Move over, Adele. It's time for 'one-in-a-million voice' Yebba
'The grief had physically manifested itself in my voice': 26-year-old American singer-songwriter Yebba While studying to be a music teacher, Abbey Smith had a vision. “It feels kind of wild to be sharing this, it’s so personal,” she tells me, hesitating. “But I had this feeling, like a valve opening up in my chest and taking in this air.” She takes an enormous, gulping breath. “And then it became very dark, and I was looking down as if from beyond [myself] at this tiny person on stage, and I felt… free.” When, on her dazzling debut album, Smith sings about her mother’s suici...