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James Yorkston
Scottish folk musician, singer-songwriter & author
Since 1971
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James Yorkston (born James Patrick Yorkston Wright; 21 December 1971) is a Scottish folk musician, singer-songwriter and author from the village of Kingsbarns, Fife. He has been releasing music since 2001. As well as recording as a solo artist, he has released music with his backing band the Athletes, as part of the Fence Collective, and as a member of the trio Yorkston/Thorne/Khan. He has also written fiction and non-fiction books.
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Discography
Albums
- 2003 30
- 2006 The Year of the Leopard: Acoustic Versions
- 2006 The Year of the Leopard
- 2008 When the Haar Rolls In
- 2009 Folk Songs
- 2012 I Was a Cat From a Book
- 2013 My Yoke Is Heavy: The Songs of Daniel Johnston
- 2014 The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society
- 2017 Summerhall (Improvised set)
- 2019 The Route to the Harmonium
- 2020 That Summer, We Flew
- 2021 The Wide, Wide River
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EPs
- 2003 Someplace Simple
- 2005 Hoopoe
- 2011 It’s Lovely to Be Heard
- 2013 Spanish Ants
Singles
- 2006 Steady as She Goes
- 2007 Woozy With Cider
- 2008 Tortoise Regrets Hare
- 2009 Martinmas Time
- 2009 Mary Connaught and James O’Donnell
- 2012 Catch
- 2012 Border Song
- 2012 Just as Scared
- 2014 Fellow Man
- 2014 Great Ghosts
- 2014 Guy Fawkes’ Signature
- 2014 Feathers Are Falling
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- 2018 My Mouth Ain’t No Bible
- 2019 Shallow
- 2020 Struggle
- 2020 Ella Mary Leather
- 2021 There Is No Upside
