Wide, Wide River, The
James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra will release The Wide, Wide River. The album came to be after the blossoming of a long-term friendship between James Yorkston and Karl-Jonas Winqvist, the Swedish music producer, leader and conductor of The Second Hand Orchestra.
Recorded and mixed in Sweden over the course of three days with a selection of musicians Winqvist had brought together, including Peter MorĂ©n (Peter, Bjorn & John) and Cecilia Ăsterholm (one of Swedenâs best-known nyckelharpa players). The studio approach with The Second Hand Orchestra was entirely improvised around Yorkstonâs songs, and the only song they heard in advance was âElla Mary Leatherâ; Yorkston didnât want to direct anyone too much but instead, allowed for a welcoming, instinctive, free-spirited and joyful atmosphere. The resulting album, The Wide, Wide River, is a soothing, warm and sublime listen, whilst also highlighting Yorkstonâs skills for songwriting, collaboration and as a musical conductor.
His tenth album for Domino, not to mention his three albums as part of Yorkston/Thorne/Khan and two books, Yorkston is a prolific writer who has worked with a wealth of talent over his two-decade career including Four Tet, Alexis Taylor, KT Tunstall, Rustin Man, Simon Raymonde, Norma and Mike Waterson, Martin Carthy, Max Cooper, David Wrench and many others.
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$6.51Wide, Wide River, The
James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra will release The Wide, Wide River. The album came to be after the blossoming of a long-term friendship between James Yorkston and Karl-Jonas Winqvist, the Swedish music producer, leader and conductor of The Second Hand Orchestra.
Recorded and mixed in Sweden over the course of three days with a selection of musicians Winqvist had brought together, including Peter MorĂ©n (Peter, Bjorn & John) and Cecilia Ăsterholm (one of Swedenâs best-known nyckelharpa players). The studio approach with The Second Hand Orchestra was entirely improvised around Yorkstonâs songs, and the only song they heard in advance was âElla Mary Leatherâ; Yorkston didnât want to direct anyone too much but instead, allowed for a welcoming, instinctive, free-spirited and joyful atmosphere. The resulting album, The Wide, Wide River, is a soothing, warm and sublime listen, whilst also highlighting Yorkstonâs skills for songwriting, collaboration and as a musical conductor.
His tenth album for Domino, not to mention his three albums as part of Yorkston/Thorne/Khan and two books, Yorkston is a prolific writer who has worked with a wealth of talent over his two-decade career including Four Tet, Alexis Taylor, KT Tunstall, Rustin Man, Simon Raymonde, Norma and Mike Waterson, Martin Carthy, Max Cooper, David Wrench and many others.
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James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra will release The Wide, Wide River. The album came to be after the blossoming of a long-term friendship between James Yorkston and Karl-Jonas Winqvist, the Swedish music producer, leader and conductor of The Second Hand Orchestra.
Recorded and mixed in Sweden over the course of three days with a selection of musicians Winqvist had brought together, including Peter MorĂ©n (Peter, Bjorn & John) and Cecilia Ăsterholm (one of Swedenâs best-known nyckelharpa players). The studio approach with The Second Hand Orchestra was entirely improvised around Yorkstonâs songs, and the only song they heard in advance was âElla Mary Leatherâ; Yorkston didnât want to direct anyone too much but instead, allowed for a welcoming, instinctive, free-spirited and joyful atmosphere. The resulting album, The Wide, Wide River, is a soothing, warm and sublime listen, whilst also highlighting Yorkstonâs skills for songwriting, collaboration and as a musical conductor.
His tenth album for Domino, not to mention his three albums as part of Yorkston/Thorne/Khan and two books, Yorkston is a prolific writer who has worked with a wealth of talent over his two-decade career including Four Tet, Alexis Taylor, KT Tunstall, Rustin Man, Simon Raymonde, Norma and Mike Waterson, Martin Carthy, Max Cooper, David Wrench and many others.
