James Yorkston readies 'Folk Songs' collection

Following last year's fourth studio album When The Haar Rolls In, James Yorkston returns, this time in the company of The Big Eyes Family Players, with Folk Songs on August 10. Doing pretty much exactly what it says on the tin, the record will feature standards from Britain, Ireland and one tune from Galicia in Spain. As Yorkston's Domino label say - "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".

The special edition also includes a live CD containing music from the Folk Songs album plus performances of other traditional songs not included on the album, and a DVD containing a full length visual document of the live session.

Yorkston has also recently finished recording an album of Daniel Johnston covers with Adrian Crowley. A release date has not yet been decided.