Yolanda Charles

Last updated

Yolanda Charles
MBE
OccupationMusician
Instrument Bass guitar
Member ofYolanda Charles' Project pH
Formerly of

Yolande Christina Charles is a British musician. She has played bass guitar with Paul Weller, David A. Stewart, [1] Robbie Williams, Mick Jagger, The Waterboys, Hans Zimmer and from July 2017 through early 2020 she was a member of Squeeze. [2] [3]

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 was heard playing bass by Paul Weller and became part of his band promoting his album Wild Wood ; she also recorded bass for another of his albums, Stanley Road . She released an EP in 2009 and an album in 2011 with her band The Deep MO, and has a new band called Project pH. [4] She has also been involved in teaching, including running classes at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. [5] She is currently a visiting tutor at Trinity Laban Music college.

Charles runs a record label called Mamayo Records, and works as an independent artist releasing her own music through the label. As part of NLYC Productions she works as a writer/arranger and co-produces with guitarist/producer Nick Linnik from Project pH.

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to music. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "High priestess of funk". Bass Guitar Magazine. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Watch Squeeze Play Their Hits And A New Song In Their Stripped Down Stereogum Session". Stereogum. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Yolanda Charles Masterclass". Institute of Contemporary Music Performance. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Bass-ic intro to pop". Manchester Evening News. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B16.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.