The Wide, Wide River – James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra [VINYL]

‘The Wide, Wide River’ 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. The album was recorded and mixed in Sweden over the course of three days with a selection of musicians Winqvist had brought together, including Peter Morn (Peter, Bjorn & John), Cecilia sterholm (one of Sweden’s best-known nyckelharpa players), Emma Nordenstam (piano & cello) and Ulrika Gyllenberg (violin).

Disc 1
1. Ella Mary Leather – James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra
2. To Soothe Her Wee Bit Sorrows – James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra
3. Choices, Like Wide Rivers – James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra
4. Struggle – James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra
5. There Is No Upside – James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra
6. A Droplet Forms – James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra
7. A Very Old-fashioned Blues – James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra
8. We Test the Beams – James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra