The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society
Produced by Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor, The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society finds Fife's James Yorkston in classically engaging form. He collaborates with a number of talented artists, including KT Tunstall and The Pictish Trail.
A year on since the separation of Fence Records, East Fife's musical prowess shines on - and it's just as wonderfully dreich as ever.
Since his debut in 2002, each James Yorkston album has been a semi-structured unspooling of the mind and heart, captained by a host of disparate producers yet threaded together in one lifelong narrative.
James Yorkston’s eighth album of original material finds the erudite Fifer facing up to mortality in his most sparse and contemplative album to date
Album review: James Yorkston - The Cellardyke Recording And Wassailing Club. Plus an interview with James on the album's cover art
The Scottish singer-songwriter hits the spot with a little help from with Alexis Taylor and KT Tunstall, writes <strong>Phil Mongredien</strong>
The folk songwriter's eclectic eight album, produced by Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor, is like an hour with old friends, writes <strong>Harriet Gibsone</strong>
A soft delivery and deceptively conversational tone hides a powerful writer. Reviewed by Joe Muggs