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YOLA – ” Ride Out In The Country “

Posted: January 16, 2020 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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The 35-year-old English singer-songwriter Yola may sound very American on her Dan Auerbach produced debut full-length album, but her voice has a distinctive drawl. It’s not the American South one hears, but a British accent (think the Kinks’ “Muswell Hillbillies” or Dusty Springfield in Memphis recordings). That somehow gives her vocals an authenticity because she sings without imported affectation. Yola has a winning stage presence and can move an audience equally with lyrics about a quiet Sunday drive or a sultry, loving all-night experience.

Yola’s “Ride Out In The Country,” from her Dan Auerbach – produced debut album, “Walk Through Fire”,

Her country influences may be clear, but her London via Bristol connections also come through. That may be one reason she covers Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” in concert. Yola may have been looking for Oz. She seems to have discovered her heart, brains, and courage as her original material proclaims she has found them by looking inside and being true to herself. Auerbach may be a musical wiz, but it’s Yola herself that is the center of her story.

Yola’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” from her Dan Auerbach-produced debut album, Walk Through Fire,

YOLA – ” Walk Through Fire “

Posted: July 2, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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“Walk Through Fire”, the debut album from Yola, establishes her as the queen of country soul from the first note. The Dan Auerbach–produced album is a contemporary twist on a traditional sonic tapestry of orchestral strings, fiddle, steel, and shimmering tremolo guitars. Walk Through Fire is a career-defining and genre-bending release from one of the most exciting emerging British artists in music today. Yola’s arresting vocals captivate with sincere tales of heartache and loves lost, forgotten, and broken.

From the first bars of the track ‘Faraway Look’, a glorious feeling of sublime calm takes over. Yola’s debut album Walk Through Fire takes you on a journey through classic 70s sounds with touches of soft country sensibilities.

It’s like a memory you can’t place. A reverie.

This British singer-songwriter will soothe you with her soulful lullabies as her voice melds around your ears and gently rocks you.

Listen to this album under the breeze of a shady tree on a sunny afternoon, on a tartan picnic blanket in the park. Perfect with soft cheese and full-bodied wine.

Yola’s “Walk Through Fire,” from her Dan Auerbach-produced debut album, Walk Through Fire, released February 22nd, 2019, on Easy Eye Sound.