<body><![CDATA[The two copies of his demo this new-folk son of Fife sent out were addressed to John Peel and John Martyn. Clearly knocked out, the first played him on air; the second invited James Yorkston on tour. Can you be knocked out by a storyteller singing in a hushed voice to a backcloth of accordion, upright bass and finger-picked guitar? Not if your ears are tuned to chart-rock blunderbusses. But as those converted by YorkstonΓÇÖs 2002 debut, Moving up Country, recognised, anyone who can sing lines such as ΓÇ£Play your cards, dear / Let me know, dear, of your plans / Have I a future, have I a lover who understands?ΓÇ¥ as dolefully as Yorkston does here is making a special kind of magic that requires no amplification, so loudly does it speak to the heart.Click <a href="asfunction:Tardis.webPageOpen,http://www.jamesyorkston.co.uk"><b>here</b></a> to visit the official James Yorkston website.]]></body>