99. JAMES YORKSTON - THE CELLARDYKE RECORDING AND WASSAILING SOCIETYNext on my pick list is this by James Yorkston from Scotland, who has been omnipresent and understated for the last 10 years around these parts - I've scrolled down and around on Spaghetti Blogonese and seen some sloppy late-night red wine posts, enthusing about his folkmanship and I can't guarantee that there won't not be a bit of nonsense repeated in the gloaming.
Keeping it real for now though, after a chilled Sunday recuperating with some Adrian Younge, I sank into this full hour of lavish folk after coming back from the Vilnius International Film Festival, and felt a strong sense of teapots and folklore. As The Guardian said of this record in 2014 "James Yorkston fans get their money's worth: dense with dialogue and spanning 16 tracks, the folk songwriter's eighth album feels like an hour with old friends."
Yorkston's bassist Doogie Paul tragically died of cancer in 2012 and the song "Broken Wave (Blues for Doogie") is one of the most beautiful songs written this decade, maybe ever. I have to fill the right side of my blog up with hashtags in a minute, to try and get some more exposure and readers - but James Yorkston feels like the least worthy of hashtaggery in this 100. You know me though - I'll plough it through nevertheless.
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