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James Yorkston

Scottish folk musician, singer-songwriter & author

United Kingdom • b. 1971-12-21

James Yorkston is credited on 126 releases across 66 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 2002–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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126

Pressings credited

66

Albums

3

Decades active

5

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

126 releases · 66 albums · active 2002–2025

  • Performance · 521
  • Other credits · 106
  • Engineering · 39
  • Production · 30

Studios: Inch House · Bryn Derwen · Eve Studios · G.T.D., Ballybane, Galway

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • James Yorkston And The Athletes
  • Various
  • Psychonauts
  • Hell
  • Magnétophone
  • Adrian Crowley
  • Marry Waterson
  • The Big Eyes Family Players & Friends

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