April 13: Cambridge: Alasdair Roberts + haeti...

no :(
even if i had seen it, i was in for the night
now i'm bummed

oh sorry, didn't mean to bum you out.

a person can't stay attached to every social media outlet hoping for a morsel, it's ok
still bummed i missed it though

My dad e-mailed me to say that he and my stepmom were going to see Fatoumata Diawara tonight and would be getting there early for "the Irish folk singer warm up group." I replied that Roberts is Scottish, and he joked that now they "probably won't go." I mean, I think it was a joke! But my stepmom is also really into being "Irish," so I dunno.

man
i knew that would be the case -- i was trying to explain to D how i knew that AR would go first and not be the headliner even though i hadn't looked it up to check and that proves my point. :-/

i have a request -- i'm hoping for "brother seed". figure there's a good chance since it's on the new album that both the other two guys played on.

I don't know Alasdair Roberts's music at all. But it's hard to imagine that he'd be able to top Fatoumata Diawara's energetic dance grooves, anyway.

http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=95372&source_type=B

DC show video stream

Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson
Hirta Songs

10 track album concerning the history, landscape and people of the remote Scottish archipelago of St Kilda. Features guest appearances from Corrina Hewat and Robin Williamson, plus mainstays of Alasdair's live and studio ensembles Tom Crossley, Rafe Fitzpatrick and Stevie Jones.

Single CD in jewel case with 12 page booklet, limited edition 180g vinyl with insert (250 copies for the World) and download. Released November 2013.

http://www.stonetaperecordings.co.uk/str-006.html

Looks like an amazing place (St. Kilda). Going by google maps there's about five houses on the entire island..
I'm still getting my head around the Roberts & Friends album, but I say bring it on.

yeah, i'm definitely still absorbing the last one...
just found this place - http://libraryofaethers.wikispaces.com/ which might help.

topics:

Animals
Armed conflict & weapons
Birds
Body parts, functions & fluids
Drinking
Musical instruments & terms
Numbers
Points of the compass
Titles & trappings
Trees
Vegetation
Weather

i was already excited but by the time i got to "vegetation" and "weather" i was already dreaming of st kilda

must get!!

did anybody go to his Galoshins show a couple of years back? (Actually looking through this thread I see that Krakow definitely did!) On one hand I kinda wish I'd written something about it after it happened so I could remember it properly, but then I quite like the weird dreamlike place it occupies in my memory.

shit-hot guitar

finally i hear it

New album, a collab with poet Robin Robertson, is really good. Concept album, of sorts, about St Kilda, with nice guest spot by Robin Williamson (Incredible String Band) on hardanger fiddle.

http://stonetaperecordings.bandcamp.com/album/hirta-songs

Hoping to attend this, cld be an excellent setting for A.R.:

http://www.ents24.com/glasgow-events/govan-old-parish-church/a-christmas-time-concert/3669218

That sounds lovely!!

Dang, not going to be around for that unfortunately. I've seen him plenty of times, but Govan Parish Church would be quite something.

Finally got Hirta Songs yesterday. Only heard half of it on my commute but it sounded wonderful and I look forward to spending quality time with it.

these are
the wheels of
the world, my friend
you must understand
for two thousand years they’ve been
spreading destruction
all over this land

she's lain with one too near in blood

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Ooh, I want details!

i like this guy.

cover looks like an alisdair gray drawing

Ooh, going all eponymous on us

There's a live rendition/recording of "The Problem of Freedom" posted here: http://onderinvloed.com/home/2014/10/alasdair-roberts-2/

shit-hot guitar

sooooo excited for new one
pre-ordered

shit-hot bass clarinet

or what is that?

the new album has so many saaaad songs on it! really beautiful.

i LOVE Farewell Sorrow. heard it for the first time this year. What else is as good as that album?

i'm a big fan of the Amber Gatherers, but it's a little peppier than Farewell Sorrow.

Just saw this, which I like a lot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBjGZTy6KME

i dig this new song! the drums are weird and i like them a lot, his voice sounds good too
also the album is called "pangs"!

https://soundcloud.com/drag-city/alasdair-roberts-the-downward-road

shit-hot guitar

― j., Tuesday, November 25, 2014 3:43 PM (two years ago)

One thing I will bleat, as they drag my sclerotic body from this rock, is why didn't I listen to more Alasdair Roberts?

What News? is quietly glorious.

https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2019/07/02/alasdair-roberts-the-evernew-tongue/

is that a lil shit-hot guitar playing i hear????

November 24: Cambridge: Alasdair Roberts + Rachel Watkins

Hadn't seen AR play in forever, it was a good time. Nagging feeling that I still prefer him singing traditional ballads vs original compositions.

just the opposite

I don’t care whether he’s singing originals or traditionals— he’s always engaging imo/ime!

now we need someone to hate them both

Audio transcription has been my sideline for over 20 years. Please get in touch if you have any audio for speedy, accurate and confidential transcription. My fingers are a blur... thanks. pic.twitter.com/k0cktMFg1n

— Alasdair Roberts (@AliRobertsMusic) March 16, 2020

aw <3
99% accuracy! if i had need for this i would totally hire him

New Alasdair Roberts out today... it sounds like Alasdair Roberts, which is fine by me.

Saw him in a tiny little pub on Thursday. Just him and his guitar. He did two sets. The first was all material from the new album (Scottish & Irish folk songs) and the second set was a selection from the last twenty years. I didn't recognise a bunch of what he played, but in that small, dark space, where you could hear the creak of customers as they moved around in the pub upstairs, it was a good time to be alive.

https://i.imgur.com/39xXldO.jpeg

"Coming this spring from Boatwhistle Books: 'Library of Aethers: Selected Lyrics 1994-2024'. Beautifully illustrated inside and out by Annabel Wright and featuring contributions from Robin Robertson, Rafe Fitzpatrick, Màiri Nic'IlleMhoire and Christopher Mack. Two launch events: GLASGOW Glad Cafe, Wed 17th April. LONDON Kings Place, Sun 21st April (4pm). London tickets available here: https://shop.kingsplace.co.uk/29933/29937";

https://www.facebook.com/alasdair.roberts.7/posts/pfbid07DpNRvuQszKQqKghFQYKut3o9799pZPonMLJ162V73iwpKLQeijeGasfNLSDW8hal

Love the cover art. This should be really interesting.