Singer Biales to perform

Biales released her seventh CD, “Just Like Honey,” through her own Big Song Music label on Tuesday and will stage an album-release concert at Oxford Community Arts Center from 7 to 11 p.m. on Friday, June 22.

“I’ll be singing every song from the album and maybe a few that people haven’t heard,” she said. “It’ll be fun.”

It’s no accident that Biales — whose voice has been described as “crystal pure” and “like a fine violin” by critics and fellow musicians — will hold her first concert since the release of “Just Like Honey” in Oxford.

Biales is a Fairfield native who later this month will celebrate her ninth anniversary with husband Mark Biales (the president of Oxford’s own Wild Berry incense shop and factory).

She recorded “Just Like Honey” in Macon, Ga., and last year made her movie debut in Francis Ford Coppola’s “Twixt.”

“It’s a great place to land after being out, traveling,” she said of Oxford. “It’s a great place to come home. Mark knows so many people, it was really easy to mix right in.

“It’s like I came here and” — Biales gave a high, happy sigh — “I just fit in. I love Oxford. No matter where my music takes me, I’ll always come back home.”

“Just Like Honey” was produced by EG Kight and is a mix of blues, folk and Americana that includes the title song and a duet with Kight, “Blues Stay Away From Me.”

“It’s been getting a lot of air play on Bluesville SiriusXM Radio,” Biales said. “I had a pre-release to radio-only on April 26. WNKU (89.7 FM and 105.9 FM) plays it a lot.

“I’m thrilled with it, I’m really happy with it,” she said. “I think the song choice was good, the producer was great, the players were fabulous. It couldn’t be better.”

“Just Like Honey” was recorded, mixed, mastered and co-produced by Paul Hornsby (The Marshall Tucker Band, Charlie Daniels).

To date, her most popular album in terms of radio play has been “Chasing Away the Blues,” she said. It was released in 2006 and one song, “Take Time,” went to No. 1 in Australia and another, “Where the Buckwheat Blooms,” made it to No. 32 in the U.S.

Biales said she realized she had a good voice when she was a child.

“I picked up the guitar at 13 and started writing ... I knew I had the right dynamic qualities in my voice,” Biales remembered. “I could sing high or low, I could sing loud or soft, whatever the song needed.”