Artist Bio
Kayla Kavanagh is a solo artist with a difference. The Yorkshire-based Singer/Songwriter plays nine instruments, writes and performs her own original music and has toured the UK with her ‘one-woman band’ show at venues across the UK including three… (read more)
Artist Bio
Kayla Kavanagh is a solo artist with a difference. The Yorkshire-based Singer/Songwriter plays nine instruments, writes and performs her own original music and has toured the UK with her ‘one-woman band’ show at venues across the UK including three years at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Kayla launched her debut album Stranger than Fiction in 2010 featuring twelve original songs with her trademark fusion of the traditional and modern - an eclectic mix of electronica pop/rock.
2012 sees the launch of the second album, Hiding from Lightning, on the Selva Sound label. The album was created thanks to fans of Kayla's music, who donated more than £1,500 to fund its release through a Pledge Music campaign.
Kayla's live stage shows feature piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, looping pedal, hammered dulcimer, electric violin, flute, tin whistle, vocoder and the Eigenharp, a new electronic device which plays and loops multiple software instrument sounds.
The shows range from a simple acoustic setup with guitar and looping pedal to the full nine instruments. Working alongside Engineer/Producer Nigel Pease, the complex array of instruments and technology is brought toget