Walk Through Fire (Yola album)

Walk Through Fire
Studio album by
Yola
ReleasedFebruary 22, 2019
StudioEasy Eye Studio (Nashville, Tennessee, United States)
Genre
Label
Producer
Yola chronology
Orphan Offering
(2016) 		Walk Through Fire
(2019) 		Stand for Myself
(2021)

Walk Through Fire is the debut album by Yola. It was released on February 22, 2019, on Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound label and distributed by Nonesuch Records.[5][6][7] The album's title references both a fire which damaged Yola's home and an abusive relationship from which she escaped.[8]

A deluxe edition of Walk Through Fire was released on December 6, 2019, which includes two previously unreleased tracks, including a cover of Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".[9] Elton John premiered the video via his official Twitter account and has been a vocal cheerleader of Yola.[10]

Walk Through Fire was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Americana Album and album track "Faraway Look" was nominated for Best American Roots Song and Best American Roots Performance, with Yola herself also being nominated for Best New Artist.[11] Additionally the album also received a nomination for Album of the Year at the Americana Music Honors & Awards and won UK Album of the Year award at the UK Americana Awards.[12]The Tennessean also named "Walk Through Fire" to its list of "25 Essential Nashville albums of the 2010s".[13]

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  4. ^ Horowitz, Steve (17 July 2021). "YOLA BRILLIANTLY EXPANDS HER SOULFUL SOUND ON 'STAND FOR MYSELF'". PopMatters. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (19 January 2019). "Yola's Fight for Roots-Rock Freedom". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. ^ John, Emma (21 February 2019). "Yola: from down and out in London to Nashville's country soul star". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  7. ^ Mazor, Barry (25 February 2019). "'Walk Through Fire' by Yola Review: Across the Great Divide". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  8. ^ McKenna, Brittney (14 February 2019). "On Her Mighty Debut, Yola Pushes Through To 'Walk Through Fire'". NPR. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  9. ^ Betts, Stephen L. (6 December 2019). "Yola Is Priceless on Cover of Elton John's 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  10. ^ John, Elton (6 December 2019). "Nominated for four #GRAMMYs and one of Elton's favourite rising stars, @iamyola has just released a beautiful cover of 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'!". Twitter.com. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  11. ^ "2020 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Winners List". Grammy.com. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Stars honoured at UK Americana Awards".
  13. ^ Paulson, Dave; Watts, Cindy. "25 essential Nashville albums of the 2010s". The Tennessean. Retrieved 29 January 2020.