KYLA BROX is returning to Keighley Blues Live – and this time she’s bringing her pals along.

The singer is one third of the Ladies of the Blues line-up performing at the Octagon, Bradford Road, Sandbeds, on March 29, with Connie Lush and Erja Lyytinen.

A spokesman said Kyla’s voice was a stunning example of the soul singer’s art.

He said: “Her voice excels in turning up the heat by degrees, lulling and charming before unleashing emotional catharsis, and blurring the distinction between pleasure and pain like the soul greats of old.

“Whether fronting the mighty Kyla Brox Band, or harnessing undiluted soul power in a duo with musical and life partner Danny Blomeley, Kyla Brox is without doubt the most authentic UK blues and soul singer of her generation.”

Born in Lancashire in 1980, Kyla was exposed to the passion of Afro-American music from her blues singing father, Victor.

She traces her interest in singing from when she was just three, partly from a desire to be closer to her charismatic but distant dad, who had played Caiaphas in the original cast recording of Jesus Christ Superstar.

Kyla began singing with Victor on stage at the age of 12, and started performing with his regular touring group shortly afterwards.

The core of the Kyla Brox Band was originally in the Victor Brox Blues Train.

In 2000 Kyla accompanied her father on an extensive tour of Australia, at the age of 20 singing risque blues songs to hard men in mining camps in remote parts of the outback.

With her own band, Kyla spent the decade in Victor’s old stomping grounds in North West pubs and clubs, before a career-making performance at Colne Blues Festival in 2002 sealed Kyla’s reputation as the first lady of British blues.

Kyla has recorded six albums since 2003, including her “summery and romantic” debut Window, the acoustic Grey Sky Blue, the “blues/soul calling card Beware, and the introspective Gone. Visit theoctagonlive.com or call 01274 562252 to book tickets.