James Yorkston and Nina Persson in Tentsmuir Forest

Folk on Foot

Matthew Bannister

Music Interviews, Performing Arts, Music, Nature, Arts, Science

4.8 • 526 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The Fife based singer/songwriter James Yorkston and the Cardigans lead singer Nina Persson teamed up with the Swedish Second Hand Orchestra to make the gorgeous album “The Great White Sea Eagle”. On this atmospheric walk through Tentsmuir Forest on the Scottish coast just north of St Andrews, James explains why he comes to the forest to find calm and space. Nina recalls her hectic time as a pop star in the 1990s and they share insights into their inspiration and creative process. Then their voices blend beautifully as they sing under the shade of the trees.

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0:00.0	Thank you for downloading this episode of Folk on Foot.
0:03.8	Before we start, I just wanted to share a brief message.
0:07.3	If you like what we do, we really need your support to keep going.
0:11.6	You can join our wonderful band of members and you'll get great rewards.
0:15.8	These include access to our amazing Folk on Foot on Film archive
0:20.2	of hundreds of songs shot on location on
0:23.1	our travels around the UK and Ireland. To sign up, just go to folkonfoot.com slash support
0:29.5	us. You'll also get an ad-free version of all our episodes and an email postcard from me
0:34.8	each time we go on a walk. If you just want the ad-free version, it'll cost you £3 a month,
0:40.6	and you can get it through your Apple podcast app or at folkonfoot.com slash support us.
0:47.2	Finally, if you don't want to make a regular commitment,
0:50.2	but do want to show how much you love us, you can simply buy us a coffee.
0:54.9	You can also do that at folkonfoot.com slash support us.
0:59.7	Every penny we get goes back into making more episodes of folk on foot.
1:04.3	So thank you and enjoy the walk. It's 8 o'clock on a February morning.
1:19.6	And as we drove here from St Andrews, 20 minutes away, the light was coming up.
1:25.5	And you can hear the end of the dawn chorus going on here.
1:29.4	And we're in Tensemuir Forest, which is this big expanse of forest,
1:35.3	right next to the sea on the coast of Fife.
1:38.8	And we're here to meet two extraordinary musicians who've teamed up
1:42.9	to make one of my favorite albums of this year.
1:46.2	James Yorkston is a man of Fife. He lives here.
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