Myles Sanko

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Myles Sanko ( Leverkusener Jazztage 2016)

Myles Sanko (born May 8, 1980 in Accra ) is a British soul and jazz singer and songwriter of Ghanaian origin.

Sanko, who grew up in a small town on the coast of Ghana, then migrated to Great Britain with his family. There he sang and raped as a youth in Cambridge . Later he played with the Bijoumiyo and accompanied speedometers . With his debut EP Born in Black & White , initially self-distributed in 2013 , Sanko managed to become known in Europe. In 2014, Légère released the album Forever Dreaming and in 2016 Just Being Me . He wrote some of his songs together with Thierry Los. He has performed at festivals such as the North Sea Jazz Festival , Elbjazz , Rheingau Music Festival or Jazz & Joy Festival .

Web links

Commons : Myles Sanko  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. entry (BBC)
  2. Rheingau Music Festival: Soul singer Myles Sanko and band inspire at the concert in front of the Rheingau Cathedral Wiesbadener Tagblatt , 7 July 2017