BIO
MUSIC
Kentucky Soul is the vision of musician Yani Vozos accompanied by various artists to create musical medicine that inspires love and longing; bringing people together to dance and celebrate life.
Yani Vozos is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (guitar, mandolin, charango, and sitar) from Kentucky. He performs original music in many styles ranging from acoustic latin- folk -rock rhythms to funky jazz grooves to traditional old- time folk and bluegrass.
Yani writes music directly from his heart with the intention of sending out vibrations of love and joy to inspire people around the world. His music is upbeat with writing that focuses on positivity and universal spiritual connections with the earth that everyone can relate to.
ELIXIRS
Yani also makes and sells natural, wild-crafted elixirs for health and wellness. Coming from a Greek and Appalachian upbringing, Yani has spent his life exploring and learning about the healing power of plants. And now, after 10+ years of making these for himself and his family he is excited to offer a selection of powerful, all-natural elixirs that are extremely effective in the areas of immune support, anti-inflamation, relaxation and overall wellness. He will package and send these with care directly to you!
CHECK OUT KENTUCKY SOUL ELIXIRS HERE
GARDENING-- SEEDS
Yani also comes from a long line of farmers and is well versed in successful agricultural methods including Urban Agriculture, in which he has taught multiple times at Bellarmine University. He is currently in the process of writing a method booklet for urban agriculture for everyone. He will be offering a small selection of heirloom seeds starting soon.
He and his father also established a successful Sorghum production operation on the family farm in Central Kentucky. Check out the video on their Sorghum project here.
Musical Adventure
Yani’s musical adventure began in the south- rural Eastern Kentucky mountains. He grew up there running through the creeks and trees going to square-dances and listening to his parent’s records of country, motown, blues, latin, and country. When he was 15 years old he fell in love with the guitar and played lots of Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, Hank Williams Jr., James Brown, Metallica, Santana, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Allman Bros songs, practicing 6 hours a day as a teenager. Moved to the north for college and discovered world and jazz music during his time living in Pittsburgh and NYC. As a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras, Central America Yani fell in love with Latin music playing cumbias, salsa, reggae and samba. After he returned home to Kentucky in 2003 and dug into the Kentucky folk and Bluegrass music of Bill Monroe on mandolin. Now after all of these years, the music he plays is an amalgam of all of these styles infused with a little bit of love and lots of inspiration.
