James Yorkston - The Cellardyke Recording & Wassailing Society (2014)

James Yorkston, an artist not unfamiliar with the notion of collaboration, has opened the studio doors to a broad and brilliant selection of players on this his eighth studio album.

Produced by Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor in London's Livingston studio, it features KT Tunstall, The Pictish Trail, Rob Smoughton, Fimber Bravo, and his long-term collaborators Jon Thorne and Emma Smith. The Cellardyke Recording And Wassailing Society' finds James at his most personal and reflective following 2012's I Was A Cat From A Book.

What James and his collection of fine musicians have created is an album that connects the intimacy of his home-town life with the camaraderie of good friends. 'Cellardyke..' flows with acceptance and relief, and is James' fullest body of work.

TRACKLIST
01. Fellow Man 4:18
02. The Blues You Sang 4:46
03. Sweet Sweet 3:59
04. Guy Fawkes' Signature 5:33
05. Thinking About Kat 3:21
06. Feathers Are Falling 4:03
07. Broken Wave (a blues for Doogie) 5:13
08. Red Fox 3:16
09. King of the Moles 3:46
10. Great Ghosts 4:15
11. Sleep On 2:19
12. Embers 4:46
13. Honey on Thigh 2:07
14. As Grey and as White 2:42
15. The Very Very Best 4:13
16. You & Your Sister 2:44