El Combo De Los Galleros – 'Soledad'
There was a Fopp record store in Edinburgh years ago that used to sell all sorts of oddities, cheap pressings and overstocks. I think it was my old bandmate Cliff who first bought this one, but I could be mistaken. Once we heard this old Cumbia we couldn't get enough of it; very easy to segue it into old ska for the dancefloor, too... Through Cumbia I got into the great Guillermo Portabales then onto Caetano Veloso and all sorts. These Cumbia tracks are records my kids love now. They call it chicken chasing music.
Baker's Dozen
Tales From The Barrelhouse: A James Yorkston Baker's Dozen
Tales From The Barrelhouse: A James Yorkston Baker's Dozen
The Quietus
, August 21st, 2014 12:18
With his new album The Cellardyke Recording And Wassailing Society, featuring contributions from Alexis Taylor, KT Tunstall, The Pictish Trail and more, out this week, the Fife singer-songwriter writes us a special Baker's, cherry-picking favourite tracks from his old Edinburgh club night