Izzie Yardley is a singer-songwriter based in Somerset, UK. She has attracted critical recognition as a singer, lyricist and multi-instrumentalist, crafting detailed songs laced with imagination, emotion and beguiling complexity, which draw from British folk traditions as well as the jazz and classical music she grew up on.
Her publicly-funded debut EP Imposter was released in June 2023. Produced by Dom Monks (Big Thief, Billie Marten) it earned airtime from the likes of BBC Scotland, Absolute Radio, and led to support from PRS Foundation Women in Music and Help Musicians Do it Differently Fund.
Her captivating and unfettered live performances, which take on more of an improvisational quality when with her band – Nick Pini (Laura Marling, Nick Mulvey), Ethan Johns (Crosby, Stills & Nash, Ray Lamontagne) and Luke Potashnick (The Temperance Movement) -, are earning her a rapidly growing audience.
In 2023 she played The Great Escape festival, opened for artists like Supalung (Sam Brookes), Robert Vincent, Beans on Toast, Ocean Colour Scene, and completed her own UK tour. Most recently she has supported Jesca Hoop and opened for both Matt Deighton and Ida Mae on their UK tours.
2024 will see the release of more music, continuing her collaboration with producer Dom Monks. EP ‘Pull Back the Sea’ is due for release this Autumn through Kartel, with first single ‘Hazy’ coming out July 5th.
Watch her on YouTube here
Support tonight from Blossom Caldarone is a young jazz singer songwriter; accompanying herself on the cello or piano, she writes about the small things in life that are often overlooked and most of her songs are about people she knows, has seen or met.
She has recently moved to London and her new music is about all the strange and amazing things she's seen and experienced since moving to the city from Gloucestershire. She has just been tour support for English teacher ( who won the Mercury Prize).
Inspired by a range of artists such as Carleen Anderson, Syd Barrett and Tracy Chapman, Blossom hopes to put a smile on your face with her honest lyrics.