Yo Zushi

"Captivating, indeed mesmerising. Every moment is to be treasured."
- BBC.co.uk
"A raw. intriguing talent"
– Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 2
"His playfully eccentric lyrics about life's small moments, plucked acoustic guitar and rollicking rhythms suggest a less ramshackle Badly Drawn Boy or a better adjusted E from Eels. This could be the start of something major"
– ****, Q Magazine, "Q Recommends"
"Immediately likeable and with the unerring ability to bring a smile to the lips of any music fan. Perfectly constructed lyricism. With any luck, this is just a taster of what's to come"
– Word Magazine
"Yo Zushi's folk songs have earned him plenty of high-profile fans around the world and this, his debut LP, looks certain to raise the bar even higher. A masterclass in storytelling"
– Dazed & Confused
"All the credentials to be the under-sung musical hero that we just don't get any more. Excellent"
– *****, Amelia's Magazine
"The spirit of Bob Dylan for the 21st century"
– Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC Radio 1
"Lucid tales of alcohol-fuzzled intrigue and mishap. Melodies soaked in a warm melancholia"
– Metro
"Sweet melodies that entice you back. A taste of something different"
– Maverick
"Diversity and newness throughout. Haunting"
– Comes with a Smile
"Dreamy and beautiful. Versatile yet intense. Yo Zushi's campfire tales are at once wistful and uplifting, and this talented songwriter's fire looks set to continue burning"
– **** and a half, Subba Culture
"One of the most interesting albums of 2007. A world of acoustic music coffee bars, late night semi-drunken musings and the deeper darker edges of folk is explored and discovered"
– Americana UK
".a singer-songwriter who does more than slow and painful. upbeat melodies and enchanting lyrics. marvellous."
– **** Maverick
".With a title lifted from a Robert Browning poem, the album is a classy collection of intelligently literate folk songs that beat with a left of centre Pop heartbeat. Understated, unaffected yet charmingly affecting, the album ought to set Yo Zushi up as one of the key singer/songwriter talents of 2006."
– Tangents
"Should contemplative singer/songwriters become the heroes they once were. then Yo Zushi is one artist who will be leading the revival."
– Flavourpill
OLD NEWS
Pointy Records released my 2009 Christmas single "Another Song di Natale" on 14 December. It's available everywhere online.
My second album, "Notes For Holy Larceny", was released on Pointy Records on the 10th of September, 2007. Find it on amazon or in all good UK stores, should you be so inclined!
OLD OLD OLD News
*Winner of Dazed & Confused Magazine's Re:Creation Award 2004
*Breezeblock Bomb (AKA Record of the Week) on Mary Anne Hobbs's show (Breezeblock, BBC Radio One). She said I was "the spirit of Bob Dylan for the 21st Century", which was nice, but I feel for Mr Dylan himself, who is still very much alive.
*Twice the Xposure Big One (i.e. Record of the Week) on John Kennedy's show (Xposure Part 2, Xfm)
*One of Daily Telegraph's "Bright Young Things" 2004.
In 2009 I worked on a short film musical about singing milkmen fighting crime; it's called Milkwatch. I co-wrote the script and did the musical elements, which feature the London Gay Man's Chorus in full force. Milkwatch, directed by Michael Taylor, launched at the East End Film Festival and was funded by Film London through New Pathways. The film was nominated for the Best of the Boroughs Award and screened at BAFTA; it has recently been picked up by a web distributor (more news to come).