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A RIDE ON THE YOLACOASTER

Never before has country music enjoyed such a resurgence in the mainstream. Part of its recent squeeze back into the charts is thanks to an array of artists fusing their own unique sounds and styles into the genre – like Bristol singer-songwriter Yolanda Quartey, who takes a distincty twangy base and adds to it a full palate of tonal idiosyncrasies.

Better known simply as Yola, the genre-bending soul-soother had her big break come back in February with the release of her stunning debut album, Walk Through Fire. She’ll be taking

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