James Yorkston and The Cardigans‘ Nina Persson have teamed up with The Second Hand Orchestra for new album The Great White Sea Eagle that will be out January 13 via Domino. It’s the follow-up to ...

James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra and Nina Persson of The Cardigans have shared a new song, “An Upturned Crab.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, The Great White Sea ...

After recording for many years as the bassist for the Scottish punk band Huckleberry, James Yorkston has since drawn on his natural inclination toward softer sounds as a solo acoustic ...

Yorkston reunites with tour buddies Johnny Lynch and Dan Wilson for a night of perfect harmonies and easy banter – with a guest appearance from Jarvis Cocker Self-anointed “bottom-rung songster” James ...

Three stars feels a bit churlishly ungenerous to James Yorkston, a man with a vision so defined and individual that you feel compelled to take him entirely on his own terms, or not at all. His fifth ...

James Yorkston has a wry take on how The Great White Sea Eagle, his collaboration with Nina Persson, erstwhile frontwoman of Swedish band The Cardigans, came about. “Well, we were in a terrible ...

‘Navarasa: Nine Emotions’ is James Yorkston, Jon Thorne and Suhail Yusuf Khan’s third album in four years, and by now their mix of Yorkston’s gentle folk, Thorne’s driving jazz and Khan’s ...

SINGER/songwriter James Yorkston is all set to return to Summerhall in 2019 to celebrate the release of his new album The Route to the Harmonium - out on February 22. Did you know with a Digital ...

James Yorkston’s 10th record for Domino records reveals both a playful looseness and a radiant warmth. Recorded and mixed in three days, it is the culmination of a long friendship between Yorkston and ...

Although each song stands up well, there is a feeling at times of déjà entendu, as if Yorkston were over-reliant on a seductive chamber-music style that provides his introversion with a gentle way out ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Fife singer-songwriter James Yorkston has a pleasant, easy-going manner – a little too pleasant and easy-going in ...