Yola

Yola is a six-time GRAMMY nominated artist (including Best New Artist), songwriter, and actor who has achieved critical acclaim, breakout success, and has been proclaimed as one of the most exciting and innovative artists in music today. NPR called her latest album, Stand For Myself (2021), the "best soul record of the past 20 years," while Rolling Stone championed her as "one of contemporary pop's greatest singers, who just so happens to also be one of its sharpest songwriters."

Yola made her acting debut as the founder of rock and roll, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, in Baz Luhrmann's musical drama, ELVIS, and earned a NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture. She made her awards show performance debut at the American Music Awards in November 2022, as their featured SONG OF THE SOUL performer. That same evening the ELVIS movie soundtrack won the "Favorite Soundtrack" award. Yola is a member of The Recording Academy's Black Music Collective, and to celebrate Yola's impact and influence on music, her guitar was included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Right Here, Right Now exhibit.

PAST TOURMATES:
YOLA has toured with Mavis Staples, Leon Bridges, Stevie Nicks, Brandi Carlile, Chris Stapleton, Kacey Musgraves, Maren Morris, Trombone Shorty, Greta Van Fleet, Orville Peck, and Gary Clark Jr.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:
Yola at American Music Awards November 2022:
Yola on Fallon "Dancing Away In Tears"
Yola on Graham Norton "Starlight"
CBS Mornings Profile with Anthony Mason
Yola on Colbert "Stand For Myself" with Jon Batiste
Yola & Mickey Guyton at CMT Awards — "Remember Her Name"
Yola performs "Hold On" featuring The Highwomen for CBS Play On