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James Yorkston, resident of the East Neuk of Fife, returns in the company of The Big Eyes Family Players with a new album of traditional songs from the length and breadth of the Great Britain & Ireland and one tune from Galicia in Spain.
Folk Songs is a 2009 album by the Scottish singer-songwriter James Yorkston in collaboration with the Big Eyes Family Players. As the title suggests, all of the tracks are traditional British and Irish folk songs (along with one from Galicia, Spain).
L'Écosse, pays dont est originaire James Yorkston, n'est pas connu que pour ses kilts et ses joueurs de cornemuse. Depuis plusieurs années, ce musicien empreigne la musique locale de son songwritting souvent minimaliste et typique.
Confirmation d'un songwriter majeur En 2009, Yorkston s'entoure du groupe Sheffield's Big Eyes Family Players pour enregistrer un disque de reprises qui s'inscrit dans la plus exemplaire tradition du folk, Folk Songs.
9 août 2009 · Recorded with the strings of the Big Eyes Family Players, this is a reworking of often very well-known traditional songs that James Yorkston learned by listening to classic recordings from the 1960s folk revival, by the likes of the great Anne Briggs or Shirley and Dolly Collins.
10 août 2009 · A collection of traditional British and Irish songs, with one from Galicia in Spain along the way, these are mostly interpretations of versions made during the folk revivals of the 60s and 70s by artists such as Anne Briggs and Nic Jones.
Folk Songs, an Album by James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players. Released 10 August 2009 on Domino (catalog no. WIGCD236; CD). Genres: British Folk Rock, Singer-Songwriter. Rated #1983 in the best albums of 2009.
