Word: yorkston
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...James Yorkston and The Atheletes
...first listen, the instruments employed by Yorkston and The Athletes—acoustic guitars, piano and light percussion—seem borrowed from Peter, Paul and Mary. Yet the band also employs mandolins, clappers and bouzoukis, in an apparent attempt to lend the record a cosmopolitan flavor...
Moving Up Country reveals Yorkston to be a creative, versatile and assured musician. Unfortunately, his songwriting doesn’t do justice to his talents. The band is off to a good start, but time will tell whether they end up in today’s ever-growing pile of indistinguishable folk artists...
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