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11.10.09
Mary Connaught & James O’Donnell
The second single taken from JY’s collaborative album with The Big Eyes Family Players, Folk Songs.
“What’s on it? Why, there’s the album version of Mary Connaught & James O’Donnell – which you already own, of course. But – as well as that, there’s a brand new track: Our take on the old ballad [...]
09.08.09
Folk Songs
Released in August 2009, this album is a collaboration between James Yorkston, and his friend James Green (who performs under the name The Big Eyes Family Players). Here’s JY with some background info about it …
The idea behind this album of folk songs first surfaced around 2000 / 2001. Fence Records still had an actual [...]
01.10.08
Acoustic Sessions
A 10 track compilation of unreleased acoustic recordings and sessions, from 2004 to 2008 – comprising of tracks taken from James Yorkstons’ entire back catalogue. It’s practically a best of!
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When The Haar Rolls In
“For me, listening to James Yorkston’s music is like coming across the interesting-looking person on the fringes of a party. Before you know it, you’ve spent the evening listening to their compelling tale. In this record, I get a real sense that he has found his true voice. There’s a quiet confidence in his craft; [...]
Read More »03.06.07
Roaring The Gospel
Others may have arrived at folk music with an eye on low cost forms of self-expression or as access to an encounter group where a battered guitar and an ability to wail ensure you of an in; but James Yorkston has always kept his own counsel. Indeed, it?s almost as if the current vogue for [...]
Read More »24.09.06
The Year Of The Leopard
Once you’ve heard this arresting, intimate and subtle album, you may find yourself wondering how to categorise it. Of course, you may do the sensible thing and not care how it should be categorised – which suits James Yorkston just fine: his first album, the lush and rousing Moving Up Country was often labelled alt-country, [...]
Read More »10.09.06
Steady As She Goes
The first single taken from JY’s The Year Of The Leopard album, from 2006 – with some gorgeous artwork from Mina Braun. The Dolphin Boy remix of ‘Summer Song’ is an absolute treat, too …
Read More »01.06.05
Hoopoe
Leaving the Athletes at home for this mini-album jaunt on Spain’s Houston Party label, James Yorkston sounds just as lovely without his running partners; distilling large ideas down into slight yet reflective pieces, like a latter day Yasuijro Ozu. Oh yeah… Opening with the banjo-flecked ‘Seven Streams’, Yorkston tumbles forth with unbridled grace, before introducing [...]
Read More »01.02.05
Shipwreckers
James Yorkston and The Athletes release the first single from their acclaimed sophomore album, Just Beyond the River. ‘Shipwreckers’ comes in the form of a new mix by renowned producers Bacon and Quarmby. It’s a storming story of lovers entwined, watching the lights of the shipwrecks out at sea, whose movements magnify and mirror the [...]
Read More »01.09.02
Tender To The Blues
‘Tender To The Blues’ is backed by a selection of tracks which all allude to the different areas James is coming from. First up is ‘6:30 Is Just Way To Early’ (Reuben’s String Arrangement), Athlete Reuben takes one of the key tracks from ‘Moving Up Country’ & strips it down to the vocal, only to [...]
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