I fell in love with Yola's vocals two years ago with her first album and have been excited for its follow up. Yolanda Quartey, or known as just Yola, is a English musician, singer and songwriter and in her first stab at her first album received four Grammy Awards nominations in 2020. Her music encapsulates the giddy expansiveness, stunning emotional breadth, and exponential musical growth. This woman has such presence, command and an exhilarating sound of country soul. If you've heard of her and fell in love with the singular British artist on Walk Through Fire then you're bound to love her follow up Stand For Myself, filled with pop melodies, disco grooves, rootsy rawness and gospel power. But tonight, it's music that made me fall for Yola in the first place.
Yola performs a cover of Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road at the Farm Aid in 2019.
Love All Night(Work All Day) from her Dan Auerbach-produced album, Walk Through Fire.
And this was the performance that I loved. Yola performing tunes from her solo debut Walk Through Fire on a edition of Austin City Limits.
