19 July 2023 – 21:00 / Avegno
One of the best female blues singers of her generation! Opening the evening the passion for Texas heavy blues!
The third week will see Vallemaggia Magic Blues on the square in Avegno for two evenings that also promise to be very interesting.On Wednesday, July 19, we will have two bands already scheduled for the 2020 edition later canceled due to Covid-19.Initially Patrik Jansson, guitarist, singer, drummer and composer, born in the small town of Gävle, a town in central Sweden. The current band was formed in 2007. Critics describe Jansson's music as a mix of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter, Buddy Guy, Freddie King, and Joe Bonamassa! His latest work So far to go highlights a very groovy sound with dark, heavy, funk veins and increasingly personal and mature songwriting. In the last year his fame has also grown in the rest of Europe, especially in Italy. Together with Kyla Brox's band that will follow, he stands to be one of the surprise bands of this XXI edition. Blues and Soul are inextricably intertwined in the award-winning Kyla Brox, whose raw talent has seen her described by critics as "the best female blues singer of her generation." Winner in 2018 of the British Blues Challenge and in 2019 of the European Blues Challenge daughter of blues icon Victor Brox, the Manchester-based singer has acquired a personality of her own, honing her sophisticated sound with a voice that can be persuasive yet gritty. The 2019 album Pain & glory amply demonstrates this, with a Soul Blues sound spiced with Funk. Kyla Brox is on her way to being one of the most iconic singers in Blues and Soul. Live, she is supported by a very cohesive band, with her husband Danny Blomeley on bass and the talented Paul Farr on guitar (with a very fluent sound) and Mark Warburton on drums.A long-awaited and welcome return to Ticino where audiences have been able to follow her artistic growth closely.
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Kyla Brox
UK
One of the best female blues singers of her generation
Blues and Soul are inextricably intertwined in the award-winning Kyla Brox, whose raw talent has seen her described by critics as the 'best female Blues singer of her generation'. Winner in 2018 of the British Blues Challenge and in 2019 of the European Blues Challenge, so much so that she was awarded the title of British Blues Ambassador by the Anglo-Saxon Blues Federation. The daughter of Blues icon Victor Brox, the Manchester singer began her career at a very young age in her father's band. Now she has acquired a personality of her own, honing her sophisticated sound with a voice that can be persuasive but also gritty. The 2019 album Pain & glory, with excellent reviews and public success, amply demonstrates this, with a Soul Blues sound spiced with Funk. Kyla Brox is on her way to becoming one of the most representative singers in the Blues and Soul sphere. She is supported on stage by a very cohesive band, with her husband Danny Blomeley on bass and the talented Paul Farr on guitar (with a very fluent sound) and Mark Warburton on drums, capable of engaging the audience in an exciting concert. A long-awaited and welcome return to Ticino, where the audience was able to closely follow her artistic growth.
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Patrik Jansson Band
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A great passion for heavy Texas blues!
Patrik Jansson, guitarist, singer, drummer and composer, was born in the small town of Gävle in the centre of Sweden. After playing drums for a long time, he decided to pick up the guitar in his early 20s, studying in Stockholm and becoming increasingly interested in Blues and composition. He formed his current band in 2007, after an apprenticeship in various Blues and Jazz bands, where he mostly played drums. Passionate about Texas Blues from the start, his goal was to offer a modern and fresh sound. The band boasts four CDs (with some line-up changes over the years) and the first work was already well received by critics, who described Jansson's music as a mix of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter, Buddy Guy, Freddie King and Joe Bonamassa! His latest work So far to go highlights a very groovy sound with dark, heavy, funk veins and an increasingly personal and mature songwriting. Reviews have been very positive overseas as well. VOver the past year, his fame has also grown in the rest of Europe, especially in Italy. Together with Kyla Brox's band that will follow, they are a candidate to be one of the surprise bands of this 21st edition of Vallemaggia Magic Blues.
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