Kyla Brox

Kyla Brox (born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, on 3 June 1980) is a blues and soul singer from a musical family (her parents, Victor Brox and Annette Brox, performed in the Victor Brox Blues Train and both appeared on the 1970 original recording of "Jesus Christ Superstar"). Kyla Brox grew up listening to her father playing the blues and her mum singing opera. At the age of 12 her dreams turned to reality when she started performing in her father's band, Victor Brox Blues Train. Since then, Brox has recorded a series of albums, including 2009's "Grey Sky Blue", an acoustic album featuring the guitar skills of song-writing partner, Danny Blomeley. Not only did Brox grow up listening to her dad singing the blues and her mum singing opera, there were also the rock exploits of her four older siblings. By the age of 3 she had her heart set firmly on becoming a singer (even asking for Chaka Khan's clothes, hair and voice for Christmas) and by 1993, at 12 years old, she had already begun to sing in her father's band, the Victor Brox Blues Train (which he originally formed in the 60s with Kyla's mother, Annette). It's little wonder that her father, a multi-instrumentalist and singer (who fronted The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, and played/recorded with the likes of Alexis Korner, Little Walter, Graham Bond, Muddy Waters, Champion Jack Dupree, Jimi Hendrix, Doctor John, Peter Green and Sonny Boy Williamson II...) has been a huge influence on Kyla Brox's musical career, encouraging her to learn to play the flute and guitar, as well as sing. Tours, numerous gigs and festivals, and a handful of cds with the Victor Brox Blues Train, ensured that Kyla Brox had the proper schooling in her craft. Fate played its hand in 1993, when Brox met the equally precocious, 13 year old multi-instrumentalist, Danny Blomeley, when he began to play bass in her dad's band. Blomeley was a seasoned musician even then, having formed the first of his own band aged 10 (in which he played electric guitar). The pair spent their teenage years honing their skills together in the Victor Brox Blues Train (then affectionately known as the "Child Slavery Band" due to the extreme youth of the musicians!), until 1998 when Blomeley left the UK to travel the world with guitar in hand. His musical expertise was soon in demand from a diverse range of bands, playing jazz, blues, salsa and rock, on guitar, bass, mandolin and piano. When Blomeley arrived back in the UK in the spring of 2001, he and Brox formed a duo. Media interest included Brox featuring on the front covers of the UKs two biggest Blues dedicated magazines, Blues In Britain and Blues Matters! (who coined her nickname, "The Voice") and a live session for BBC Radio 2 (the UKs most listened to radio station). The line-up expanded, finally settled into the Kyla Brox Band - Kyla Brox (vocals, flute); Marshall Gill (guitar); Tony Marshall (saxophones); Danny Blomeley (bass) and Phil Considine (drums). The Kyla Brox Band started playing in North West pubs and clubs: the circuit that had once been the stomping ground of the Victor Brox Blues Train. Their performance at the Colne Blues Festival in 2002 established Kyla Brox's reputation on the British blues scene. They performed concerts and festivals though out the UK, Europe, Australia and Asia, such as The Great British Rhythm n Blues Festival (Europe's largest blues festival), Copenhagen Blues Festival, Blues autour du Zinc, (Paris), The Great Southern Blues and Rockabilly Festival (Australia), Phuket International Blues Festival (Thailand), Edinburgh Festival (Scotland) and Limavady Jazz & Blues Festival (Ireland), to mention a few. Brox's solo albums include: 2007 - Gone (Pigskin Records) 2009 - Grey Sky Blue (Pigskin Records) 2009 - Coming Home (as The Kyla Brox Band, Pigskin Records) 2014 - Live... At Last (Pigskin Records) 2016 - Throw Away Your Blues (Pigskin Records) 2019 - Pain & Glory (Pigskin Records) "The finest female blues singer of her generation" Manchester Evening News “...acoustic, intimate and powerfully emotive” Alan Pierce, Editor, Blues Matters Magazine. “Excellent!” Paul Jones, BBC "Kyla Brox is without question the finest, young female blues singer in the UK today. Her voice is magnificent, combining effortless power with exquisite control." (Lionel Ross, Blues in Britain Magazine) "I haven't honestly seen a better British Blues band for quite some time." - Jenny Lyndsey, Blues in Britian Magazine. "Destined to be Britians number one female singer." - Pete Evans, Dragon Blues Festival. "What a voice, what a talent, what performances!!!" - Darren Howells, Blues Matters! Magazine. "Kyla's voice is up there with the greats." - Chris Cordingley, Blues Matters! Magazine. "...an authentic Soul diva!..." - Mike Butler, City Life Magazine. "Kyla Brox Rocks!" - Northern Territory News, Australia. Official website: Kyla Brox Facebook: kyla Brox My Space: Kyla Brox See Also: kyla Brox Band on Last.fm. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.