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Yelka Ishmakovich has been alive for twenty years, and she's been singing for nearly as long. By the time she was fourteen, singing alone was not enough, and she started playing guitar and writing songs too.
Yelka’s charmingly imperfect voice hovers gorgeously throughout minimal acoustic-based arrangements, gleaming with lyrical and instrumental hooks. Her slightly coy, yet genteel performances barely mask an artistic maturity well beyond her years.
In 2008, Yelka became the only soloist to date to reach the finals of the fifteen-year-old statewide Push Start battle of the bands competition, which landed her with the Push Start APRA Song Writer's award.
Following this delightful win, Yelka enamored audiences and judges alike at The 2008 Queenscliff Music Festival’s Foot In The Door competition, picking up first prize in the Acoustic category. 2009 has seen Yelka support artists at The Thornbury Theatre, The Northcote Social Club, and play her own packed-out headline show at Manchester Lane.
She has since been working diligently on developing her material for her debut EP release, which will be an accumulation of all her songwriting efforts thus far. Peppered with self-made words (‘Yelkaby’) and nonsense syllables, Yelka’s songs invite singalongs and infectious smiles. And in the same breath, Yelka delivers searingly personal renditions of love lost, gained and shared with friends. It’s no wonder this young songbird is receiving comparisons to hitmakers Norah Jones and Corinne Bailey Rae.
For all booking and general enquiries, contact:
Yelka
Ph: 0428 379 653
E: [email protected]
Bio, by Georgia Fields who you can find in my top friends :)
-“It’s like you’re lulling me to sleep (in a good way)â€.
-“While some other solo artists sit back and play crowded house and matchbox 20 covers, Yelka’s lyrics and melodies are intricate, quirky and honest which sets her apartâ€.
