James Yorkston

2016 has been a busy year for James Yorkston with the release of Everything Sacred (Yorkston Thorne Khan), the publication of his debut novel, and his ‘Tae Sup wi’ a Fifer’ shows. Time for those Christmas tour dates – his first solo tour of England since 2013.

This weeks mix finds a strong Scottish contingent including two of Lau’s players with tracks from Aidan O’Rourke’s latest Imprint (E.P Series 2.0) and Martin Green’s Flit. Also included are two tracks from recently reviewed albums from Trail West and Iona Fyfe Band. Alongside these are some personal favourites that we’ve covered in the past as well as new offerings from The Driftwood Manor and Nick Jonah Davis’ House of …

Yorkston Thorne Khan head out on a tour of Ireland in August with support from Seamus Fogarty and they also play this year’s Edinburgh International Festival. Watch their recent performance of Sufi Song at the Tolbooth in Stirling.

Watch a video premiere from Yorkston/Thorne/Khan for ‘Song for Thirza’, the band’s reading of legendary songwriter and singer Lal Waterson’s original. They recently released ‘Broken Wave Live’ EP and are touring the UK & Ireland.

There’s plenty of Folk music at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival including two world premiere shows: Karine Polwart’s ‘Wind Resistance’ and ‘Flit’ featuring Lau’s Martin Green, Adam Holmes, Portishead’s Adrian Utley, Mogwai’s Dominic Aitchison and Becky Unthank.

We have a new Lost in Transmission mix featuring some of our favourites: Aldous Harding, Dawn Landes & Piers Facini, M.G. Boulter, Paper Beat Scissors, Annie Fleming & Viking Moses, Trembling Bells, Yorkston Thorne Khan and more.

James Yorkston’s ‘Tae Sup wi’ a Fifer’ returns to Adam Smith Theatre in Kirkcaldy this Spring with diverse line-ups that include Martin Carthy and Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip.

With Everything Sacred Yorkston, Thorne and Khan have created an album that bristles with inventiveness and skill, one that is more than the sum of its already impressive parts.

The good people at Lost Map Records recorded this lovely session recently featuring Withered Hand, James Yorkston & The Pictish Trail performing ‘Life of Doubt‘ which we’ve chosen as our Song of the Day. They are all on tour together in January.

Our Song of the Day is Sufi Song from the experimental group Yorkston/Thorne/Khan which features James Yorkston, Suhail Yusuf Khan and Jon Thorne. It’s from their forthcoming new album ‘Everything Sacred’

In our latest ‘Lost in Transmission’ mix series we have some jumping tunes and some of the most beautiful songs we’ve come across. Features The Railsplitters, Dubl Handi, Emma Ballantine, Angel Olsen, Meg Baird, James Yorkston, Conrad Vingoe, Diane Cluck, Adam Hill and many more.

Our Song of the Day comes from James Yorkston with ‘Broken Wave’, which is dedicated to the late Doogie Paul who was a bass player with James Yorkston and the Athletes. The song features on The Demonstrations of The Craws an exclusive release for Record Store Day 2015.