James Yorkston – I Was a Cat from a Book: exclusive album stream

Listen to James Yorkston's latest album a week before release and let us know your thoughtsReading on mobile? Listen hereFife folkie James Yorkston isn't just back with a fifth studio album, he also comes armed with a new band. Should fans should steady themselves for any radical departures? Perhaps not. I Was a Cat from a Book sees Yorkston sticking to the confessional, gently experimental folk stylings he knows best. In his Observer review, Neil Spencer described the follow up to 2008's critic...

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23:05 on August 4 2012

James Yorkston: I Was a Cat from a Book – review

Guardian Music — (Domino)The Fife folkie has always framed his gentle burr and poetic lyrics with care, as perfected on 2008's semi-orchestral When the Haar Rolls In. Recorded with a new ... more info

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15:29 on August 6 2012

James Yorkston – I Was a Cat from a Book: exclusive album stream

Guardian Music — Listen to James Yorkston's latest album a week before release and let us know your thoughtsReading on mobile? Listen hereFife folkie James Yorkston isn't just back with a... more info

James Yorkston