Cyril Neville

Cyril Neville is one of those musicians I admire precisely because he rarely chased the spotlight. As the youngest force in The Meters and a steady hand in the Neville Brothers, he embodies the deep, unhurried groove that makes New Orleans funk feel alive. What strikes me most is his role as a rhythmic anchor and connective tissue between his brothers' sounds. Percussion and vocals are easy to overlook, yet his are the elements that hold a song's pocket together. Born in 1948, he carries decades of that city's musical DNA, and I find that kind of quiet, foundational craftsmanship endlessly more interesting than flashier fame.

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Name (English)

Cyril Neville

Name (Japanese)

シリル・ネヴィル

Reading

しりる・ねゔぃる

Born

October 10, 1948 (age 78)

Occupation

musician / percussionist / singer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rat

• Official sitehttp://www.cyrilneville.net/music/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril%20Neville
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8D%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5200824

Tags

• musician
• percussionist
• singer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.