Layla Zoe

Layla Zoe is a Canadian blues and blues rock singer-songwriter. Since 2006 she has released a number of albums, both studio and live recordings, and has performed across North America and most of Western Europe. Zoe has been influenced by Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Muddy Waters and Janis Joplin. Zoe won "Best Vocalist of 2016" at the European Blues Awards. In 2017, she issued a live CD/DVD billed, Songs from the Road, which had been recorded in Nuremberg, Germany. The following year, Zoe performed at the Mahindra Blues Festival in Mumbai, India, with John Mayall, Coco Montoya and Walter "Wolfman" Washington on the same bill. After a tour promoting that album, Zoe enlisted new band members to look back at her work and produce Retrospective Tour 2019. The double live album featured Krissy Matthews on guitar. Another collection, Nowhere Left to Go was remotely recorded during the constraints of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, working with several other songwriters across the globe. These included the American Jackie Venson and Canadians Suzie Vinnick and Brandi Disterheft.

Discography Albums Year Title Record label Billed as 2006 Shades of Blue Self-released 2007 Hoochie Coochie Woman Self-released 2008 The Firegirl Self-released 2008 Live at Errington Hall Self-released 2011 Sleep Little Girl Cable Car Records 2013 The Lily Cable Car Records 2015 Live at Spirit Of 66 Cable Car Records 2016 Blues Caravan 2016 Ruf Records Featuring Layla Zoe, Tasha Taylor and Ina Forsman 2016 Breaking Free Ruf Records 2017 Songs from the Road Ruf Records 2018 Gemini Self-released 2020 Nowhere Left To Go Self-released 2020 Retrospective Tour 2019 Self-released 2022 The World Could Change Cable Car Records 2023 Back to the Spirit Of 66 Self-released