James Yorkston, Nina Persson & The Second Hand Orchestra - The Great White Sea Eagle

Released 13th January 2023.

On January 13th , James Yorkston, Nina Persson and The Second Hand Orchestra will release The Great WhiteSea Eagle, the follow up to James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestras The Wide, Wide River - aGuardian Top 10 Folk Album of 2021.

The record didnt start life as a follow up; in early 2021, Yorkston began visiting his studio in Cellardyke, Fifeand for the first time, starting writing songs on the piano as opposed to his usual guitar as he gazed upon thesea outside his window.

After sending the first five or six songs to Karl-Jonas Winqvist (the ringleader/conductor of TSHO), they beganto discuss working on the music together. With Yorkstons shift from guitar to piano, they thought about whatother changes they could make to their process which led to the involvement of a guest singer and thelegendary Nina Persson (The Cardigans) was brought into the fold.

They followed the same methodology as Th