Yoshika Colwell

Hailing from the South East of England, Yoshika has been writing and gigging solo across the UK since she started making music in earnest in 2017. In early 2022, whilst living in a caravan in the Kent countryside, her home-made demos found their way to the Blue Flowers record label (home to Rosie Lowe and Gotts Street Park) who began working with her. 2024’s debut E.P. ‘There’s A Time’ heralded the arrival of a captivating talent and vital new voice in the great canon of English singer-songwriters. Recorded live in the studio by producer Oli Bayston (Art School Girlfriend, Kelly Lee Owens) the E.P. garnered support from BBC 6Music’s Craig Charles, Huw Stephens and Tom Robinson, BBC Introducing , CLASH, The Line Of Best Fit and The New Cue. In late ’24 a collaborative E.P. with The Vernon Spring followed, an avant garde and deeply intuitive collection which challenged any initial perceptions of Yoshika as a traditional folk artist. Yoshika’s songs are often deeply personal and concerned with attempting to understand the self & others, time, nature and mortality. A life-long Joni Mitchell fan she also takes inspiration from a wide mix of artists inc. Gillian Welch to Linda Perhacs, John Prine to Talk Talk.