Izzie Yardley is a singer-songwriter based in Somerset. 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.

Sophomore EP ‘Pull Back The Sea‘ was released October 2024, produced by Dom Monks (Big Thief, Laura Marling, Billie Marten) and made with the support of PRS Foundation Women in Music and Help Musicians Do It Differently fund.

“a masterpiece of restraint” – FATEA

“almost in jazz territory…distinctive style that is almost conversational but has a soulful, expressive edge. Lovely lyrics too and a smartly fluid and imaginative arrangement” – Neil March, Trust The Doc

Her publicly-funded debut EP ‘Imposter’ was released in June 2023. Also produced by Dom Monks it earned airtime from the likes of BBC Scotland, Absolute Radio and BBC Introducing.

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.

Recently Izzie’s opened for artists like This Is The Kit, Jesca Hoop, Ocean Colour Scene, Beans on Toast, Supalung (Sam Brookes), played festivals like The Great Escape with Bob Harris’ Under the Apple Tree, and toured the UK with The Brother Brothers, Matt Deighton and Ida Mae.

She is currently recording her debut album with producer Ethan Johns, due for release in 2025/26.

As well as writing her own material she also works as a session vocalist for contemporary artists as well as TV/Film composers, recently recording backing vocals for Sir Tom Jones, Freddie & The Scenarios (The Vaccines), and Elles Bailey.

Photo credit: Cloe Morrison