Breaking Free Vinyl Disc (180gr. Vinyl)

"Modern life is moving fast. It's easy to stumble over the days, suppress your desires, swallow your dreams. To hear Leila Zoya sing is to experience an emotional awakening. Hearts," explains the Canadian singer—songwriter, "I rip out people's hearts and then put them back in…

After nine acclaimed albums and too many explosive live performances, Breaking Free became a release confirming Layla's status as the leader of the band and an outstanding vocalist of the Canadian blues. Moreover, this tenth album should dramatically accelerate her ascent on the international stage and build on the momentum of The Lily of 2013 (called The Blues exciting and ranked among the best albums of the year by Downbeat).

Ever since she became interested in the blues thanks to her father's record collection, and then, when she was only fourteen, became the frontman of his band, it became clear that Layla had a voice in a million. These amazing lungs led her from the first cover bands in British Columbia to her debut solo album in 2005, through sessions with Henrik Freischlader and dating Sonny Landreth, as well as to world-famous scenes from the Montreal Jazz Festival to Rockpalast. Unsurprisingly, her much-missed friend and occasional collaborator Jeff Healy was once touched by a comment: She made perhaps the biggest vocal splash of all the singers I've heard of over the years in Toronto. She's wonderful.…

Now, when she presents her new roof-raising material, the noise on the international blues scene is deafening. Breaking free and breaking through, in 2016, Leila Zoey is armed with an album that reveals her incredible potential. Hold on to your hearts…

Placement:

Leila Zoey — vocals

Jan Laaks — guitar, percussion, organ, backing vocals

Gregor Sonnenberg — bass, organ, keys

Hardy Fischetter — drums, percussion

Sonny Landreth is a special guest on the Wild show