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James Yorkston
Scottish folk musician, singer-songwriter & author
United Kingdom • b. 1971-12-21
James Yorkston is credited on 206 releases across 66 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 2002–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
206
Pressings credited
66
Albums
3
Decades active
2
In collections
Biography
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.
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Credited work
206 releases · 66 albums · active 2002–2025
- Performance · 974
- Other credits · 388
- Engineering · 70
- Production · 48
Studios: Bryn Derwen · Inch House · Eve Studios · Studio Rymden
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- James Yorkston And The Athletes
- Adrian Crowley
- Psychonauts
- King Creosote
- Tina Morrissey Nee Mulrooney
- Marry Waterson
- Jon Hopkins
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