James Yorkston

James Yorkston (born James Patrick Yorkston Wright; 21 December 1971) is a Scottish folk musician, singer-songwriter and author from the village of Kingsbarns, Fife. He has been releasing music since 2001. As well as recording as a solo artist, he has released music with his backing band the Athletes, as part of the Fence Collective, and as a member of the trio Yorkston/Thorne/Khan. He has also written fiction and non-fiction books.
==Links to Peel==
Yorkston's solo career began when John Peel played a track from the demo, 'Moving Up Country, Roaring the Gospel' which was sent to the DJ in 2002. The demo was nominated by Peel as one of his favourite albums for August 2002 (Peel's Record Box) and January 2003 (Peel's Record Box). A session from the musician was recorded for Peel's programme later in that year. Soon after, Domino record label signed him up and released several albums from the musician.
On 30th August 2019, to celebrate Peel's 80th anniversary of his birth, Yorkston praised the DJ for 90% of his musical education and for changing his life in playing his demo on his shows:
"John Peel's 80th Birthday. The man was 90% of my musical education when I was growing up. He then made my week and changed my life by playing a demo I'd sent him on his show, which led to Bad Jazz releasing said demo as a 7", which led to Domino Records. Happy Birthday fella." 
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded as James Yorkston And The Athletes: 2002-11-27. First Broadcast: 02 January 2003. repeated: 24 April 2003
*St Patrick / Tender To The Blues / Six Thirty Is Just Way To Early / La Magnifica
==Other Shows Played==
;2002
*09 July 2002: St. Patrick
*25 July 2002 (Radio Eins): St. Patrick
*15 August 2002: 'St.Patrick (LP - Moving Up Country)' (Domino)
*27 August 2002: Tender To The Blues (LP - Moving Up Country) Domino
*29 August 2002 (Radio Eins): Tender To The Blues (album - Moving Up Country)
*04 September 2002 (Radio Eins): Moving Up Country, Roaring The Gospel (album - Moving Up Country)
;2003
*01 January 2003: In Your Hands (LP - Moving Up Country) Domino
;2004
*13 October 2004: "Hermitage" (LP - 'Just Beyond the River') - (Domino)
*12 November 2004 (BBC World Service): 'Hermitage (LP-Just Beyond The River)' (Domino)
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
Category:Artists