James Yorkston and the Athletes - Moving Up Country
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Album Details: Moving Up Country
- Release Date:
- 06/04/2002
- Label:
- Domino
- UPC:
- 801390000928
Pro Reviews: Moving Up Country
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Moving up Country might not warrant the extravagant praise heaped on it by the up-and-down English music press, but it's certainly an album that stands out. Its lazy, meandering songs, mixing English folk and American country, sound fitfully out of place in the modern world, hearkening back far more to the hippie sensibilities (both musical and lyrical) of the late '60s or early '70s. But the ramshackle charm catches right from the opener, "In Your Hands," and though it lets up a bit on the more up-tempo material, it never vanishes completely. Yorkston himself has more than a touch of Ray Davies in his voice, although his writing style is much less succinct and witty, tending toward rambling thoughts over repeating chord structures with a fairly organic backing (i.e., no programming involved). Maybe part of its appeal is that everything old becomes new again, or maybe it's just happy coincidence, but the album is a small pleasure, a lovely way to pass a slow, sunny afternoon. - Chris Nickson, All Music Guide |
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James Yorkston and the Athletes Biography
James Yorkston was born in Kingsbarns, a small village in Fife, Scotland. At the age of eight, Yorkston started playing music and fell in love with the craft. At the age of 17, he moved from Fife to the larger city of Edinburgh with his girlfriend. I...Full James Yorkston and the Athletes Biography
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