Charlotte Yates

'One of our most potent songwriters', Charlotte Yates has released seven solo albums plus a broader catalogue of collaborative and compilation works. No stranger to the format of pairing famous words with music, she has devoted albums to James K Baxter, Hone Tuwhare, Witi Ihimaera and Katherine Mansfield.  

'I spun a programme around the Baxter CD that Charlotte Yates got together. That album was a magical project and became of the musical anchors in my New Zealand Music course at Waikato University.'  William Dart, New Horizons, RNZ

Charlotte's 7 track EP, Winter's Eye is out now, alongside the first single, Push Back. Before It Changes Everything is the second video released from Winter's Eye.

'It’s a mark of great songs when, after only a couple of plays, they feel like they have been travelling companions for years. These are such songs: strong yet delicate; joyous yet wistful; uplifting yet challenging. Charlotte Yates offers a cycle of songs for our time with lyrics, music and vocal delivery woven together with a rare potency.' Robin Kearns, 13th Floor