Northern Transmissions Transmits The New Video From James Yorkston and the Second Hand Orchestra

Northern Transmissions recently shared the video for “Ella Mary Leather,” from James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra‘s new LP The Wide, Wide River. Though it “is titled after a Herefordshire based folk song collector in the early 20th Century, [the] song is not about her. Yorkston explains: ‘No, it’s not about Ella Mary Leather. I am just using her lyrical name as a mask, to protect the innocent…’ Over a wealth of percussion, violin, and nyckelharpa, Yorkston plays buoyant piano as he sings us a story about a friend from many years ago.

The video, featuring members of The Second Hand Orchestra, is directed by Sven Blume.” See it here.