Artist: James Yorkston
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
The Year of the Leopard
Year: 2007
Tracks: 10
Roaring the Gospel
Year: 2007
Tracks: 12
James Yorkston was natural in Kingsbarns, a small small town in Fife, Scotland. At the long time of octonary, Yorkston started playing music and fell in love with the craft. At the long time of 17, he affected from Fife to the larger metropolis of Edinburgh with his girlfriend. It was at the same time that he became involved with a garage rock 'n' roll and kindling band called Huckleberry, with Yorkston being the group's bass player. In 1996, he performed his first acoustic establish afterwards a ally working in a record shop picked Yorkston as an gap act for Bert Jansch in Edinburgh. The acoustic and hoodlum rock candy genres were something the player loved evenly, simply he chose the acoustic phratry route. In 2000, under the name "J. Wright Presents," Yorkston recorded a demo tape at base, sending it to John Peel, wHO played the song dynasty on his program immediately. Yorkston as well sent a tape to John Martyn, requesting an chess opening slot on his Edinburgh depict. Martyn invited Yorkston to be his chess opening dissemble on his intact 30-date tour. "Moving Up Country" was released as a single in October 2000 on Bad Jazz Records. In January 2001, the song was released as a 7" single. Exactly a year later, Yorkston released a split single with the Lone Pigeon. In May 2002 Yorkston and his supporting stray the Athletes released an EP called St. Patrick. In June Yorkston released his debut record album, Moving Up Country. Citing Anna Briggs, Lal Waterson, Nick Drake, and Malagasy guitar player D'Gary as musical influences, Yorkston as well has opened for Lambchop, Turin Brakes, the Divine Comedy, and Gemma Hayes. The Someplace Simple EP appeared in December 2003. In February 2004 Yorkston and his group hit the studio with producer Kieran Hebden of Four Tet. The results of the session were released in late 2004 as Just Beyond the River on Domino. The undermentioned year the Spanish label Houston Records issued the EP Hoopoo, which included five new songs, among other things, and in 2007 Yorkston's third full-length, The Year of the Leopard, came out in the U.S. (it had already hit British shelves that former fall).
