Zoe Kyoti’s debut album Wishbone features a stellar cast of Manchester’s finest musicians including the Cinematic Orchestra’s guitar maverick Stuart McCallum and drummer Rob Turner; one third of mercury prize winners Go-go Penguin. Kyoti has made some surprising choices in instrumentation, most notably kalimba, bass harmonica and bottles. So too is McCallum’s acoustic guitar performance on the haunting ballad ‘Palolem Bay’ played not with pick or fingers, but with a drum stick.

Lyrically Kyoti moves effortlessly from the heartache and longing of Palolem Bay and the title track Wishbone. Through optimistic acceptance in No Way Back, to fear and loathing in the eerie Old Rope and My Evil Soul. The latter a cartoon-gypsy-spaghetti western is more than a little tongue and cheek. Track 2, the Southeastern tinged ‘Monsoon’ has been featured in the 2014 movie Dermaphoria. As well as benefiting from a reincarnation on Matt Owen’s album ‘The Aviator’s Ball’, arranged for woodwind ensemble.

9 Anything You Can Dream

8 Palolem Bay

7 Old Rope

6 Mama Knows Best

05 5 No Way Back

04 4 My Evil Soul

03 3 Don't Spend Your Love On Me

2 Monsoon

1 Wishbone

Manchester based singer-songwriter Zoe Kyoti is born of Anglo-Austrian- Greek-Armenian heritage. Within her bittersweet unique brand of Folk, there lies the spice of exotic far-flung places and the roots of Jazz, Country and Blues. These influences collide at great force. The impact is an emotional yet comforting journey full of intensity, warmth and playfulness. “It’s Folk Jim but not as we know it.” 
