the big eyes family players

James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players first 7" single from their Folk Songs album has 300 hand made sleeves. This wee film has a selection of them. But not all. Release date August 3rd 2009, Domino Records. The artists are, in no particular order: James Yorkston, Linda Jackson, King Creosote, The Pictish Trail, Pip Dylan, The Lovely Pigeon family, Tara Chaloner, Tom UNPOC, Emily UNPOC, Sean Dooley, James Green, Hannah Williams, David Nash, Thomas Nash, Bedwyr Williams, Sarah McAdam, Katherine Jackson, Jonathan Wilkinson, Ellie Bond, Elodie Ginsbourg, Reena Makwana, Mike Jones, CCMJW.

A glimpse into the recording of the Folk Songs bonus disc, to be released by Domino Records on August 10th 2009 as part of the James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players Folk Songs special edition CD set www.dominorecordco.com Filmed at Analogue Cat

On 3 August James Yorkston is to release a new single, the limited edition 7 Martinmas Time. The single is taken from James forthcoming 5th studio album Folk Songs, which sees James teaming up with The Big Eyes Family Players for a new album of traditional songs, set for release a week after the single on 10 August. Check out all the sleeves designed by you here - www.youtube.com

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. After a decade which has seen folk music morph into nu-folk, mobile phone-ad folk, mortgage-folk, smoothie-folk and so on, Yorkston has reached back into the tradition of song and place and drawn a line in the sand.

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. After a decade which has seen folk music morph into nu-folk, mobile phone-ad folk, mortgage-folk, smoothie-folk and so on, Yorkston has reached back into the tradition of song and place and drawn a line in the sand. I Went To Visit The Roses A second Irish one from Peter Kennedys collection. Again, I was initially drawn by the lyric so built a melody around it. There are alternative lyrics where the hero is seen as not quite so polite, but this was the first one I came across, so it made sense to stick to it. The harmonium in the middle sections was recorded on an old English instrument with Mouse Proof pedals, which I found in the street in Edinburgh. It takes a fair bit of fit-blawin mouse proof or not, its bellows are holier than thou.

James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players Mary Connaught & James ODonnell Following the release of Folk Songs, James Yorkston's much lauded fifth studio album, which sees the Scottish singer/songwriter teaming up with The Big Eyes Family Players on an album of traditional songs, James Yorkston and The Big Eyes Family Players are to release a new single on 9 November 2009.

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The band that played with James Yorkston during the 'Folk Songs Tour' ( and on their 'Folk Songs' album ), playing an instrumental song called 'The Boo Girl' ( with thanks to James Green of Big Eyes Family Players who provided me with the actual title of this one :) )

For 'official' video, see the Domino Records Youtube channel... This is the 2nd single from the James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players album Folk Songs, released on Domino Records, August 2009.