Yola’s wears her own dress. “All I want is for you to hear the sound of my voice,” Yola croons on “Like a Photograph,” a crackling plea to a lover who is slipping through her fingers. “Once you hear ...

The Grammy nominee was born in Bristol, England, to a Barbadian mother and Ghanaian father. She later moved to London to go to college, but she later dropped out to pursue her music career. At age 21, ...

Her voice is among the mightiest in pop music today. Raised outside Bristol, England, Yolanda Quartey knew at age 4 she wanted to sing. Now, Quartey, known as Yola, is up for two Grammy awards, ...

Yola, a Grammy-nominated artist self-described as the British "queen of country soul," releases her anticipated sophomore album "Stand For Myself" this July. The record finds Yola returning to ...

Last year, Bristol singer and songwriter Yola Quartey, who records as Yola, traveled far from her native Britain to Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound studios in Nashville, trusting him with an important, ...

Yola didn’t just bring a mighty voice to a near-capacity Thalia Hall on Tuesday. She also showcased a sizable personality punctuated by a gregarious sense of humor and hearty, cackling laugh. In no ...

With the Grammys set to take place Sunday night, the artist Yola is in the running this year in two categories, including "Best American Roots Song" and "Best Americana Album." Jeffrey Brown went to ...

Yolanda Quartey was already a successful British songwriter when she launched her solo career as Yola with 2019’s Walk Through Fire, an album that showcased the full range of her influences and ...

A musically genre fluid artist, Yola says she wants people to feel like they know a dark-skinned Black woman a little better with the release of 'Stand for Myself.' While Yola’s GRAMMY nomination for ...

London, Tennessee? Memphis, England? If such a place existed, Yola would call it home — a place where country and soul music are such close neighbors, you can't find the fences. With a voice that can ...