Yola Talks New Album & 2022 Tour

Stand for yourseven — Yola’s second studio album, produced by her label boss and Dan Auerbach from the Black Keys – is a departure from her first as the music is glittering and conjures up images of line dancing and roller skating rinks. For songs with solemn names like “Dancing Away My Tears”, listeners can almost see the light reflecting off a disco ball. And as much as the album celebrates black female strength through vulnerability, it also proves that Yola is don’t be afraid to tackle racism and cultural divisions.

She quickly attributes much of the album’s success to new co-authors, most of whom were women. When she first stepped into Auerbach’s orbit years ago, they decided to make a record together in Nashville before they even met. At the time, Yola knew few people in the States, so she made her breakout album for 2019 Go through the fire with a room full of white American men.

“There was nothing in my life experience that they would instinctively know about,” she recalls of her first co-authors. “I was finally able to choose the co-authors for this album because I knew enough people. One thing that really makes it sound different is that I have women of color [contributing] that can help me to talk about something. “

The native Bristol has tapped Natalie Hemby from The Highwomen, HER co-author Ruby Amanfu and the rising star Joy Oladokun, among others. She credits her voices for helping her entire songs that previously stalled, like “Break the Bough,” which she began writing in 2013. As Yola says: “Having an agency is a really big thing that gets noticed [on this album]. “

And although Yola’s work has always been difficult to categorize – although many have called it everything from country to soul to folk and beyond – she pursues the idea of ​​the genre bend not only on the album, which is calculated and romping around in equal parts , but also with their new merch, which should be available for their upcoming headlining dates in 2022.

Tickets for Yola’s 2022 headlining dates will go on sale on Friday at 10 a.m. local time. An exclusive pre-sale for Spotify Fans First begins on Thursday. Yola will tour selected festivals this year as well as postponed opening dates with Chris Stapleton. The singer’s full schedule of appointments can be found below.

2021

Aug 21 – Globe Life Park – Arlington, TX – with Chris Stapleton
Aug 22 – Outlaw Music Festival – Austin360 Amphitheater
September 3 – summer festival
September 5th – Jazz Aspen Snowmass
September 10th – Bristol Rhythm & Roots Festival
September 11th – Lunar River Festival
September 12th – Sing Out Loud Festival
Sept. 16 – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater – Maryland Height, MO – with Chris Stapleton
Sep 17 – Oak Mountain Amphitheater – Birmingham, AL – with Chris Stapleton
September 18 – The Wharf Amphitheater – Orange Beach, AL – with Chris Stapleton
September 25 – Ruoff Music Center. Noblesville, IN – with Chris Stapleton
September 26th – Ohana Music Festival
October 7 – Harvester Performance Center – Rocky Mount, VA
Oct 8 – NYC, NY – Madison Square Garden – with Chris Stapleton
Oct 14 – Mizzou Arena – Columbia, MO – with Chris Stapleton
October 15 – Pinnacle Bank Arena – Lincoln, NE – with Chris Stapleton
October 16 – Denny Sanford Premier Center – Sioux Falls, SD – with Chris Stapleton
October 21 – Riverbend Music Center – Cincinnati, OH – with Chris Stapleton
Oct 22 & 23 – Bridgestone Arena – Nashville, TN – with Chris Stapleton
Oct 28 – United Supermarket Arena – Lubbock, TX – with Chris Stapleton
October 29 – Isleta Amphitheater – Albuquerque, NM – with Chris Stapleton
Oct. 30 – AK Chin Pavilion – Phoenix, AZ – with Chris Stapleton
Nov 4th – Frank Erwin Center – Austin, TX – with Chris Stapleton
Nov 5 – BOK Center – Tulsa, OK – with Chris Stapleton
Nov 6 – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – The Woodlands, TX – with Chris Stapleton
November 24 – Bristol, Eng – Rough Trade
December 3 – FedEx Forum – Memphis, TN – with Chris Stapleton
December 4th – Mississippi Coast Coliseum – Biloxi, MS – with Chris Stapleton
December 5 – Thompson-Boling Arena – Knoxville, TN – with Chris Stapleton

2022
1-5 February – girls only want weekends
February 8 – Big Night Live – Boston, MA
February 11 – Lincoln Theater – Washington DC
February 13 – Jefferson Theater – Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 15 – Philadelphia, PA – TBA venue for sale TBA
February 17 – Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL
February 19 – Hoyt Sherman Place – Des Moines, IA
February 23 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
Mar 3 – Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN – with Allison Russell
Mar 4 – Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN – with Devon Gilfillian
March 11 – Saint Andrew’s Hall – Detroit, MI
March 13 – The National – Richmond, VA
March 15 – The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
March 16 – The Ritz – Raleigh, NC
March 18 – Charleston Music Hall – Charleston, SC
March 19 – The East – Atlanta, GA
March 20 – Saturn – Birmingham, AL
Mar 22 – Little Rock, AR – TBA venue for sale TBA
March 23 – The Joy Theater – New Orleans, LA
March 25 – Studio at the Factory – Dallas, TX
March 26 – The Heights Theater – Houston, TX
March 27 – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater – Austin, TX
March 29 – Uptown Theater – Kansas City, MO
March 30 – The Jones Assembly – Oklahoma City, OK
April 1 – Belly Up Aspen – Aspen, CO
April 2 – Ogden Theater – Denver, CO
April 3 – Boulder Theater – Boulder, CO
April 5 – The Depot – Salt Lake City, UT
April 6 – Knitting Mill – Boise, ID
April 7 – The ELM – Bozeman, MT
April 9 – The Wilma – Missoula, MT
April 10 – The Showbox – Seattle, WA
April 11 – Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
April 14 – The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
April 15 – Ace of Spades – Sacramento, CA
April 20 – Huntington Center. Toledo, Ohio – with Chris Stapleton
April 21 – Schottenstein Center. Columbus, Ohio – with Chris Stapleton
April 23rd – A concert for Kentucky – Kroger Field. Lexington, KY – with Chris Stapleton
April 27 – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
May 1st – stagecoach festival