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    YOLA/ALLISON RUSSELL

    Apr 21, 2022 4 minutes
    STEPHEN DEUSNER

    Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, March 3

    Bristolian émigrée becomes Nashville royalty at the home of country music

    HALFWAY through her triumphant set, Yola Carter pauses to reflect on the massive tornado cluster that rumbled through her adopted hometown of Nashville two years ago to the day, killing more than 20 people. She tells a story about huddling under her kitchen table with her roommate, praying for the storm to pass them by. That roommate is tonight’s support act Allison Russell, who then joins Yola to duet on Aretha Franklin’s “Day Dreaming”, a song whose gentle reveries are about

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