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James Yorkston and The Athletes
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James Yorkston and The Athletes is tagged as: folk, singer-songwriter, indie, scottish, acoustic

To call James Yorkston a folk singer is to miss the point by some distance and the fact that among his influences he lists Can, Jacques Brel and Linton Kwesi Johnson tells you something about the diverse and innovative approach he brings to the form. One review of his first album, with backing group the Athletes, Moving Up Country stated “James Yorkston is the real deal” and that simple judgement says a lot more than any attempt to classify or describe his work.
James Yorkston first appeared on record in 2001 under the pseudonym J Wright Presents, with the “Moving Up Country, Roaring the Gospel” single, a track that later appeared in a very different version on the first album, which was released on Domino in late 2002 and was mixed mostly by former Cocteau Twin Simon Raymonde, with some intervention from Kenny Anderson, aka King Creosote . By then, James had released a number of singles and a track on Anderson’s Fence Collective Sampler.
Shortly after the release of the album, James’ first Peel session was broadcast and there followed an EP of traditional folk songs (Someplace Simple) before the release of the second album, Just Beyond the River, in 2004. On this, songs like “Shipwreckers” revealed something of the dynamism that lurks within Yorkston’s...
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Top 10 James Yorkston and The Athletes Songs
Woozy With Cider (Jon Hopkins Remix)
La Magnifica
Woozy with Cider (original version)
Woozy With Cider Dusty Cabinets Remix
Woozy With Cider (King Biscuit Time Remix)
Sunday Jacket (With The Big Eyes Family Players)
The Hills & The Heath (Radio Version)
Woozy With Cider (Kode 9 Remix)
Banjo #1
Surf Song
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Top 10 James Yorkston and The Athletes Albums
Woozy with Cider
The Year Of The Leopard
Moving Up Country
Just Beyond the River
Someplace Simple
Hoopoe
Roaring the gospel
St Patrick
Shipwreckers
Surf Song
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