Folk Bands and Artists
Yola Carter
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From her late teens, Yola Carter (born Yolanda Quartey) earned credibility and respect throughout the industry as one of the UK’s top singers and a uniquely gifted songwriter. As a lover of soul and country music her influences include The Staple Singers, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, The Band and Otis Redding.
Carter found that her soul voice was the first to get attention and graduated quickly to touring internationally straight out of school with critically acclaimed acts such as Bugz In The Attic and later Massive Attack most notably headlining Glastonbury Festival’s Other Stage Live on the BBC to 60,000 people. Other notable supports and live collaborations include The McCrary Sisters, The Fairfield Four, Willie Watson, Jan Howard, James Brown and the legendary Staxx Band with whom she duetted “Knock on Wood” live with Eddie Floyd.
