SKYLA BURRELL BAND "BLUES SCARS"
The Skyla Burrell Band is a full time, hardworking traveling blues
band. With co-founder Mark Tomlinson on lead guitar and Skyla Burrell on
vocals/lead guitar, the band's live show consists of all original high
energy electric blues.The band released their debut studio CD, "Working Girl Blues" in 2004,
containing 12 original songs. Several of the cuts topped the charts on
independent music websites and internet radio stations and received
local, national and international airplay on blues and mainstream radio.
"Working Girl Blues" was selected by WTMD 93.7 as one of the top 5
blues releases in 2004 and Mark Tomlinson received an Honorable Mention
for his track "Bad Dream" in the 14th Annual Billboard Songwriting
Contest. In 2005 the band was a semi-finalist in the 22nd Annual
International Blues Challenge. In 2006 the band recorded and toured in
Europe, and released their sophomore effort, "Livin' Day to Day" which
again received local, national and international air play on mainstream
and blues radio and was featured on cable television's Rockin' Cookin'
Kitchen show as well as being named one of the top 50 blues CD's
released worldwide by Delta Art and one of top 10 Blues CD's by WTMD
FM. The band played 240 shows in 2006 and secured the #1 Top Booked
Band slot on Sonicbids.The band kept up their busy schedule (between 2006 and 2007 playing a
total of 465 shows) and expanding their tour radius to include the
Mid-West and New England and in the late summer shot of 2007 filmed a
live DVD with the Digital Cafe Tour in NYC at the Baggott Inn. In the
fall the band went back into the studio to begin work on their 3rd
studio CD. In 2008 the Skyla Burrell Band signed with Blues Boys &
Divas Talent and released their third CD of all original material,
"Tough Luck" . Cuts off of "Tough Luck" received airplay on over 150
blues stations in the US and abroad. In 2009 the band kept up their busy
touring schedule covering the Mid-West, South-East and North-East
regions of the US all the while writing tunes for a new studio CD. The
band sold a track from "Tough Luck" to the producers of the CBS/CBC
drama "The Bridge, which aired over the spring in Canada and was the #1
rated drama, and made its US debut in the late summer. Skyla traveled to
Toronto to record vocals for 4 cover tunes which were also featured on
the show. The band also filmed a commercial for the Lazy Dog Cafe and a
segment for the "The Straight Ahead Guitar Show." The band kept up their
hard working schedule of touring and started work on writing tunes for
their next CD in 2010. "Real Love" the band's 4th studio CD was released in the early Fall of
2011 containing 14 new original tracks and saw the band touring
extensively and working hard. With 2012 came more tours up and down
the East Coast and recognition within the Blues Industry with an
induction into the Blues Hall of Fame representing Pennsylvania. 2013
was a busy year of touring with several high profile Festivals including
the Bonita Blues Festival, The Western Maryland Blues Fest, and the
Winchester Blues House Festival. SKYLA BURRELL BAND
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