Album Notes

The Skyla Burrell Blues Band is a hard working full time traveling blues band playing local, regional, national and international venues. The band averages 200+ shows a year. With co-founder Mark Tomlinson on lead guitar and Skyla Burrell on vocals and lead guitar, the band's live show consists of all original high energy electric blues.

In July of 2004 the band released their debut studio CD, "Working Girl Blues", containing 12 original songs - several of the cuts topping the charts on independent music websites and internet radio stations. "Working Girl Blues" has received local, national and international airplay on blues and mainstream radio.

The SBBB was a top 25 finalist in the 2004 Blues Idol competition and "Working Girl Blues" was selected by WTMD 93.7 as one of the top 5 blues releases in 2004. In 2005 the SBBB was invited to play the King Biscuit Blues Festival under the Emerging Artist Stage and was a semi-finalist in the 22nd Annual International Blues Challenge. The band is currently in the studio working on their second full length release of all original electric blues due for release in May 2006. The new CD contains 14 all new original songs penned by Tomlinson and Burrell.

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"Female artists like Susan Tedeshi and Beth Hart have made significant contributions to modern blues music over the past few years and it seems like Burrell is poised to join them. With a great voice, impressive songwriting abilities and superior chops on the guitar, don't be surprised if you hear more about Skyla Burrell and her band down the road."
~ Music Monthly Magazine

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"One of the great things about being a DJ is ya get both a great collection of records and coffee coasters. Working Girl Blues is most decidedly going to the top of the stack of the former."
~Graham Henderson: HOPE 103.9 FM

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"Fronted by the vibrant vocals and fiery guitar leads of Skyla Burrell, this Pennsylvania group dishes out strong, well-made electric blues. Put down that beer and get ready to get down."
~ Editors: CNET/Download.com

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"Burrell's voice is as deep and wide in range as the mighty Mississippi itself. Her voice has the same timbre as Bonnie Raitt with the soul of Billie Holiday and a little of Janis Joplin's strength for good measure."
~ Jeff Royer - Fly Magazine

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"Burrell works up a feisty frenzy of fret-work on guitar while slathering sizzling soul on her sultry vocals. Burrell fuses classic electric blues to full-tilt boogie for a humid hybrid guaranteed to mesmerize your booty right out onto the dance floor."
~ Tallahassee Democrat
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