Layla Zoe

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Pull yourself together

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Released: Nov 4, 2011

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Pull yourself together
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You Wont Call
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Jeff Healey and Layla Pt2
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Jul 9

L'INOUI

Redange, Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG
Jul 10

L'INOUI

Redange, Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG
Jul 13

Suwalki Blues Festival

Suwalki, PL
Jul 19

Cahors Blues Festival (Bluesnight)

Cahors, FRANCE
Aug 9

Bagnols Blues festival

Bagnols-sur-ceze, FRANCE
Aug 17

Woodstock Forever Festival

Waffenrod, Thüringen, DE
Aug 24

Le Buis Blues Festival

Le Buis, FRANCE

Biography

Named "Canada's Darling of the Blues" by the press and often compared to Janis Joplin for her raw and emotional performances on stage, Layla Zoe was born in British Columbia, Canada in the late 70's. Raised on her father's love of the blues and a diverse record collection, she started singing at an early age and had her first experiences on stage with her father's band at age fourteen. Now after releasing six albums (You Will, Shades of Blue, Live at Errington Hall, Hoochie Coochie Woman, The Firegirl and Sleep Little Girl), penning a self-published book of poetry (Diary of a Firegirl), and moving from BC to Toronto to Montreal in the past 7 years, Layla has gained a reputation as one of the hardest working young blues women in Canada. Following a win at the Compo10 Blues Songwriting Competition in Finland in 2006, Layla began touring Europe and has made a name for herself on festival stages and blues clubs in Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland and most recently the Czech Republic. Receiving high praise from the late Jeff Healey after performing with him at his club in Toronto, Layla continues to wow audiences all over the world with her "Blues Fire." Layla Zoe's sixth album "Sleep Little Girl" released on Cable Car Records in Germany in late 2011 has taken her music and presence in the blues community to a new level since her collaboration with German Guitar sensation Henrik Freischlader who co-wrote and produced the album. Layla Zoe is a force to be reckoned with and is changing the face of the roots and blues community.

REVIEWS:
JEFF HEALEY:
"She has created probably the biggest buzz vocally of any singer I've heard about in years in Toronto. All of the comments, compliments and credos going around the city about her are not unfounded. She is wonderful."

JAMIE KIME (guitarist/Zappa plays Zappa):
"Layla Zoe is an immense talent."

SONNY LANDRETH (Guitarist/songwriter USA):
"Layla Zoe is a terrific singer/songwriter. From her creative collaboration with multi-instrumentalist and producer Henrik Freischlader, she has crafted 'Sleep Little Girl' with passion, soul and a powerful edge."

DOWN BEAT Magazine- Frank-John Hadley (Jan/08 edition):
"Zoe's a talent to keep tabs on. Possessed of formidable lung power and control-her closest antecedent being the young Tracy Nelson."

BLUES MATTERS magazine, England- Graeme Scott (Dec/07):
"Layla is possessed with one of those fantastic Maggie Bell, Janis Joplin or Kitto voices that reach down into your soul and is able to rip your heart out."

CANADIAN MUSICIAN MAGAZINE-"Musicians who care" article(Mar/Apr/07) :
"Layla is a gifted blues singer from Nanaimo, BC on Vancouver Island; she plays with passion, has a loyal following, and most of all, she is not waiting for a break to make a difference."

GLOBE AND MAIL- Brad Wheeler (Dec/07):
"Vancouver jaw-singer Layla Zoe walked the divide of Janis Joplin and Joss Stone, showing off her tattoos and a suggestive nature that drew wolf whistles and applause from the male part of the audience. A brawny Hoochie-Coochie Woman was what she sang – and was."

NOW magazine, Toronto (Dec/07):
"BC's Layla Zoe almost stole the whole show with her long red hair, glittery blue dress and skyscraper, tattoo-adorned legs. Her seductively serpentine sway and Joplinesque energy during No More Stormy Mondays and Hoochie Coochie Woman had the crowd hypnotized."

TORONTO BLUES SOCIETY- John Valenteyn:
"Ms. Zoe left behind a very impressive CD. It shows her to be a powerful singer and a very good songwriter."

VINCE R. DITRICH/Spirit of the West/Vinsynch:
"Some singers are like sports cars, some are like pickup trucks. Layla is a 440 Six Pack at full throttle. Fasten the 5 point restraints, folks..."

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Layla Zoe is well-known for her ability to sit-in with any band and has performed with musicians from all over the world, including her own bands in Eastern and Western Canada and now, Europe.. She has sung with Jeff Healey, the Downchild Blues Band, Danny Marks, David Gogo, Ken Hamm, Doug Cox, Al Webster, Dave Murphy, Alec Fraser, Bill Johnson band, Jerome Godboo, Dave Rotundo band, Suzie Vinnick, Rick Fines, Paul Pigat, Michael Jerome Brown, Ken and Chris Whiteley, Pat Stewart (the Odds), Vince R. Ditrich (Spirit of the West),Marg Stowe, Carlos Del Junco, Roxanne Potvin, Treasa Levasseur, Dawn Tyler Watson, Johnny Ferreira, Paul Wainwright, Marty Sammon (keyboard player for Buddy Guy, Otis Rush) the Robbie Burns band, Pistol Pete, Pete Galanis(guitar for Hubert Sumlin), Rick King(drums for Koko Taylor),Giles Corey(guitar for Otis Rush), Daryl Wright(bass for Mavis Staples), Reid Barton (Alibi), Mike Jarvis, Timo Pratskin, Carrie Chestnut, Bob Vespaziani, Julian Fauth, Wayne Charles, Derrick "D'Mar" Martin (Little Richard, Big Jack Johnson), Jessie Williams (Big Jack Johnson),Garrett Mason, Douglas Watson, Pat Carey, Lance Anderson, the Sab Family Band, the Pie Guys, Shakura S'Aida,Trouble and Strife, Michelle Josef, Brandi Disterheft, Maureen Brown, Sarah McElcheran, Chris Raines, Phil Whipper, Paul Nixon, the Gary Kendall band, the 5LIVE band, Henrik Freischlader, Mickey Neher, Moritz Fuhrhop,Tommy Schneller, Olli Gee, Roy Herrington, the Bluesnight Band, Armin Alic, Sascha Kuhn, Boney Fields, Waldo Weathers, Sax Gordon Beadle, Angel Forrest, Horst Bergmeyer, Drew Austin, Alberto Colombo, Domenic Romanelli, Dimitri Lebel-Alexandre, George Carter, Paul Deslauriers, Jimmy Reiter, Björn Puls, Andrew Gillis, Buck Tingley, Morrow Scot-Brown, Ian O'Donnell, Barry Cook, Joe Murphy, Carter Chaplin, Kellylee Evans, Shane Murphy, Craig Miller, Jim Zeller, Steve Hill, Monkey Junk and many more.
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