Kira left her home in Copenhagen at the age of 17 to pursue her dream of playing in a rock'n'roll band. She found at first a man, then a band and the source of much joy, but mostly trouble, in the foreign lands of which she traveled like a modern day gypsy . Her journey led her through many parts of the world, but for many years her base was in London and L.A.
It wasn't however, until the break-up of her first band, where her former patner primarily provided the songs, that she seriously dived in to the therapeutic process of writing on her own. Drawing from her experiences of relationships and her life on the road, she created a musical world, of deeply personal songs, with a rough edge and moody tales, in a style which she her self labeled "soul punk", since none of the obvious categories fit.
After 8 years away from home, Kira returned to Copenhagen, put a band together (myspace/kiraandthekindredspirits) and released her first album ("Happiness saves lives") in 2002. Five years on, she has released 5 albums in Denmark. One of them being with her side-project The Gospel, co-written and produced by Tore Johansson (Franz Ferdinand, Cardigans est.), who also produced two albums with her previous band. ("This is not an exit" and "Kira and the Kindred Spirits".
Throughout this period, she has played more than 400 concerts, to great critical acclaim in Denmark as well as abroad. In 2007 she received a Grammy in Denmark for "Best female Vocalist", as well as receiving an award from Denmark's largest music-magazine Gaffa, voted by their readers. Her most recent album "The rail train, the meadow, the freeway and the shadows" was released in Denmark in the fall of 2008, again reaping great reviews. She recently received an award from the Danish film academy, for "Best original song" for the single "Riders of the freeway" taken of that album. Kira is currently working on songs for a new album, which she plans to record in the Autumn of 2009. But for now the main focus is the release of an EP in the states. This will be the first release on US soil and Kira plans to visit and tour the states as much as possible over the next 9 months to promote the release. Stay tuned for more info coming soon on:
www.myspace.com/kiraonlinewww.kiramusic.com
