Kyla Brox

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Kyla Brox (born June 3, 1980 in Stockport , Greater Manchester , England ) is a British blues and soul singer and songwriter .

biography

Kylas father is the blues singer Victor Brox , her mother Annette Brox, which in the original production of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar the girl on fire ( maid by the fire played), while Victor as Caiaphas was there.

In 1992, Kayla first appeared on stage with her father at the age of 12. Soon afterwards she became a permanent member of her father's touring band, "Victor Brox Blues Train". Also there were Danny Blomeley on bass, like Kyla also only 13 years old, Kyla's 4 years older brother Sam and 19 year old Phil Considine on drums. Because of the young age of the members, the band was jokingly called the " child slavery band ".

Kyla and Danny formed a duo in 2001, which eventually became the Kyla Brox Band, consisting of Kyla Brox (vocals, flute), Marshall Gill (guitar), Tony Marshall (saxophone), Danny Blomeley (bass) and Phil Considine (drums ). After starting out in pubs and clubs in the north-west of England and having enjoyed success at festivals, they toured several times in Australia and the USA.

In 2008 Kyla Brox and Danny Blomeley married.

In 2019 she won the European Blues Award in the Azores.

Discography

solo

  • 2003: Window (self-published)
  • 2003: Beware (self-published)
  • 2004: Coming Home (as Kyla Brox Band, Pigskin CD02)
  • 2006: Live at Matt and Phred’s (as Kyla Brox Band) (self-published)
  • 2007: Gone (Pigskin, PIGCD01)
  • 2009: Gray Sky Blue (Pigskin, PIGCD03)
  • 2014: LIVE .... At Last (Pigskin, PIGCD04)
  • 2016: Throw Away Your Blues

With Victor Brox

  • 1998: Kyla Jane & Victor With The Brox Gang
  • 2000: Darwin Night Train , as Victor Brox Blues Train
  • 2001: Belly Shiver (Bridgetown Blues) , as Victor and Kyla Brox
  • 2009: Frog in Mah Pocket! , as Victor 'Pur & Dur' & Kyla 'Raving Jane' Brox

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c biography on the homepage of Kyla Brox, see web links
  2. ↑ a b Alan White: Kayla Brox, singer / songwriter / flautist and husband Danny Blomeley, guitarist / songwriter, the Kyla Brox Band . Early blues interview
personal data
SURNAME Brox, Kyla
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British blues and soul singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd June 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockport , Greater Manchester , England