By Paul Loader

I think that I have fallen in love….sigh…..with a voice that is. And that voice belongs to Kyra Bernice. Bristol’s very own rock songstress. What a great set of pipes that lady has. 

The Loaders were privileged enough to play alongside Krya at one of Alf Kingston’s acoustic nights at The Old Tavern in Stapleton. 

Billed as an ‘Acoustic Rock Night’, Kyra was the only female act on the bill and she definitely brought some colour to the evening. 

For the most part Kyra sang her own songs from her own recordings, songs that were strong and memorable. I would really like to get my hands on her back collection as I feel that I have some catching up to do (hint hint).

She sang a few covers at the end of her short set in order to keep the crowd happy, two of which I had never heard of (joys of not listening to the radio much these days I suppose), and one Bon Jovi song in celebration of their Ashton Gate visit in June, which was absolutely stonking. With Alf on the sound desk giving Kyra’s guitar an extra ‘ooph’ with a stadium reverb effect, she definitely had turned into a female version of Ritchie Sambora, with all the grit and passion of Jon B himself. I reckon that Kyra would be more than comfortable performing in front of a huge stadium crowd. 

Kyra has a very strong confident voice, which will hopefully take her all the way as she is performing in the final of the Unsigned artists competition in London this coming Sunday (20^th April 08). Providing there is somebody on the panel that likes their music ballsey, from the heart and down sight sassy, then Kyra could be in for a chance of walking away with the prize.

Good Luck girl, we’re routing for you!