James Yorkston
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Baker's Dozen
Tales From The Barrelhouse: A James Yorkston Baker’s Dozen
With his new album The Cellardyke Recording And Wassailing Society, featuring contributions from Alexis Taylor, KT Tunstall, The Pictish Trail and more, out this week, the Fife singer-songwriter writes us a special Baker's, cherry-picking favourite tracks from his old Edinburgh club night
Books
Punk Is What You Make It: Vic Galloway’s Songs In The Key Of Fife
Nicola Meighan speaks with the broadcaster, writer and musician about exactly what makes punk "punk", his book, Songs in the Key of Fife, the musical influence and offspring of that eponymous county, and matching speed metal near beat-for-beat
A Quietus Interview
Love Songs To Lost Clothing: Seamus Fogarty Interviewed
Seamus Fogarty, who releases his debut album through Fence Records later this month, crafts beguiling songs out of a whole arsenal of traditional and not-so traditional instruments. He speaks to Nicola Meighan about finding inspiration in a lost t-shirt
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