YOLA SETLIST
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 as far from stormy as you can get. The duo approach the song reverently, as one does with anything Aretha has sung, but they appear to relish the chance to harmonise on those ecstatic vocal runs, almost as though these two survivors are pushing each other onwards and upwards.