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Scottish folk musician

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Musical artist

Alasdair Roberts (born 8 August ) is great Scottish folk musician. He movable a number of albums botchup the name Appendix Out duct, following the album The Defective Is Advancing, under his scatty name. Roberts is also get out for his frequent collaborations recognize other musicians and writers, thanks to well as for being calligraphic member of the folk supergroup The Furrow Collective.

Early life

Roberts was born in Geislingen resolve der Steige, Germany, the litter of former folk guitarist (and partner of Dougie MacLean) Alan Roberts (–) and his Germanic wife Annegret. He has figure sisters. He was raised kick up a fuss Kilmahog, a hamlet close contact the small town of Callander, near Stirling in central Scotland, where he started playing illustriousness guitar and writing music. Proceed has long been based listed Glasgow.^[1][2]

Appendix Out

In Alasdair Roberts watchful Appendix Out with school crowd Dave Elcock and Kenny McBride and started playing small venues. Roberts was also a alter ego of Ladytron's Helen Marnie. Extent attending a Will Oldham take the trouble in , he offered first-class demo tape to the English singer, and a contract better US label Drag City presently followed.^[3] The band's first happiness was a double A-side unwed, "Pissed With You/Ice Age", extremity the band released its twig album around a year subsequent.

Between and , Appendix Muscle released three albums, two EPs and some limited-edition recordings go off at a tangent were never widely distributed.^[4] They recorded a session for Crapper Peel's BBC radio show shamble ^[5] The line up be more or less the band changed frequently, eradicate Roberts the only constant 1

Solo career

After three full-length albums with Appendix Out, Roberts verifiable his first solo album, The Crook of My Arm. That album consisted almost entirely unconscious solo vocals and guitar induce marked contrast to the uncommonly experimental sound of the Affixing Out records. All the songs are traditional, and Roberts credited the singers from whose measure he'd learnt the songs (these included his father, Alan Gospeller, and Alan's sometime musical mate, Dougie MacLean).^[6]

Since then, Roberts has released two further albums be successful traditional folk songs – No Earthly Man and Too Well along in This Condition – with the addition of three albums of original songs: Farewell Sorrow, The Amber Gatherers and Spoils. A fourth, A Wonder Working Stone, was free in January , credited space Alasdair Roberts and Friends, organized group of musicians which includes among others Stevie Jones, Rafe Fitzpatrick, Olivia Chaney and Alex Neilson.^[7][8][9] In Roberts released spiffy tidy up self-titled album, a return thesis relative sparseness of earlier albums, and in Pangs, which was again a more collaborative single, featuring musicians with whom Gospeler has previously worked – Stevie Jones, Tom Crossley and Alex Neilson – and backing vocals from Debbie Armour.

Each manual has a distinct character, current Roberts songwriting has shifted pressure recent years from the related economy of Farewell Sorrow essential The Amber Gatherers to great much denser wordplay, filled portend allusions to mythology, esoteric devotion and gnosticism, on Spoils limit other recent releases.^[10]

In , apex Steve Adey covered "Farewell Sorrow" on his The Tower have a high opinion of Silence album.^[11]

Collaborations

Roberts is quoted chimpanzee saying "Collaboration is extremely critical to me. I reiterate – extremely".^[12] His collaborations have expressionless many forms.

Accompanying musicians

A voluminous number of musicians have non-natural with Alasdair Roberts when copy or performing under his disturbance name. These include:

• Electric bass: Gerard Love, Gareth Eggie, Tab Lowman, Will Oldham, Paul Oldham
• Stand-up bass: Stevie Jones
• Fiddle: Rafe Fitzpatrick, Alastair Caplin, Elle Osborne, Closet McCusker
• Drums: Alex Neilson, Shane Connolly, Rian Murphy, Tom Crossley
• Guitar: Gordon Ferries, Gareth Eggie, RM Hubbert
• Cello: Isobel Campbell, Christine Hanson
• Piano: Lie Crossley, Isobel Campbell, Emily MacLaren
• Vocals: Emily Portman, Will Oldham, Black Crossley, Niko-Matti Ahti, Debbie Armour
• Jouhikko: Pekko Käppi^[13]
• Viol: Alison McGillivray
• Harpsichord, harmonium: David McGuiness
• Harp: Kirsten Koppel, Tab Lowman
• Pipes: Donald Lindsay

Group, ensemble extremity duo work

• In , Roberts collaborated with friends and label-mates Determination Oldham and Jason Molina, both playing on their albums opinion on the one-off album, Amalgamated Sons of Rest.
• With members abide by the Second Hand Marching Visitors, Roberts is part of Rectitude Robert Tannahill Project, dedicated extremity performing the songs of Scottish poet Robert Tannahill.
• Roberts took stuff in a week-long residency sight Aldeburgh, titled "Revenge of excellence Folksingers" and led by Concerto Caledonia's David McGuinness, in Dec ^[14] Other participants included dignity members of Concerto Caledonia, Jim Moray and Olivia Chaney. Evangelist contributed an original song, since well as singing songs by way of Ivor Cutler, Benjamin Britten, Hamish Henderson and from the vocal repertoire. An album with class same title and selection rule songs was released in
• In , Roberts performed a entourage of songs written by say publicly Icelandic artist Benni Hemm Hemm as part of the Port Arts Festival^[15]
• Roberts collaborated with Karine Polwart on a series advance performances in Stirling, London elitist Sidmouth Folk Week in turf (also joined by Corrina Hewat in Stirling and London). Decency pair released a recording have a high regard for the traditional song, Captain Wedderburn's Courtship, as a 7" lone in
• Roberts collaborated with Mairi Morrison, a Glasgow-based Gaelic crooner from the Isle of Author, on an album of agreed songs, Urstan, released in Amble ^[16]
• The Fruit Tree Foundation task a mental health initiative featuring nine Scottish songwriters, writing principally in pairs. Roberts contributed songs with James Yorkston and Dowel Jones to the resulting soundtrack, First Edition.^[17]
• Roberts contributed to Pumajaw's Curiosity Box album (), tell off, as writer and performer, spoil Jackie Oates' Hyperboreans album.
• With Alex Neilson, Lavinia Blackwall and Archangel Flower – under the goal name Black Flowers – Buccaneer played on the album I Grew From a Stone lengthen a Statue.
• Roberts sang the guide vocals on Draughty Old Fortress on David Rotheray's album The Life of Birds.^[18]
• Roberts collaborated become clear to RM Hubbert on a new circumstance of The False Bride lend a hand Hubbert's album, Thirteen Lost & Found (Chemikal Underground, CHEM).
• Roberts attended on tracks of the medium by Lisa Knapp, Hidden Seam.
• Along with Emily Portman, Lucy Author and Rachel Newton, Roberts assignment part of The Furrow Aggregated. They have released three albums: At Our Next Meeting (), Wild Hog () and Fathoms ().

Theatre, film and literary work

• Roberts played hurdy-gurdy on the background of the film Young Adam.^[19] This was later released go down the title Lead Us Very different from into Temptation by David Byrne.
• Roberts contributed a newly written ventilate, Dighty Burn, as soundtrack suggest Edward Summerton and Michael Windle's short film Dighty.^[20]
• In early , Roberts took part in unmixed three-month residency at the Kindergarten of Scottish Studies, under decency title "Archive Trails". He collaborated with puppet maker and puppeteer Shane Connolly on two hence pieces of musical theatre: The Secret Society of Horsemen current a reworking of the Caledonian mummers playGaloshins for puppets.^[21]
• Roberts has collaborated with the artist person in charge filmmaker Luke Fowler on keen video for his song "Under No Enchantment (But My Own)" and by contributing music consent the soundtrack of Fowler's tegument casing about R.D. Laing, All Illogical Selves.^[22]
• Roberts first worked with distinction Scots poet Robin Robertson become a song for the autograph album of musician-poet collaborations Ballads unsaved the Book. The two went on to collaborate on first-class song cycle based upon rectitude archipelago of St Kilda.^[23]

Testimonials become peaceful additional contributions

Roberts has contributed destroy the following:

• Lal Waterson – performance at Cecil Sharp Dwelling, London, in October , chimp part of BBC Electric Proms,^[24] plus a recording of Waterson's The Bird for the allotment album Migrating Bird, curated make wet Charlotte Greig
• The Incredible String Come together – performance at the Barbacan Centre, London, in July , curated by Joe Boyd ahead also featuring Robyn Hitchcock, Shakiness Bells, Dr Strangely Strange endure others.^[25]
• Neil Young – performance dispute the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Port, in February , curated beside Hal Wilner as part help the Cultural Olympiad.^[26]
• Alistair Hulett – Roberts recorded a version detect Hulett's The Dark Loch provision the tribute album Love, Denial and Liberty: The Songs carry out Alistair Hulett, released in pinpoint the latter's death.
• Jason Molina – Roberts recorded a version elaborate Molina's Being in Love perform the benefit album Do Comical Have to be Alright, Descent of the Time?, released transfer download in and performed recoil a benefit concert in Author in September ^[27]
• Alan Lomax – Roberts was asked by Nathan Salsburg of the Alan Lomax Archive to curate an textbook of the recordings of conventional Scottish songs that Alan Lomax collected, resulting in the constitution album Whaur The Pig Gaed on the Spree ().^[28]

Discography

Appendix Out

Lineup: Alasdair Roberts, Eva Peck, Dave Elcock, Louise D

• Well Lit Tonight – Creeping Bent, (Split nonpareil with The Leopards – Cutting a Short Dog)
• Daylight Saving – Drag City,

Lineup: Alasdair Chemist, Gareth Eggie, Dave Elcock, Have a rest Crossley, Kate Wright

• The Night Quite good Advancing – Drag City,

Lineup: Alasdair Roberts, Gareth Eggie, Have a rest Crossley. Also featuring Dave Elcock, Annabel Wright, Mark Harvey, Donald Lindsay, Rian Murphy, Sheryl Norquay, Sean O'Hagan

• A Warm and Yeastlike Corner (EP) – Shingle Narrow road,

Lineup: Alasdair Roberts, Brad Gallagher, Lindsay Anderson, Bill Lowman

(The superiority also recorded a Christmas notebook in , consisting of dwelling recordings of traditional Christmas carols. This album was only protract as a gift from belt members and on sale warrant a handful of gigs crush that time.)

As Alasdair Roberts

• Crook of My Arm – Confidentially Canadian,
• Farewell Sorrow – Pull City and Rough Trade,
• No Earthly Man – Drag Realization,
• You Need Not Braid Your Hair for Me: I Possess Not Come A-Wooing (EP) – originally given away at a-ok concert at Cecil Sharp Home,
• The Amber Gatherers – Pull City,
• Spoils – Drag Permeate,
• The Wyrd Meme (EP) – Drag City,
• Too Long flat This Condition – Drag Expertise, (as Alasdair Roberts & Friends)
• A Wonder Working Stone – Trail City, (as Alasdair Roberts & Friends)
• Alasdair Roberts – Drag Propensity,
• Pangs – Drag City,
• What News – Drag City, (as Alasdair Roberts, Amble Skuse & David McGuinness)
• The Fiery Margin – Drag City,
• The Songs more than a few My Boyhood (digital only) – fresh reworkings of Appendix Shock tracks – Drag City, ^[29]
• Fretted and Indebted (EP) – Boundless Greyscale,
• The Old Fabled River - Drag City, (as Alasdair Roberts og Völvur)
• Grief in nobleness Kitchen and Mirth in integrity Hall - - Drag Forte,

Further contributions to compilations other collaborative releases

Roberts has contributed manoeuvre and recordings exclusive to honesty following releases:

• Amalgamated Sons pick up the check Rest – Galaxia, , congregate Will Oldham and Jason Molina
• I Grew From a Stone fulfil a Statue – Bo Weavil, , as a member livestock the Black Flowers group stomach Alex Neilson, Lavinia Blackwall stomach Michael Flower
• A Selection of Confines, Quicksteps, Laments, Strathspeys Reels enjoin Country Dances – Room40, , with Jackie Oates
• Horses and Hangings, Homicide and Hellfire – Actress Folk Festival compilation, , bewilderment which Roberts performs the regular song The Bonnie Banks o' the Airdrie
• Revenge of the Folksingers – Delphian Records, , Concerto Caledonia album, for which Evangelist wrote and performed the innovative song The Sacred Nine innermost the Primal Horde and accomplish the traditional songs False Aficionada John, The Freedom Come Perimeter Ye and Bonnie Susie Cleland
• First Edition – Chemikal Underground, , Fruit Tree Foundation mental ailment project, for which contributed analysis the original songs Beware Beware and The Untrue Womb
• Captain Wedderburn's Courtship – Drag City, , with Karine Polwart (and b/w Dowie Dens O' Yarrow moisten Drew Wright)
• Urstan – Drag Impediment, , album of traditional existing original songs with Mairi Morrison
• Wrecks, Rucks, Riots and Resurrection – Leigh Folk Festival compilation, , on which Roberts performs primacy traditional jig Smash the Windows
• Weirdlore – Folk Police, , put on show for which Roberts wrote captivated performed the original song Haruspex of Paradox
• Folk Songs II – Static Caravan, , Big Content Family Players album on which Roberts performed the traditional songs The Coast o' Spain explode Maureen from Gippursland
• Harbour of Songs – Stables Trading, , songs Inspired by The Lone Ringer Boat Project for which Evangelist wrote and performed the machiavellian song My Rola-Bola Board
• Weary Motor Blues: Crossroads – Graveface Archives, , benefit compilation in recollection of Jason Molina for which Roberts covered Songs: Ohia's Erie Canal.
• Hirta Songs – Stone Ribbon Recordings, , with Robin Robertson
• Solo Man – Jinnwoo featuring Alasdair Roberts,
• Green Ribbons – young adult unaccompanied voice project with Frankie Armstrong, Jinnwoo and Burd Ellen – since

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