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James Yorkston
last updated 2026-09-11 11:26
James Yorkston
Plays on LTZ: (historical total not available beyond this vault's episode folders)
Tracks played
Woozy With Cider (Jon Hopkins remix) — played 2026-04-09, 2026-06-04
A Moment Longer — played 2026-07-30
Research
James Yorkston — Woozy With Cider (Jon Hopkins remix)
James Yorkston is a Scottish folk musician from Cellardyke, Fife, part of the Fence Collective alongside King Creosot
James Yorkston
Origin: Born James Patrick Yorkston Wright, 21 December 1971, Stratford-upon-Avon, England; raised in Kingsbarns/Cellardyke, Fife, Scotland · active
Members: Solo artist; core member of the Fence Collective (with King Creosote, KT Tunstall, The Beta Band, The Pictish Trail); frequent collaborator with Second Hand Orchestra, Nina Persson, and the Yorkston/Thorne/Khan trio
Genre: Folk
Discography:
Moving Up Country (2002) — Domino Records — debut, launched after John Peel championed the demo
Just Beyond the River (2004) — Domino Records
The Year of the Leopard (2006) — Domino Records
When the Haar Rolls In (2008) — Domino Records
I Was a Cat from a Book (2012) — Domino Records
The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society (2014) — 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
Songs for Nina and Johanna (2025) — with Nina Persson and Johanna Söderberg
Facts:
John Peel played Yorkston's early demo "Moving Up Country, Roaring the Gospel" and called it "the best song title of the year," which launched his recording career.
Alongside music, Yorkston is a published novelist, with three books including Three Craws (2016), The Book of the Gaels (2022), and Tommy the Bruce (2025).
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Yorkstone and others, known for intimate, literary folk songs. Jon Hopkins is a London pianist, composer, and producer known for electronic/ambient work including Immunity (2013) and Music for Psychedelic Therapy (2021). This remix transforms Yorkston's original into something slower and more weightless, Hopkins pulling the folk song into an ambient, spacious form — a breathing space in the second half of the show.
2026-06-04 — Segment 1 — Atmospheric open
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James Yorkston — A Moment Longer
Played: 2026-07-30
"A Moment Longer" features Swedish singer Nina Persson (of The Cardigans) and appears on James Yorkston's 2025 album Songs for Nina and Johanna, released 22 August 2025 via Domino Recording Company. The album pairs the Scottish folk singer-songwriter with two Swedish vocal icons — Persson and Johanna Söderberg (of First Aid Kit). Yorkston has attributed the album to "heightened emotions" during the recording sessions, and press notes mention that while recording "A Moment Longer," the chemistry between Yorkston and Persson was particularly palpable. The track was one of two advance singles (alongside "Love / Luck" with Söderberg).
Sources: PopMatters · Americana-UK · Domino Recording Company