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Summer Mixtape: Yola on being an outsider, discovering American music, and learning to ‘Stand for Myself’ Written by Andrea Domanick, produced by Bennett Purser Jul. 29, 2021Music MORE Yola’s new album “Stand for Myself” is out on July 30. Photo by Joseph Ross. All week, Press Play has been bringing you DJ and artist interviews, along with custom DJ sets. This fifth and final installment of “Summer Mixtape” features a conversa...

Leigh Nash, Hannah Busse June 10, 2021 Leigh Nash (left) and Hannah Busse “Kiss Me” was a big hit in the 90s for Sixpence None the Richer, and the singer on that earworm was Leigh Nash. Currently performing both as a solo artist and with Sixpence, Nash will be joined on the bill by Madison-based folk-pop artist Hannah Busse. The concert is part of the Crescendo on Wisconsin series, a fundraiser (through the Keep Wisconsin Warm/Cool Fund) designed to aid entertainment industry workers ...

Yola will release her sophomore album this summer.  Stand for Myself reunites the British singer-songwriter with Black Keys member and producer Dan Auerbach and his Easy Eye Sound label. A press release teases that Stand for Myself will find Yola making "a sonic shift" from her debut album, 2019s  Walk Through Fire. Indeed, the first song released from the record, "Diamond Studded Shoes," is big and bright, with a bit of 60s/70s pop and soul influence. "Everybodys saying / That its gonna be...

Yola Announces New Album ‘Stand For Myself’ & Shares Single Apr 22, 2021 Advertisement Acclaimed singer-songwriter Yola will release a new album entitled Stand For Myself via Easy Eye Sound on July 30. Yola previewed her sophomore full-length LP by sharing its lead single, “Diamond Studded Shoes,” along with a video for the track. The 12-track album was produced by Dan Auerbach who also helmed 2019’s Walk Through Fire. Yola recorded Stand For Myself, described as “a sonic shif...

Nashville Tennessean 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 producer and Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach at Easy Eye Sound in Nashville, the same room where she delivered her 2019 breakthrough debut "Walk Through Fire."  "Stand For Myself" drops July 30 via Auerbachs label Easy Eye Sound.   Yola, born Yolanda Quartey, gave listeners a ta...

Maggie Rose Holds Space for Women in the Music Industry to Tell Their Stories In the latest installment of our series on local podcasts, we talk to the host of Salute the Songbird Tweet Maggie Rose Maggie Rose has spent the better part of the past decade playing music professionally, her days filled with writing, recording, touring and collaborating. She released her debut album Cut to Impress in 2013. Packed with genre-defying songs Rose had co-written with highly res...

Fisk Jubilee Singers (2019-2020) *The Fisk Jubilee Singers, founded at the HBCU 150 years ago and instrumental in preserving America’s treasured Negro spirituals, has added another accolade to its rich history – a Grammy Award. At Sunday’s pre-telecast “Premiere Ceremony,” the vocal group’s “Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)” was named Best Roots Gospel Album, earning them their first-ever Grammy award. “Hallelujah,” said director Dr. Paul Kwami in his accepta...

The Belcourt to Take This Years Red Carpet Evening Online See the details on this years online Oscars celebration, plus our notes on this years field of nominees Tweet Share The 2021 Oscar nominations were announced today. Also announced today: The Belcourt will keep its annual Oscar-night festivities going at home with its first-ever virtual rendition of A Red Carpet Evening set for Sunday, April 25. A release says that guests will be able to pick up curated box...

Alabama’s Jimmy Hall shared in Grammy win by Fisk Jubilee Singers Updated Mar 15, 2021; Posted Mar 15, 2021 The Fisk Jubilee Singers with Director Dr. Paul Kwami in front of Fisks Harris Music Building.Pat Casey Daley Facebook Share It turns out Brittany Howard wasn’t the only Alabama artist to share in Grammy honors Sunday night: A project featuring the multitalented Jimmy Hall won the roots gospel category announced during preliminaries before the main awards telecast. By Monday afterno...

Premiere: Leigh Nash and Ruby Amanfu Call For Unity in New Song “Good Trouble” “Allowing ourselves to be vulnerable and to be seen, on both sides of the table, is where we have to begin,” Amanfu says Sixpence None the Richer lead singer Leigh Nash teamed with Ruby Amanfu and Matt Maher to craft the new ballad “Good Trouble,” inspired by the words of the late Congressman John Lewis, whose “Get in good trouble” quote became both a call to action to dismantle s...