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Kyla Brox

• United Kingdom• Active: 1992–
BluesSoul Blues

A Manchester blues and soul singer born into blues royalty, winner of the UK Blues Challenge 2018 and the European Blues Challenge 2019.

Instruments
Vocals, Flute
from
Stockport, Greater Manchester, England
Kyla Brox was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, on 3 June 1980, into a genuinely musical family: her parents, Victor Brox and Annette Brox, performed together in the Victor Brox Blues Train and both appeared on the original 1970 recording of "Jesus Christ Superstar" (Source: last.fm; Wikipedia). She grew up listening to her father play blues and her mother sing opera, and at twelve began performing in her father's band.\n\nIn 2000 she toured Australia with her father, and back in Manchester in 2001 formed a duo with Danny Blomeley that eventually became the Kyla Brox Band, settling into a line-up of Brox (vocals, flute), guitarist Marshall Gill, saxophonist Tony Marshall, bassist Danny Blomeley and drummer Phil Considine (Source: last.fm). Her solo and band discography includes "Gone" (2007), "Grey Sky Blue" (2009), "Coming Home" (2009, as the Kyla Brox Band), "Live... At Last" (2014), "Throw Away Your Blues" (2016) and "Pain & Glory" (2019), all on Pigskin Records (Source: kylabrox.com).\n\nBrox won the UK Blues Challenge in 2018 and the European Blues Challenge in 2019, was voted Best Female Vocalist at the 2019 European Blues Awards, and was a semi-finalist at the International Blues Challenge in both 2019 and 2020 (Source: last.fm). Brox joined her father's Victor Brox Blues Train as a regular touring member in 1993 and toured Australia multiple times (2000, 2003, 2004, 2007) before her 2007 US debut. In 2016 the UK Blues Federation named her an official Ambassador of UK Blues, and both "Throw Away Your Blues" and "Pain & Glory" reached No.1 on the IBBA Charts in 2019 (Source: Wikipedia; last.fm; kylabrox.com). Her current band lineup is Paul Farr (guitar, with her over ten years and leader of his own Paul Farr Band), her husband and 25-year musical partner Danny Blomeley (bass, acoustic guitar), and Mark Warburton (drums); a 2023 live album, "Live at Köniz Castle," was recorded at Köniz Castle in Switzerland (Source: kylabrox.com).

Musical Influence

Raised inside a family whose own recording credits stretch back to the original "Jesus Christ Superstar," Kyla Brox represents blues as an inherited, lived tradition rather than a stylistic choice — a rare direct lineage from 1960s British blues (via her father's Victor Brox Blues Train) into the current UK Blues Challenge-winning generation.

Family and personal life

Father
Victor Brox

Blues musician; led the Victor Brox Blues Train, appeared on the original 1970 recording of "Jesus Christ Superstar."

Mother
Annette Brox

Singer; appeared on the original 1970 recording of "Jesus Christ Superstar."

Formative experiences

  • •1980: Kyla Brox born in Stockport (Source: last.fm).
  • •1992: Began performing in her father's band, aged twelve.
  • •2000: Toured Australia with her father.
  • •2001: Formed a duo with Danny Blomeley in Manchester, the forerunner of the Kyla Brox Band.
  • •2018: Won the UK Blues Challenge.
  • •2019: Won the European Blues Challenge; voted Best Female Vocalist at the European Blues Awards.
  • •1993: Became a regular touring member of her father's band, the Victor Brox Blues Train (Source: Wikipedia).
  • •2000, 2003, 2004, 2007: Toured Australia multiple times (Source: Wikipedia).
  • •2007: US debut (Source: Wikipedia).
  • •2016: Named an official Ambassador of UK Blues by the UK Blues Federation (Source: last.fm).
  • •2019: Albums "Throw Away Your Blues" and "Pain & Glory" reached No.1 on the IBBA Charts (Source: kylabrox.com).

Instruments & Equipment

Collaborators

Marshall Gill

Guitarist in the Kyla Brox Band.

Tony Marshall

Saxophonist in the Kyla Brox Band.

Danny Blomeley

Bassist; formed a duo with Brox in 2001.

Phil Considine

Drummer in the Kyla Brox Band.

Watch & Listen

Featured

Kyla Brox - Beautiful Day (Official Video)

Kyla Brox

Kyla Brox - If You See Him (Official Video)

Kyla Brox - If You See Him (Official Video)

Bluesman's Child - Kyla Brox & Band (UK)

Bluesman's Child - Kyla Brox & Band (UK)

Kyla Brox - Bluesman's Child Live at the Royal Exchange

Kyla Brox - Bluesman's Child Live at the Royal Exchange

Kyla Brox - Change Your Mind (Official Video) Live at Salaise Festival 2016

Kyla Brox - Change Your Mind (Official Video) Live at Salaise Festival 2016

Kyla Brox - Sensitive Soul Live @ Roots & Blues Festival Breite 63 Saarbrücken Germany 2022

Kyla Brox - Sensitive Soul Live @ Roots & Blues Festival Breite 63 Saarbrücken Germany 2022

Kyla Brox - Don't Mess With My Man

Kyla Brox - Don't Mess With My Man

Kyla Brox - Live at Köniz Castle - Choose Me Live (2023)

Kyla Brox - Live at Köniz Castle - Choose Me Live (2023)

Watch & Listen

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Press & quotes

"Manchester's answer to Aretha Franklin."
Tony Wilson · Founder, Factory Records — Factory Records
"Kyla Brox knows how to handle the gears… the Mancunian vocalist lets songs percolate, raising the temperature by degrees, then giving it both barrels in the final stretch."
Henry Yates · Music journalist — The Blues Magazine
"Blessed with a stirring voice and smart songwriting, Brox led a polished band of musicians who easily supported her stylings."
Art Tipaldi · Music journalist — Blues Music Magazine (USA)
"This is a serious quality blues album conjured by a fabulous blues singer who, surrounded by some stunning musicians, mainlines every word, every note straight into your Blues Central."
The Blues Man in The Hat · Reviewer · 2016 — bluesandsoulshow.com
"Surely one of the finest voices Britain has ever had."
Pete Clack · Reviewer — Blues In Britain
"An authentic soul diva… sensitive, sexy, and with infinite reserves of sassiness."
City Life · Reviewer — City Life

Discography

YearTitleProducerStudioLabelChartSalesMusiciansYouTubeNotes
2007Gone——Pigskin Records———Source: kylabrox.com.
2009Grey Sky Blue——Pigskin Records———Source: kylabrox.com.
2009Coming Home——Pigskin Records———As the Kyla Brox Band (Source: kylabrox.com).
2014Live... At Last——Pigskin Records———Source: kylabrox.com.
2016Throw Away Your Blues——Pigskin Records———Source: kylabrox.com.
2019Pain & Glory——Pigskin Records———Source: kylabrox.com.
2023Live at Köniz Castle——Independent———Live recording from the Kulturhof at Köniz Castle, Switzerland, 25 March 2023 (Source: kylabrox.com).

Awards & Recognition

2018
UK Blues Challenge
Winner
2019
European Blues Challenge
Winner
2019
European Blues Awards
Best Female Vocalist
2016
UK Blues Federation
Named official Ambassador of UK Blues

External links

Official website facebook instagram

Booking / Contact

Booking agency
Ffar Cotton Promotions
Agent/management
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Booking email
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Booking phone
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Booking/management via Ffar Cotton Promotions.

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