James Yorkston and Sorren Maclean Band and Blue Rose Code
Saturday 31st January 2009, 8.00pm
The Classic Grand
http://www.celticconnections.com/whatson/event/81766
Any Fence Collective shadow lingering over James Yorkston’s reputation was comprehensively dispelled by 2008’s When the Haar Rolls In which won rapturous plaudits across the UK music press. Aligning poetic lyrical economy with subtle melodic grandeur, gritted with authentic Fife asperity, it affirmed Yorkston’s place among today’s most original singer-songwriters.
Mull singer-songwriter Sorren Maclean returns with more of his buoyantly catchy, resonantly textured roots-pop, backed by Gordon Maclean (double bass) and John Barlow (drums).
Fronted by Lewis-born singer Ross Wilson, up’n’coming alt-folk outfit Blue Rose Code describe their sound as “Caledonian soul”, splicing pastoral folk-based melodies with spikier urban textures and subtle jazzy touches.
