Yes. James Yorkston has 149 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 149

songs in LAION-DISCO-12M under the artist name

A list of 12 million songs on YouTube Music, gathered by walking artist pages, that LAION published in 2024 for training general music models.

Including Feathers Are Falling, Banjo # 1 (Live at Le Poisson Mouillé, 2005), Yorkston Athletic

Listed under the artist name 149 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

Matched exactly: this YouTube Music artist id is the one the dataset lists these songs under.

Feathers Are Falling

Listed as James Yorkston – Feathers Are Falling (The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society) · Watch on YouTube

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Banjo # 1 (Live at Le Poisson Mouillé, 2005)

Listed as James Yorkston – Banjo # 1 (Live at Le Poisson Mouillé, 2005) (Live at Le Poisson Mouillé) · Watch on YouTube

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Yorkston Athletic

Listed as James Yorkston – Yorkston Athletic (The Route To The Harmonium) · Watch on YouTube

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A Footnote to an Epitaph

Listed as James Yorkston – A Footnote to an Epitaph (The Route To The Harmonium) · Watch on YouTube

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Someplace Simple

Listed as James Yorkston – Someplace Simple (Someplace Simple) · Watch on YouTube

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Shallow (Vince Clarke Remix)

Listed as James Yorkston – Shallow (Vince Clarke Remix) (Shallow (Vince Clarke Remix)) · Watch on YouTube

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King of the Moles

Listed as James Yorkston – King of the Moles (The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society) · Watch on YouTube

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Are You Coming Home Tonight?

Listed as James Yorkston – Are You Coming Home Tonight? (Roaring the Gospel) · Watch on YouTube

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Worthy Souls (Demo)

Listed as James Yorkston, The Athletes – Worthy Souls (Demo) (Moving Up Country 10th Anniversary Edition) · Watch on YouTube

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Banjo #2

Listed as James Yorkston, The Athletes – Banjo #2 (Just Beyond the River) · Watch on YouTube

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Sleep On

Listed as James Yorkston – Sleep On (The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society) · Watch on YouTube

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Little Musgrave

Listed as James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players – Little Musgrave (Folk Songs) · Watch on YouTube

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Tender to the Blues (Live at Le Poisson Mouillé, 2005)

Listed as James Yorkston – Tender to the Blues (Live at Le Poisson Mouillé, 2005) (Live at Le Poisson Mouillé) · Watch on YouTube

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Moving Up Country, Roaring The Gospel

Listed as James Yorkston, The Athletes – Moving Up Country, Roaring The Gospel (Roaring the Gospel) · Watch on YouTube

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Solitary Islands All

Listed as James Yorkston – Solitary Islands All (The Route To The Harmonium) · Watch on YouTube

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Feathers Are Falling (Cavern Of Anti Matter Remix)

Listed as James Yorkston – Feathers Are Falling (Cavern Of Anti Matter Remix) (Feathers Are Falling) · Watch on YouTube

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Blue Bleezin' Blind Drunk

Listed as James Yorkston – Blue Bleezin' Blind Drunk (Roaring the Gospel) · Watch on YouTube

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Temptation

Listed as James Yorkston – Temptation (When The Haar Rolls In) · Watch on YouTube

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Forgotten Anniversary

Listed as James Yorkston, Emma Pollock – Forgotten Anniversary (First Edition) · Watch on YouTube

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A Man With My Skills

Listed as James Yorkston – A Man With My Skills (Roaring the Gospel) · Watch on YouTube

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Heron (Live at Le Poisson Mouillé, 2005)

Listed as James Yorkston – Heron (Live at Le Poisson Mouillé, 2005) (Live at Le Poisson Mouillé) · Watch on YouTube

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I Know My Love (Live at Le Poisson Mouillé, 2005)

Listed as James Yorkston – I Know My Love (Live at Le Poisson Mouillé, 2005) (Live at Le Poisson Mouillé) · Watch on YouTube

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Woozy With Cider (Kode 9 Mix)

Listed as James Yorkston – Woozy With Cider (Kode 9 Mix) (Woozy With Cider) · Watch on YouTube

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I Spy Dogs (Demo)

Listed as James Yorkston, The Athletes – I Spy Dogs (Demo) (Moving Up Country 10th Anniversary Edition) · Watch on YouTube

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The Blue of the Thistle

Listed as James Yorkston – The Blue of the Thistle (The Route To The Harmonium) · Watch on YouTube

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Blue Madonnas

Listed as James Yorkston, The Athletes – Blue Madonnas (St. Patrick) · Watch on YouTube

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Woozy With Cider (King Biscuit Time Mix)

Listed as James Yorkston – Woozy With Cider (King Biscuit Time Mix) (Woozy With Cider) · Watch on YouTube

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Thorneymoor Woods

Listed as James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players – Thorneymoor Woods (Folk Songs) · Watch on YouTube

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Honey On Thigh

Listed as James Yorkston – Honey On Thigh (The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society) · Watch on YouTube

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The Capture Of The Horse

Listed as James Yorkston – The Capture Of The Horse (When The Haar Rolls In) · Watch on YouTube

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Martinmas Time

Listed as James Yorkston, The Big Eyes Family Players – Martinmas Time (Martinmas Time) · Watch on YouTube

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Cheating the Game (Live at Le Poisson Mouillé, 2005)

Listed as James Yorkston – Cheating the Game (Live at Le Poisson Mouillé, 2005) (Live at Le Poisson Mouillé) · Watch on YouTube

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A Calvinist Narrowly Avoids Pleasure

Listed as James Yorkston, Bill Duncan – A Calvinist Narrowly Avoids Pleasure (Ballads of the Book) · Watch on YouTube

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I Acknowledge the Devil

Listed as James Yorkston – I Acknowledge the Devil (The Year Of The Leopard) · Watch on YouTube

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6:30 Is Just Way Too Early (Peel Session)

Listed as James Yorkston, The Athletes – 6:30 Is Just Way Too Early (Peel Session) (Moving Up Country 10th Anniversary Edition) · Watch on YouTube

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Smoke Signals

Listed as James Yorkston – Smoke Signals (Covers of Covers) · Watch on YouTube

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I Went To Visit The Roses

Listed as James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players – I Went To Visit The Roses (Folk Songs) · Watch on YouTube

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Thinking About Kat

Listed as James Yorkston – Thinking About Kat (The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society) · Watch on YouTube

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I Can Take All This

Listed as James Yorkston – I Can Take All This (I Was A Cat From A Book) · Watch on YouTube

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My Yoke Is Heavy

Listed as Adrian Crowley, James Yorkston – My Yoke Is Heavy (My Yoke Is Heavy : The Songs Of Daniel Johnston) · Watch on YouTube

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Just As The Tide Was Flowing

Listed as James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players – Just As The Tide Was Flowing (Folk Songs) · Watch on YouTube

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Someplace Simple (Live at Le Poisson Mouillé, 2005)

Listed as James Yorkston – Someplace Simple (Live at Le Poisson Mouillé, 2005) (Live at Le Poisson Mouillé) · Watch on YouTube

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Sweet Sweet

Listed as James Yorkston – Sweet Sweet (The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society) · Watch on YouTube

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Held The Hand

Listed as Adrian Crowley, James Yorkston – Held The Hand (My Yoke Is Heavy : The Songs Of Daniel Johnston) · Watch on YouTube

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Seven Streams

Listed as James Yorkston – Seven Streams (Roaring the Gospel) · Watch on YouTube

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Pandeirada De Entrimo

Listed as James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players – Pandeirada De Entrimo (Folk Songs) · Watch on YouTube

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The Snow It Melts The Soonest

Listed as James Yorkston, The Athletes – The Snow It Melts The Soonest (Just Beyond the River) · Watch on YouTube

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Embers

Listed as James Yorkston – Embers (The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society) · Watch on YouTube

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The Villages I Have Known My Entire Life

Listed as James Yorkston – The Villages I Have Known My Entire Life (The Route To The Harmonium) · Watch on YouTube

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What this means

Last reviewed 2026-09-24.

Presence in a public research dataset shows that a clip of your recording was listed by academic or industry researchers as material for building or testing audio models. It does not by itself show which commercial products, if any, used the clip. The legal picture is moving. On 31 July 2026 the Regional Court of Munich I ruled in GEMA's case against Suno (case 42 O 763/25) that reproducing works for training, holding them in a model in retrievable form, and generating similar outputs can each infringe copyright under German and EU law; the judgment is not final and can be appealed. In the United States, Warner Music Group settled its claims against Suno on 25 November 2025 with a licensing deal, while the parallel claims by Universal and Sony were still pending at that point. Since then BMG (12 August 2026) and Believe/TuneCore (8 September 2026) have signed opt-in licensing deals with Suno.

What you can do

3 routes. None is a guarantee.

UK, PRS members. Send PRS for Music your report and ask what collective or licensing route covers your works.
- PRS for Music and Artificial Intelligence, Version 1 (October 2025), 2025-10-01
- PRS for Music: AI and music copyright, 2026-09-24
Germany, GEMA members. GEMA won a first-instance ruling against Suno on 31 July 2026 and has a licensing model. Ask how they apply to your repertoire.
- GEMA: Suno AI and OpenAI, GEMA sues for fair compensation, 2025-01-21
- DLA Piper: GEMA v Suno, Munich Regional Court judgment of 31 July 2026, 2026-08-28
- Music Business Worldwide: Germany's GEMA launches AI Charter, 2024-11-05
Signed to Warner, BMG or Believe/TuneCore. Each has an opt-in licensing deal with Suno. Ask your label what opting in or out means for you and whether any settlement money reaches artists.
- Music Business Worldwide: Warner Music Group settles with Suno, 2025-11-25
- Music Ally: Suno signs another music licensing deal, with BMG, 2026-08-12
- Music Business Worldwide: Suno inks global deal with Believe, 2026-09-08

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