Moving Up Country re-issue April 23rd 2012

February 2nd, 2012

I’m delighted to say that Domino are re-releasing Moving Up Country, with a bonus disc of demos / Peel sessions, mostly all unreleased. There’s also a few full band live shows to promote it and it’s now possible to order a signed copy of this through Fence. All the details are here

Forthcoming James Yorkston (And The Athletes) live shows:

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May 23rd - Cambridge, The Junction - Tickets here. A solo show playing Moving Up Country and a few new things, support from Seamus Fogarty.

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May 24th - Manchester, Deaf Institute, tickets here. A solo show playing Moving Up Country and a few new things, support from Seamus Fogarty.

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May 29th -  London, Cecil Sharp House. James Yorkston & The Athletes, Moving Up Country 10th anniversary show. With support from Seamus Fogarty. SOLD OUT
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May 31st - Edinburgh, The Caves. James Yorkston & The Athletes, Moving Up Country 10th anniversary show. With support from Seamus Fogarty

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June 3rd - Glasgow, Oran Mor. Solo show - info here
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June 29th - Reading Minster of St Mary’s - Moving Up Country performance with all star band. Details here

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July 21st - Sheffield Tramlines festival - info here

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July 29th - Camp Bestival

It’s Lovely to be Here

October 28th, 2010

Very pleased to announce that I’ve written a book, which Domino are publishing.It’s out on Feb 3rd 2011 and can be ordered here:

It’s Lovely To Be Here: The Touring Diaries Of A Scottish Gent

or a signed copy from the lovely people at Fence - here

JY Book
I’ll be playing some festivals to promote the book.

More to be announced.

All these shows below are 2011, not 2012. They are not happening again in 2012, they happened in 2011.
Sat 12th March 2011- 7-8pm - Glasgow Ayewrite festival

Sat 9th April 2011- 7-10pm - Stirling, The Church of the Holy Rude,
with Robin Williamson Click here
Sat 21st May 2011 - Glasgow ABC2 with a few other folk.
Sun 29th May 2011 - Evolution festival, Newcastle Evolution festival
10th - 12th June 2011- Doune The Rabbit Hole
7th July 2011- Eastleigh Festival of Music
5th August 2011-Soundlabs Festival, Italy
7th August 2011- Apple Cart Festival - London
20th August 2011- The Greenman Festival
19th - 21st August 2011- Beautiful Days festival
27th August 2011- Edinburgh Book Festival - A chat with Ian Rankin.
3rd September 2011- End Of The Road Festival
4th September 2011- Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
16th September 2011- Acoustica Festival, Exeter. Tickets here
25th September 2011- Pure Music & Whisky Festival - London. Tickets here
5th October 2011- Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick - 061 319866 or belltable.ie
6th October 2011- Triskel Christchurch, Cork 021 4272022 or triskelartscentre.ie
7th October 2011- Peppercanister Church, Dublin - www.tickets.ie Show 8.00pm Sharp
8th October 2011- Riverbank Arts Centre, Kildare - 045 448 327 or riverbank.ie
26th October 2011- The Railway, Winchester
27th October 2011- The Gallery Cafe, Bethnall Green, London - Gig at St Matthew’s Church, St Matthew’s Row, E26EX
4th November 2011- Aberfeldy Festival, Aberfeldy
11th November 2011- Edinburgh Queen’s Hall, with The Pictish Trail. Tickets here
21st December 2011- Union Chapel, London - with special guests. Tickets here

Feb 2011 shows

September 9th, 2010

26th January: Glasgow Celtic Connections: 7pm  SOLD OUT

11th February: Edinburgh, Old St Paul’s Church Hall - SOLD OUT
13th February: St Andrews, University - SOLD OUT
16th February: Manchester Deaf Institute
17th February: Wakefield Henry Boons
18th February: Thirsk, The Old Courthouse - SOLD OUT
22nd February: Brighton Brighton Ballroom
23rd February: London St Giles Church - with Philip Selway & Lisa Knapp - SOLD OUT

A Music Like A Vitamin Presentation:

September 2nd, 2010

I shall be doing my best to attend this:


Join Idlewild’s Rod Jones, Emma Pollock and friends as they celebrate the launch of their fantastic collaborative album which includes;

James Graham (Twilight Sad)
Scott Hutchison (Frightened Rabbit)
Jill O’Sullivan (Sparrow and the Workshop)
Karine Polwart
Jenny Reeve
Alasdair Roberts
James Yorkston

 

Enjoy unique pairings and collaborations, live performance of new tracks and some more familiar songs,with limited edition copies of the CD (artwork by Aidan Moffat) exclusively available.

AS PART OF THE SCOTTISH MENTAL HEALTH ARTS AND FILM FESTIVAL (mhfestival.com)

£6 advance

 

Fri 1st Oct, HMV Picture House Edinburgh

0844 847 1740,

www.edinburgh-picturehouse.co.uk

 

Sat 2nd Oct, O2 ABC Glasgow

0844 477 2000

www.o2abcglasgow.co.uk    

 

Tickets available at www.ticketweb.co.uk and www.ticket-scotland.com

 

 

A few new shows

January 21st, 2010

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we’ve had to cancel the gigs that were listed here. But the discussion about chords continues in the comments below…

New Christmas Show - Plus Irish dates

November 10th, 2009


The December 21st JY & The Athletes show at the Luminaire has SOLD OUT which is exciting.

To celebrate, we’ve added another show, on Dec 20th, at The Luminaire. I’ll be playing this other show solo. The special guest on both nights will be Kathryn Williams.

Now, mind the 21st is Fancy Dress? Well, the 20th isn’t.

www.ticketweb.co.uk
08444 771000
www.seetickets.com
0870 264 3333

21st - FANCY DRESS – PRIZE FOR BEST COSTUME - with Domino Records and Eat Your Own Ears goodies.

Additionally, James will be making up special compilation CDs and the first 25 punters to arrive in Fancy Dress will receive an EXCLUSIVE JAMES YORKSTON chosen CDr compilation!


And a wee Irish tour with Adro Crowley & Alasdair Roberts
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Crane Lane, Cork – Wed Dec 2nd Doors 8pm, tickets €15 from www.tickets.ie & Plug’d Records
Cleere’s, Kilkenny – Thurs Dec 3rd Doors 8pm, tickets €15 from www.tickets.ie
Kelly’s, Galway – Fri Dec 4th Doors 8pm, tickets €10, €12 on door
The Black Box, Belfast – Sat Dec 5th Doors 8pm, tickets £9 from www.blackboxbelfast.com

And finally a show in Limerick on Sunday Dec 6th -With Donal Dineen & Katie Kim. Daghdha Space, St John’s Church, John’s Square, Limerick. More details here

 

 

Martinmas Time 7″

April 23rd, 2009

Hello,

So, the first single from the Folk Songs album will be a 7″ of Martinmas Time, backed by a non album track - Nottanum Town.

This is a limited edition of 300. Each with individual hand made sleeves. Gulp. I’ve asked some of my Fife pals to help, as has Mr Green of The Big Eyes Family Players. So - you may get a cover that my gran has made - or one KC has made. Or me. Orr My Dog.

If you’re interested in ordering this wee beastie - www.dominorecordco.com/uk/singles/01-06-09/martinmas-time/

Now, we’re just back from recording the bonus disc for the Folk Songs album. There’s a preview Below. It can be ordered here: www.dominorecordco.com/artists/james-yorkston–the-big-eyes-family-players


More shows for 2009

February 25th, 2009

Hello all,
After that last lot, here comes another lot. All the shows from Perth to Kendal are with Lisa Knapp and are a Tune-Up tour, funded by the Scottish Arts Council. Unless noted, all shows are solo. Where it says band - that’s Reuben, Doogie & Sarah from the Athletes, plus Emma for Homegame and London.

27 Mar 2009
McGarrigle’s Bar Sligo
28 Mar 2009
Bollards Kilkenny
17 Apr 2009
Fence Collective Homegame Anstruther
18 Apr 2009
Fence Collective Homegame Anstruther - With Band
19 Apr 2009
Fence Collective Homegame Anstruther
11 May 2009
Perth Concert Hall Perth - With Band
13 May 2009
Carnegie Hall Dunfermline - With Band

14 May 2009
The Rep Theatre Dundee - With Band

15 May 2009
The Lemon Tree Aberdeen - With Band

16 May 2009
Eden Court Inverness - With Band

17 May 2009
Buccleuch Centre Langholm - With Band

19 May 2009
The Voodoo Rooms
Edinburgh - With Band

20 May 2009
Eastgate Theatre Peebles - With Band

21 May 2009
The Tolbooth Stirling - With Band

22 May 2009
ABC2 Glasgow - With Band

5 Jun 2009
Brewery Arts Centre Kendal - With Band

11 Jun 2009
Sage Gateshead - with Robin Guthrie
20th June 2009

Kelburn Garden Party
Kelburn Castle, nr Largs

1 Aug 2009
Field Day London - With Band

Some shows for 2009

December 29th, 2008

Hello,

Some Irish shows, all with special guest Adrian Crowley:

January 22nd - Dublin Crawdaddy

January 23rd - Belfast Speakeasy

January 24rd - Galway Roisin Dubh

January 25th - Cork Cypress Avenue

And some other shows -

January 31st – Glasgow Celtic Connections.

February 1st – Brussels, Belgium AB

February 2nd – Oslo, Norway Blå

February 4th – Stockholm, Sweden Strand

February 5th – Gothenburg, Sweden Pustervik

February 13th – Vevey, Switzerland - Rocking Chair

February 14th – St. Galen, Switzerland - Palace

Good stuff. See you there. All these shows will be solo, except Glasgow which is *Full Band*

JY

Culture Show - BBC2 Friday 5th December

December 5th, 2008

Hello all,

As it says, really. I’ll be performing Tortoise Regrets Hare alongside my buddies Kenny Creosote, Rozi Plain & Johnny Pictish on BBC2s Culture Show - Friday evening, around 11:30pm. I think you can watch it again later, also with the BBC iPlayer thing. We also do a Pictish Trail number and a wee interview. Plus, we got some of Grommit’s cake.
Cheers,

JY