Kyla Brox is back with a new album, Live at Köniz Castle!

It’s rare to achieve intimacy and connect with a roomful of strangers, but this is what Kyla Brox achieves with Live at Köniz Castle, recorded at the Kulturhof in the grounds of Köniz Castle, Switzerland, on March 25 2023.
Kyla is the youngest daughter of legendary bluesman Victor Brox, as fondly remembered in the autobiographical ‘Bluesman’s Child’, with its heartfelt, “Two in the morning, still on stage / No chance of school next day…”
Her music is predicated on the notion that blues and soul are indistinguishable forms, and lashes the force of Afro-American music with a distinct Lancashire sensibility. To hear the singer in full flight is to be convinced that Kyla Brox is the greatest soul singer Britain has yet produced.
A ratio of two covers to 14 originals seems about right. The originals draw on Kyla’s consummate skills in role-play and imaginative empathy. Some of her songs are touched by lived experience, and are inspired by people she has known and loved. The immortal ‘Bluesman’s Child’ fits this category. Of the covers, Kyla’s classic interpretation of ‘Hallelujah’ blows every other version out of the water. No really. Listen and you’ll find that it’s an objective fact.
A road-tested four-piece with the standard singer plus guitar, bass and drum line-up departs from blues rock conventions whenever Kyla tootles her flute, a sound which summons back to African atavism. Connoisseurs of blues guitar may wish to note Paul Farr’s capacity to channel the expressive force of the immortals Peter Green and Jimi Hendrix, and his ability to shadow Kyla’s voice. Drummer Mark Warburton and bassist Danny Blomeley calibrate the pitch of intensity in perfect unity, whether holding back or surging forth.
Taken as a whole, Kyla and crew achieve a perfect balance between sensitivity and ferocity.
Date | City | Venue |
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Wed Dec 13th 2023 | Barnoldswick | Barnoldswick Music & Arts Centre |
Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 18 – 22 Rainhall Road. Venue phone: 01282 813 374. Acoustic duo show | ||
Sat Jan 27th 2024 | Mossley | The Vale |
Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Vale Mill. Buy Tickets Venue Information | ||
Sat Feb 10th 2024 | Edinburgh | Edinburgh Blues Club |
Age restrictions: All Ages. Buy Tickets Venue Information | ||
Sat Feb 24th 2024 | Oslo, NORWAY | Oslo Blues Club |
Age restrictions: All Ages. Buy Tickets Venue Information | ||
Wed May 8th 2024 | Cheltenham | Vonnies |
Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Charlton Kings Social Club. |