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| Alysha Brilla | |
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 Brilla in 2022 | |
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| Born | (1988-11-03) November 3, 1988 (age 36) Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| Origin | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
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| Labels | Lava Universal Republic Records Sunny Jam |
| Website | alyshabrilla |
Alysha Brilla (born November 3, 1988) is an Indo-Canadian musician, songwriter, and music producer. Brilla's music career includes festival performances at WOMAD, Woodford Folk and Montreal Jazz. Her music focuses on themes of connection and healing. Born in Mississauga, Ontario and raised in Brampton, Ontario, she started singing in her early teens in local bands and at festivals. In 2010, she signed a major record deal at Lava/Universal Republic Records. Brilla has since released all of her music independently on her own music label, Sunny Jam Records. Brilla has received three Juno Award nominations for her self-produced albums.
Early life
Brilla was born in Mississauga, Ontario to her mother Kathryn Brillinger, a college communications teacher, and Tanzanian-born father Yasin Dewji, a bass guitarist. Her father introduced her to jazz. As a bass guitarist, he would play gigs with her later on.
Career
Jacksoul keyboardist and producer Ron Lopata and friend Brad Marshall introduced Brilla's eleven-song EP demo Got Soul to industry attention.
She composed music for Fawzia Mirza's 2023 film The Queen of My Dreams.
Awards and honours
- 2017 JUNO Award Nomination for "Rooted", Adult Contemporary Album of the Year
- 2016 Winner Midem Artist Accelerator, represented Canada in Cannes, France
- 2015 International Songwriting Contest winner in Lyric Category "Immigrant"
- 2015 JUNO Award Nomination for "Womyn", Adult Contemporary Album of the Year
- 2014 U.K. Songwriting Contest winner in Pop and Singer/Songwriter categories for "Never Gonna Get Me Back"
- 2014 Oktoberfest Woman of The Year winner.
- 2014 JUNO Award Nomination for "In My Head", Adult Contemporary Album of the Year
Studio albums
| Year | Album |
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| 2012 | Brilla |
| 2013 | In My Head |
| 2014 | Woman |
| 2016 | Human |
| 2017 | Rooted |
| 2022 | Circle |
References
- "Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc. - New Signings for LAVA and Cherry Lane". Cherrylane.com. 2010-06-14. Archived from the original on 27 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
- ^ Hill, Valerie (2013-07-05). "Brilla finds new life in her old hometown". Waterloo Region Record. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
- "Midem Artist Accelerator finalists revealed". Musicweek.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- "2014 Results". Songwritingcontest.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- "2014 Juno Nominees & Winners". Archived from the original on 2015-01-27.