Alasdair Roberts Special

The Night Is Advancing (Appendix Out)
Row Upstream (AO)
Coral & Tar
The Problem of Freedom
Laoidh Fhionnlaigh Oig (Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson)
I Have A Charm
What put the blood on your right shoulder, son?
A Keen
Ballad of the Speaking Heart
Ice Age (Peel) (AO)
Andrew Batann
The Groves of Lebanon (AO)
The Lakes of Shillin
The Burning of Auchindoun
I Walked Abroad in an Evil Hour
I Had a Kiss of the Kings Hand
Ned Ludd's Rant
The Calfless Cow
Pangs
Fusion of Horizons
Dighty Burn
Molly Bawn
Farewell Sorrow
A Lyke Wake Dirge

In 1995 Ali Roberts Appendix Out came to my attention when the Ice Age 7" was released on Will Oldham's Palace Records imprint, almost 25 years later he is still a fascinating and brilliant songwriter and conduit between the traditional and contemporary forms..

"I'll adapt a tune or a turn of phrase or a conceit from a traditional source then take it from there. I'm interested in making new music but I'm also interested in the old music that informs it. I like the idea of the new work being located in this continuum of tradition but also being outside it. It's almost like an alternative reality." Alasdair Roberts

    Folk
    • 166 bpm
    • Key: Dm