Yolanda Charles
Yolanda Charles | |
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| Occupation(s) | musician and teacher |
| Employer | Royal Northern College of Music |
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| Instrument | Bass guitar |
Yolanda Charles is a British musician and teacher. She has played bass guitar with Paul Weller, David A. Stewart,[1] Robbie Williams, Mick Jagger, Hans Zimmer and from July 2017 she has been a member of Squeeze.[2][3] She also plays with her own band, The Deep Mo.[1][4]
Charles has been playing professionally since 1989. In 1993, she was part of the house band on the short-lived TV show Saturday Zoo. She released an EP in 2009 and an album in 2011 with the Deep Mo, and continues to perform both with the band and on solo acoustic shows.[5] She has also been involved in teaching, including running classes at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester.[6]
References
- ^ a b "High priestess of funk". Bass Guitar Magazine. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "Watch Squeeze Play Their Hits And A New Song In Their Stripped Down Stereogum Session". Stereogum. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ Brooks, Mike (31 May 2019). "Yolanda Charles: "I was always told that you can't teach feel, but I think you can"". MusicRadar. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Yolanda Charles". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "Yolanda Charles Masterclass". Institute of Contemporary Music Performance. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "Bass-ic intro to pop". Manchester Evening News. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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