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James Yorkston featuring Nina Persson
last updated 2026-09-11 11:26
James Yorkston featuring Nina Persson
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I Can Change — played 2026-02-26
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James Yorkston featuring Nina Persson — I Can Change
Played: 2026-02-26
James Yorkston featuring Nina Persson
Origin: James Yorkston — born James Patrick Yorkston Wright, 21 December 1971, Stratford-upon-Avon, England; raised in Kingsbarns/Cellardyke, Fife, Scotland · active
Members: James Yorkston (solo artist, core member of the Fence Collective alongside King Creosote, KT Tunstall, The Beta Band and The Pictish Trail), featuring guest vocalist Nina Persson (of The Cardigans)
Genre: Folk
Discography:
Moving Up Country (2002) — Domino Records — debut, launched after John Peel championed the demo
When the Haar Rolls In (2008) — Domino Records
The Route to the Harmonium (2019) — Domino Records
The Wide, Wide River (2021) — with Second Hand Orchestra
The Great White Sea Eagle (2023) — with Nina Persson & Second Hand Orchestra — the pairing that produced "I Can Change" and grew into a full recurring collaboration
Songs for Nina and Johanna (2025) — with Nina Persson and Johanna Söderberg
Facts:
Nina Persson, best known as the lead singer of Swedish pop-rock band The Cardigans ("Lovefool"), became a recurring vocal collaborator with Yorkston starting on The Great White Sea Eagle (2023), continuing through the 2025 record Songs for Nina and Johanna.
Yorkston is also a published novelist, with three books including Three Craws (2016), The Book of the Gaels (2022), and Tommy the Bruce (2025).