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James Yorkston (21 Dec 1971 - )

Male Person - United Kingdom Scottish folk musician, singer-songwriter & author

 Also known as (1)

Releases (30)

Official

Album

  1. 30 2003
  2. The Year of the Leopard 25 Sep 2006
  3. When the Haar Rolls In 30 Aug 2008
  4. I Was a Cat From a Book 13 Aug 2012
  5. The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society 18 Aug 2014
  6. The Route to the Harmonium 22 Feb 2019
  7. That Summer, We Flew 01 May 2020
  8. J Wright Presents 03 Dec 2021
  9. The Songs and the Poems of the Book of the Gaels 29 Sep 2022

Album - Compilation

  1. Roaring the Gospel 04 Jun 2007
  2. Acoustic Sessions 14 Dec 2008
  3. The Demonstrations of the Craws 18 Apr 2015

Single

  1. Steady as She Goes 11 Sep 2006
  2. Woozy With Cider Feb 2007
  3. Catch 22 May 2012
  4. Border Song 26 Jun 2012
  5. Just as Scared 29 Oct 2012
  6. Fellow Man 28 May 2014
  7. Great Ghosts 04 Aug 2014
  8. Guy Fawkes’ Signature 01 Sep 2014
  9. Feathers Are Falling 29 Sep 2014
  10. My Mouth Ain’t No Bible 22 Nov 2018
  11. Shallow 21 Jan 2019

Single - Remix

  1. Shallow (Vince Clarke remix) 13 Feb 2019

EP

  1. Someplace Simple 03 Nov 2003
  2. Hoopoe 2005
  3. It’s Lovely to Be Heard 16 Apr 2011
  4. Spanish Ants 22 Apr 2013

Promotion

Album

  1. The Year of the Leopard: Acoustic Versions 2006

Album - Compilation

  1. A Selection of Covers & Remixes 2008

Relationships (4)

Member Of

  1. James Yorkston and the Athletes original, eponymous
  2. The Big Eyes Family Players
  3. Yorkston/Thorne/Khan
  4. The Fruit Tree Foundation

Recordings by (171)

  1. Blue Madonnas 4:13 (May 2002)
  2. St Patrick 5:24 (08 Oct 2002)
  3. Blue Bleezin' Blind Drunk 3:27 (2002)
  4. La Magnifica 3:25 (2002)
  5. You Want to Walk 3:42 (2002)
  6. St. Patrick 5:32 (27 Jan 2003)
  7. Someplace Simple 3:23 (03 Nov 2003)
  8. Scarecrow 3:45 (03 Nov 2003)
  9. Rosemary Lane 3:31 (03 Nov 2003)
  10. False True Love 3:50 (03 Nov 2003)
  11. In Dessexshire as It Befel 3:02 (03 Nov 2003)
  12. Spittoon ?:?? (03 Nov 2003)
  13. 30 29:59 (2003)
  14. Phantasmagoria in Two 4:19 (03 Oct 2005)
  15. Seven Streams 5:15 (2005)
  16. The Sea Song 3:13 (2005)
  17. Sir Patrick Spens 4:44 (2005)
  18. Bleed the Crops 3:24 (2005)
  19. Home to the Heron 7:07 (2005)
  20. Summer Song 4:25 (2005)
  21. I Awoke 4:35 (2005)
  22. Shipwreckers (BBC Maida Vale session) 3:17 (28 Aug 2006)
  23. Steady as She Goes 3:32 (11 Sep 2006)
  24. Summer Song (Dolphin Boy remix) 4:12 (11 Sep 2006)
  25. Summer Song (Dolphin Boy mix) (full length edit) 5:33 (11 Sep 2006)
  26. The Year of the Leopard 3:39 (25 Sep 2006)
  27. 5 a.m. 3:57 (25 Sep 2006)
  28. Woozy With Cider 4:05 (25 Sep 2006)
  29. The Brussels Rambler 4:12 (25 Sep 2006)
  30. Orgiva Song 2:40 (25 Sep 2006)
  31. Don't Let Me Down 5:21 (25 Sep 2006)
  32. Us Late Travellers 5:38 (25 Sep 2006)
  33. I Acknowledge the Devil 2:41 (25 Sep 2006)
  34. Buzzard 3:02 (25 Sep 2006)
  35. Thar She Blows 2:50 (2006)
  36. Woozy With Cider (Jon Hopkins remix) 4:36 (Feb 2007)
  37. Woozy With Cider (Kode 9 remix) 4:03 (Feb 2007)
  38. Woozy With Cider (Quiet Village remix) 9:09 (Feb 2007)
  39. Woozy With Cider (Dusty Cabinets remix) 7:28 (Feb 2007)
  40. Woozy With Cider (King Biscuit Time remix) 4:04 (Feb 2007)
  41. A Man With My Skills 3:40 (04 Jun 2007)
  42. Sleep Is the Jewel 3:13 (04 Jun 2007)
  43. Are You Coming Home Tonight? 2:54 (04 Jun 2007)
  44. The Lang Toun 9:55 (04 Jun 2007)
  45. The Hills & The Heath 4:29 (04 Jun 2007)
  46. Song to the Siren 3:11 (04 Jun 2007)
  47. Moving Up Country, Roaring the Gospel 3:26 (04 Jun 2007)
  48. Steady as She Goes (demo) 3:33 (2007)
  49. At First She Starts 3:21 (2007)
  50. B’s Jig 5:56 (30 Aug 2008)
All Recordings By Results >>

On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Martinmas Time 5:10 James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players (31 Jul 2009)

Performer

  1. Hips for Scotland 4:07 Psychonauts feat. James Yorkston (13 Jun 2003)

Instruments

  1. Hips for Scotland 4:07 Psychonauts feat. James Yorkston (13 Jun 2003) guitar
  2. I Awoke 4:35 James Yorkston (2005) guitar
  3. Summer Song 4:25 James Yorkston (2005) guitar, concertina, clarinet, bouzouki
  4. Steady as She Goes 3:32 James Yorkston (11 Sep 2006) guitar, concertina, clarinet
  5. I Acknowledge the Devil 2:41 James Yorkston (25 Sep 2006) harmonium, guitar, concertina, clarinet, violin
  6. Don't Let Me Down 5:21 James Yorkston (25 Sep 2006) guitar, clarinet
  7. Orgiva Song 2:40 James Yorkston (25 Sep 2006) concertina
  8. Us Late Travellers 5:38 James Yorkston (25 Sep 2006) guitar, clarinet
  9. 5 a.m. 3:57 James Yorkston (25 Sep 2006) guitar, clarinet
  10. Buzzard 3:02 James Yorkston (25 Sep 2006) guitar, concertina, bouzouki
  11. The Brussels Rambler 4:12 James Yorkston (25 Sep 2006) guitar, concertina, clarinet, bouzouki
  12. The Year of the Leopard 3:39 James Yorkston (25 Sep 2006) guitar, clarinet
  13. Woozy With Cider 4:05 James Yorkston (25 Sep 2006) guitar, clarinet
  14. Forgotten Anniversary 2:39 The Fruit Tree Foundation (28 Jun 2011) guitar
  15. Beware Beware 4:27 The Fruit Tree Foundation (28 Jun 2011) guitar
  16. Just As Scared 3:32 The Fruit Tree Foundation (28 Jun 2011) guitar
  17. Fellow Man 4:16 James Yorkston (28 May 2014) guitar
  18. The Blues You Sang 4:46 James Yorkston (29 Jul 2014) guitar
  19. Great Ghosts 4:15 James Yorkston (04 Aug 2014) guitar
  20. Broken Wave (A Blues for Doogie) 5:13 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014) guitar
  21. Red Fox 3:15 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014) guitar
  22. Honey on Thigh 2:06 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014) guitar
  23. Sweet Sweet 3:59 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014) guitar
  24. Sleep On 2:18 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014) guitar
  25. Feathers Are Falling 4:03 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014) guitar
  26. Guy Fawkes’ Signature 5:32 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014) guitar
  27. Embers 4:45 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014) guitar
  28. You & Your Sister 2:43 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014) guitar
  29. The Very Very Best 4:12 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014) guitar
  30. Thinking About Kat 3:20 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014) guitar

Vocals

  1. Hips for Scotland 4:07 Psychonauts feat. James Yorkston (13 Jun 2003)
  2. Just As Scared 3:32 The Fruit Tree Foundation (28 Jun 2011)
  3. Beware Beware 4:27 The Fruit Tree Foundation (28 Jun 2011)
  4. Forgotten Anniversary 2:39 The Fruit Tree Foundation (28 Jun 2011)
  5. Fellow Man 4:16 James Yorkston (28 May 2014)
  6. The Blues You Sang 4:46 James Yorkston (29 Jul 2014)
  7. Great Ghosts 4:15 James Yorkston (04 Aug 2014)
  8. Sweet Sweet 3:59 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014)
  9. Red Fox 3:15 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014)
  10. You & Your Sister 2:43 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014)
  11. Thinking About Kat 3:20 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014)
  12. As Grey and as White 2:42 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014)
  13. Broken Wave (A Blues for Doogie) 5:13 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014)
  14. King of the Moles 3:45 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014)
  15. The Very Very Best 4:12 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014)
  16. Embers 4:45 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014)
  17. Guy Fawkes’ Signature 5:32 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014)
  18. Sleep On 2:18 James Yorkston (18 Aug 2014)

Credited as (27)

  1. James Yorkston
  2. James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players
  3. James Yorkston & Reporter
  4. James Yorkston & Bill Duncan
  5. James Yorkston vs. Onthefly
  6. The Big Eyes Family Players feat. James Yorkston
  7. The Big Eyes Family Players feat. James Yorkston & Elle Osborne
  8. Lisa Knapp & James Yorkston
  9. James Yorkston / HMS Ginafore
  10. James Yorkston and The Big Eyes Family Players
  11. Psychonauts feat. James Yorkston
  12. Adrian Crowley & James Yorkston
  13. Max Cooper feat. James Yorkston
  14. Citizen Bravo, Raymond MacDonald and Friends with James Yorkston
  15. Yorkston / Thorne / Khan
  16. James Yorkston with MayKay
  17. James Yorkston with Marry Waterson
  18. James Yorkston with Nancy Elizabeth
  19. James Yorkston & Aidan O’Rourke
  20. James Yorkston & The Second Hand Orchestra
  21. James Yorkston and the Athletes / James Yorkston
  22. James Yorkston / King Creosote
  23. James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra
  24. The Second Hand Orchestrafeat.James Yorkston
  25. The Second Hand Orchestra feat. James Yorkston
  26. James Yorkston, Nina Persson & The Second Hand Orchestra
  27. James Yorkston, Nina Persson and The Second Hand Orchestra

Works (101)

Wrote

  1. Fellow Man
  2. Sweet Sweet
  3. Guy Fawkes’ Signature
  4. Thinking About Kat
  5. Feathers Are Falling
  6. Broken Wave (A Blues for Doogie)
  7. Red Fox
  8. King of the Moles
  9. Great Ghosts
  10. Sleep On
  11. Embers
  12. Honey on Thigh
  13. As Grey and as White
  14. The Very Very Best
  15. Summer Song
  16. Steady as She Goes
  17. The Year of the Leopard
  18. 5 a.m.
  19. Woozy With Cider
  20. I Awoke
  21. The Brussels Rambler
  22. Orgiva Song
  23. Don't Let Me Down
  24. Us Late Travellers
  25. In Your Hands
  26. St. Patrick
  27. Sweet Jesus
  28. Tender to the Blues
  29. Moving Up Country, Roaring the Gospel
  30. I Spy Dogs
  31. 6:30 Is Just Way Too Early
  32. The Patience Song
  33. Shipwreckers
  34. Surf Song
  35. Hermitage
  36. Hotel
  37. This Time Tomorrow
  38. Banjo #1
  39. We Flew Blind
  40. Banjo #2
  41. Catch
  42. Kath With Rhodes
  43. Border Song
  44. This Line Says
  45. Sometimes the Act of Giving Love
  46. The Fire & The Flames
  47. A Short Blues
  48. Spanish Ants
All Works Results >>

Composed

  1. My Mouth Ain’t No Bible
  2. Yorkston Athletic
All Works Results >>

Events (1)

Main Performer At

  1. End of the Road Festival 2007, day 3

Links (16)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.jamesyorkston.co.uk/

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb169389059
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/james-yorkston

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/231716

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/95409

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000207354

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1994276/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/107576019

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6249792

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/53aQwuzlyn4vxxUs6Edlqw

Bandcamp

  1. https://jamesyorkston.bandcamp.com/

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/6a9e9e71-916f-4ac3-b9c4-7aa520b7d97a

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/jamesyorkstonathletic
  2. https://twitter.com/jamesyorkston

Myspace

  1. https://myspace.com/jamesyorkston

Youtube Channels

  1. https://www.youtube.com/user/JamesYorkston