Walk Through Fire by Yola

Walk Through Fire, Yola's debut album, arrived on February 22, 2019, on Easy Eye Sound, the label run by Dan Auerbach, with Auerbach producing and Nonesuch handling distribution. The title points at two ordeals, a fire that damaged her home and an abusive relationship she got out of, and the record sounds like someone who came through both with her voice at full power. It's a big, warm Americana sound, and the British singer fills every inch of it.

The awards crowd noticed. It was up for the Grammy for Best Americana Album, "Faraway Look" picked up two American Roots nominations, one for the song and one for the performance, and Yola herself was nominated for Best New Artist. It took UK Album of the Year at the UK Americana Awards. A deluxe edition that December added two unreleased tracks, among them a take on Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", and Elton himself premiered the video and has become one of her loudest champions.

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