Alasdair Roberts

Scot Alasdair Roberts has released three excellent albums as Appendix Out and two under his own name, his spectral folk drawing comparisons with fellow travellers such as Will Oldham. Read more…

Roberts’ decision to abandon the indie rockers Appendix Out and devote himself to traditional music has resulted in three fine solo albums, of which this is the crowning achievement. Read more…

Skotske Alasdair Roberts blir gjerne assosiert med den nye folkbevegelsen, og han er avgjort blant dens sterkeste tradisjonalister. Read more…

These days, it seems like everybody wants to be folk. Some people have argued that punk rock, with its easily reproduced songs and grassroots support system, represents a modern equivalent of the genre; others insist that hip-hop, with its origins in the street parties of the South Bronx, is the rightful heir to the loaded term. Even Soul Asylum and the Red Hot Chili Peppers have claimed to be folk acts at one point or another. Read more…

In this second solo outing from the leader of Glaswegian underground/folk band Appendix Out, Alasdair Roberts’ melancholy, sometimes off-kilter voice narrates the listener through an arcane realm where gods command, women shapeshift into goslings and nature rules over flowering heaths and wild waters. Read more…