Miranda Sykes

Early life and education Sykes was born in Spalding to John and Penny Sykes and was brought up in Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire. Hers was a musical family and she started playing double bass at the age of eight. She was educated at schools in Pinchbeck and Spalding She toured with Bill Jones' band in 2001, and performed on the band's live album. She then toured with Jones in a trio with Sarah Wright (flute and bodhrán) and subsequently in a duo, featuring on Jones' 2003 CD Two Year Winter. to commemorate "great distinction in [their] professional lives". She has toured solo shows to promote her solo albums Borrowed Places (2017) and Behind the Wall (2018). Other work In 2001 she joined The Live Music Now! scheme, which enabled her to get involved in music therapy; she is now a trainer and mentor on the scheme. Personal life She and her husband Dan, who married in 2015, have a son Wilfrid, born in 2018. ==Discography==

As a solo performer • Behind the Wall (CD, album) no label, 2018 • Borrowed Places (CD, album) Hands On Music HMCD44, 2017 • Bliss (CD, album) Hands On Music HMCD24, 2006 • Miranda Sykes Band (CD, album) Irregular Records IRR058, 2005 • ''Don't Look Down'' (CD, album) Irregular Records IRR052, 2004 with Rex Preston • ''The Watchmaker's Wife'' (CD, album) Hands On Music HMCD40, 2016 • Sing A Full Song (CD, album) Hands On Music HMCD37, 2014 • Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston (CD, album) Hands On Music HMCD35, 2012 with Show of Hands • Wake the Union (CD, album, Digipak) Hands On Music HMCD36, 2012 • Covers 2 (CD, album, Digipak) Hands On Music HMCD32, 2010 • Witness (CD, album) Hands On Music HMCD23, 2006 • As You Were (2 x CD) Hands On Music HMCD22, 2005 • Arrogance Ignorance and Greed (CD, album) Hands On Music • Wake the Union (CD, album, Digipak) Hands On Music • Centenary: Words & Music of the Great War (2 x CD, album) Hands On Music • The Long Way Home (Show of Hands album) (CD, album) Hands on Music • Battlefield Dancefloor (CD, album) Hands on Music with Robb Johnson and Saskia Tomkins • 21st Century Blues (CD, album) Irregular Records IRR043, 2001 ==References==