Alasdair Roberts

Spectral singer-songwriter with ancient folk leanings.

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Alasdair Roberts & Friends - Stereo, Glasgow, Fri 3 May 2013

15 May 20134 stars

Less a conventional folk gig than a subversive ceilidh organised by some cracked millenarian cult

Alasdair Roberts is hopping around the stage, picking out a jaunty Scottish dance tune on guitar. Huddled around him are fiddler Rafe Fitzpatrick and electric guitarist Ben Reynolds, while double-bassist Stevie Jones flanks them all, rocking and swaying…

Pekko Kappi and Alasdair Roberts play Edinburgh's Roxy Art House

10 Jun 2010

If you feel like your life has been lacking in folk/drone crossovers recently – and let’s be honest, we could all use a bit more of that - there’s a treat in store. Finnish improv artist Pekko Kappi plays the jouhikko (pictured), an archaic bowed…

Alasdair Roberts

2 Mar 2010

Glasgow-based folkster Alasdair Roberts will be taking to the road with his four-piece band for a night of trad folk and his own Americana. Mixing his own compositions with timeless Scottish folk and creepy twists on old forgotten classics. Stereo…

Exposure: Alasdair Roberts

4 Dec 2008

Although he’s been recording for over a decade under first the alias Appendix Out and now his own name, Alasdair Roberts’ rich blend of traditional song and avant-garde thinking still remains an undiscovered pleasure to many. The Glasgow-based musician…

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