Keira Kenworthy's Profile

Background:

Born in Scotland, daughter of a rock drummer. I picked up the bass in my early teens and then went on to study at the Leeds College of music. I has been dubbed the ‘mistress of groove’ and my playing style has been developed from my diverse influences including James Jamerson, Andy Fraser, Neil Murray, Alan Woody, Nathan East, Jaco Pastorius and Victor Wooten. I excel at playing a wide variety of musical styles including rock, blues, funk and soul and have established myself as a go to bass player and is building a sizeable following. I play bass for the critically acclaimed band JoanOvArc and also played with Syteria, featuring Jackie Chambers of Girlschool, I have toured the UK and internationally and appear on several recordings. I toured with Australian rockers Tequila Mockingbyrd, orchestral art rock band The Red Paintings. I have has recently been collaborating with Tal Bergman (Billy Idol, Chaka Khan, Joe Bonmassa and Rod Stewart), guitar great Haim Romano and others.