Pronounced 'Ya-el', like an affirmative Noel. We hit it off right away on May 29th 2007, and it was a really loose feeling episode. I think there was a deep connection going on too because when I asked if she had any songs about power outages, she did, and she played one. Tough odds... I rekon our connection was hippie based, lots of good stories were passed before, during and after the show.