Folk Bands and Artists
Yaaba Funk
Formed in Brixton, London in 2006 by a group of musicians with a deep love of African music, funk, jazz and eclectic dancefloor grooves, Yaaba Funk released their first album Afrobeast on their own Ya…
Yael Schonzeit
San Francisco
Yael Schonzeit creates and priestesses at the intersections of music, spirit, healing, justice and ancestral memory. As a liturgist and prayer leader, she has a passion for reclaiming ancient sacred t…
Yama Warashi
Bristol
Yama Warashi is formed by Bristol-based Japanese artist Yoshino Shigihara with eclectic band members. Her music has a dreamy evocative sound with a shadow of moon cake, inspired by Japanese folk danc…
Yandong Grand Singers of Guizhou Province China
Guizhou Province China
Yandong Grand Singers are a polyphonic choir of the Kam (Dong) people from Yandong, a township in southwestern China´s mountainous Guizhou province. The group has toured Asia, Europe, and North Americ…
Yapa
Three guitars, percussion and the world to explore… Acoustic travel books, Sweet grooves and Ethno-Jazz from Paris, France. Percussionist Xavier Hamon and three guitarists Simon Chenet, Fabrice Bour…
Yasmine Hamdan
With her debut solo album Ya Nass (2013), Yasmine Hamdan introduced her personal, modern take on Arabic pop. In Al Jamilat (‘The Beautiful Ones’), she pursues her musical exploration, while taking …
Yaz Fentazi Quartet
The Yaz Fentazi Quartet perform music that draws on the rich musical traditional of jazz, blues and North African music, built around their original compositions, the quartet’s irresistible grooves an…
Yazmyn Hendrix
Yazmyn Hendrix, London-born loop artist, layers powerfully enchanting vocals, lush harmonies, haunting voice effects and gentle beatboxing. She makes her music in the now - carving something from noth…
Yazz Ahmed
London
Yazz Ahmed is a British-Bahraini trumpet and flugelhorn player. Through her music, British-Bahraini trumpet player, Yazz Ahmed, seeks to blur the lines between jazz and electronic sound design, bring…
Ycee
Ycee started his music career in 2012 as an underground rapper. He signed a record deal with Tinny Entertainment. Due to his educational engagements, he took time off from music after gaining admissio…
YDEA
YDEA is a 24 year old Danish singer-songwriter. Her warm soft voice with the natural melancholic sound is expressive, present and delicate. It has an innocent tone that is a nice contrast to the ‘dark…
Ye Vagabonds
Brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn grew up playing music together around their hometown of Carlow, a small town in the southeast of Ireland. After moving to Dublin in 2012, they quickly became …
Year of the Dog
Smashing the festival, radio, and TV circuits alike, the brass-house-soul sound from Cardiff and Bristol are selling out gigs and rising fast across Europe. Having built a reputation as one of the …
YekDuy
YekDuy is a London based folk band dedicated to sharing the passion of Balkan and Romani music from Hungary, Slovakia, and Eastern Europe. The band was formed by five musicians passionate about the mu…
Yesterday’s Men
Harry Lowrey and Arthur Garnett play concertinas and sing shanties, songs of the sea and traditional folk songs. Having appeared alongside legendary sailor and shanty collector Stan Hugill for many y…
yoB
yoB (with a capital B) A Songer Singwriter from Hackney. His debut E.P ´Mess Is Lore´ features Bridgette Amofah (Oi Va Voi) and Jem Finer (The Pogues). With songs that cover heartbreak, …
yobmusic.comYola Carter
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 c…
You are Wolf
ESKA is the most talked about, revered, internationally known singer you’ve never heard of. Prepare to be let in on one of music’s best kept secrets in 2015 when ESKA finally releases her self-titled …
Young Causeway
Young Causeway´s immaculate harmonies and fingerpicking alt folk, delivered with a beautifully light touch, makes for a splendidly accomplished act. Simon and Garfunkel and CSN&Y´s pristine vocal blen…
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Young Coppers
The Young Coppers are the seventh generation of a family of harmony singers from Rottingdean, Sussex. We are Bob Coppers six grandchildren, Mark, Andy and Sean Barratt and Ben, Lucy and Tom Copper. Th…
www.thecopperfamily.comYoung Waters
Bristol
Haunting harmonies, toe-tapping rhythm and twisted folk from rising stars. “Energetic, original … excellent stage presence and varied, enchanting material … extremely deserving winners of the Bath Fo…
Yoyvl
Yorkshire , Derbyshire and Greater Manchester
Yoyvl is a band based in Yorkshire , Derbyshire and Greater Manchester , performing Yiddish song and klezmer music as well as playing for dances and events. The musicians have been playing klezmer for…
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