Yo Zushi is a British-Japanese singer-songwriter and editor, who rose to prominence in the UK freak folk scene with two albums released on London's Pointy Records.
This was followed by a short period in a folk rock band, Great Days of Sail, with gig support slots in the company of nu-folk icons Joanna Newsom,[6] The Magic Numbers, Willy Mason,[7] Micah P. Hinson and anti-folk founder Lach.
[8] A collection of country-infused pop songs drawn from rough home recordings, it was quickly picked up by the British music press as a minor classic.
[9] An intermittent series of live appearances followed, supporting the likes of Scritti Politti and Patrick Wolf, as well as performing on the main town hall stage at the Oxford Folk Festival[10] with Bellowhead and Rachel Unthank and the Winterset.
After publishing a short story in Dazed & Confused and completing a Modern Culture MA at University College, London,[11] Yo Zushi released his second album, Notes for Holy Larceny[12] in 2007.