The Wide Wide River

James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra will release The Wide, Wide River on January 22nd. The album came to be after the blossoming of a long-term friendship between James Yorkston and Karl-Jonas Winqvist, the Swedish music producer, leader and conductor of The Second Hand Orchestra. Recorded and mixed in Sweden over the course of three days with a selection of musicians Winqvist had brought together, including Peter MorAcn (Peter, Bjorn & John), Cecilia A-sterholm, Emma Nordenstam (piano & cello) and Ulrika Gyllenberg (violin). The Wide, Wide River is a soothing, warm and sublime listen, The record takes in past loves, advancing age and friends, now gone, whilst also containing some of the most sanguine songs Yorkston has ever made.Vinyl split:Side A1. Ella Mary Leather2. To Soothe Her Wee Bit Sorrows3. Choices, Like Wild Rivers4. StruggleSide B1. There Is No Upside2. A Droplet Falls3. A Very Old-Fashioned Blues4. We Test The Beams