Jean Bakrim – march 2001

Nuit du Blues de Sarreguemines (57) – April 2000
A powerful adrenalin boost… Massive !
Le Républicain Lorrain – april 2000

Nuit du Blues de Sarreguemines (57) – April 2000
The Bone’s Project : some modern blues with a superb horn section.
Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace – april 2000

Le Méridien (75) – February 2000
Boney FIELDS & the Bone’s Project back on Paris’ stages soon… A real heart stopper! Don’t miss them !
Travel in Blues n° 33 – february 2000

Le Méridien (75) – November 1999
Band leader, composer, arranger, trumpet player and singer, Boney FIELDS has found the best musicians, including a remarkable young Senegalese guitar player and two other horn players whose riffs are as good as their solos. To see the Bone’s Project in concert is to experience what a total show should be: a very tight band, the most powerful arrangements, the virtuosity of the soloists, all this merging together and magnified by Boney’s true sense of showmanship. Here are some adjectives to try to describe the event.
This band is such a groove machine, that even if most of the repertoire is blues-based, incursions in the fields of funk, jazz or even reggae seem natural to the ear, and the audience gets quickly wrapped up in a party atmosphere mode. And to set the record straight, they have recently burnt the house down at the Jazz Club Lionel Hampton, where the public is not especially known for his dancing ...
Travel in Blues n° 32 – René MALINES - december 99

Le Méridien (75) – November 1999
Boney FIELDS, a genuine groove machine ...
Travel in Blues n° 32 – René MALINES - december 99