Alasdair Roberts

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Alasdair Roberts is a Scottish folk musician. He released a number of albums under the name Appendix Out, and following the 2001 album The Night is Advancing, under his own name.

Roberts was born in Swabia, Germany, to a German mother and Scottish father, though was raised in Kilmahog, a hamlet close to the small town of Callander, near Stirling in central Scotland. where he started playing the guitar and writing music. In 1994 he adopted the name ‘Appendix Out’ and started playing small venues. This is where he was discovered by American musician Will Oldham, and a contract with US label Drag City was soon to follow. Roberts is noted for both his own compositions and recitations of traditional songs, including on his album of traditional death ballads, No Earthly Man.

1	A Lyke Wake Dirge	19
2	The Cruel Mother	17
2	Where Twines The Path	17
2	Sweet William	17
5	Lowlands	16
5	Riddle Me This	16
7	On the Banks of Red Roses	15
7	Admiral Cole	15
7	Come, My Darling Polly	15
10	Waxwing	14
10	The Whole House Is Singing	14
12	River Rhine	13
13	The Two Brothers	12
14	Molly Bawn	11
14	The Month of January	11

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Eulalia1987 wrote:
7 days ago

so .who tagged this as devendra ? i mean seriously.

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uddiyana wrote:
last month

Magic

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last month

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leivreed wrote:
June 2008

amazing artist, such an inspiration!

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godfreemorals wrote:
April 2008

a beautiful voice that seems strangely out of his time

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jssfrk wrote:
February 2008

Brilliant!

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jimjamthehuman wrote:
January 2008

Crook of My Arm is the best album i've heard for a long time.. beautiful.

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slowdownidiot wrote:
January 2008

I love this man.

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nutriaposa wrote:
November 2007

Well said, Purple Prince. One of the things I love about him is the way he mixes traditional song themes into his own material. His songs have the feel of coming from a mysterious historical world that only he knows about.

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The_Wallflower wrote:
November 2007

this guy's songs are amazing.

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armedrighteous wrote:
September 2007

well put, purple prince

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purple_prince wrote:
August 2007

Have to disagree with you there Mr Dissonance. One of the highlights of the Green Man festival for me. I think he is one of very few of the new folk wave - or whatever you want to call it - who manage to convey a genuine sense of folk tradition. I think it's the lack of typical pop/rock persona and the absence of ego in the songs that puts a lot of people off when they see him live.

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tom_dissonance wrote:
August 2007

i'm with Will_Hall, live he was tedious enough nearly to make time stop. and if his songs are beautiful he was certainly doing a good job of camouflaging them to sound utterly nondescript.

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bonusgrooves wrote:
August 2007

Join the greenman festival group, it's dead nice and tha' http://www.last.fm/group/Greenman+Festival

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Unwashed wrote:
August 2007

Alasdair features on my (Mark W's) Dandelion Radio Green Man festival special, streaming each day throughout August. Go to www.dandelionradio.com for schedule and to listen.

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slowdownidiot wrote:
August 2007

Oh come on. He's a fantastic folk guitarist and his songs are beautiful.

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Will_Hall wrote:
July 2007

Hands down the worst live musician I have ever seen.

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PedroDuarte wrote:
June 2007

Alasdair's songs are amazing. They are.

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May 2007

The Cruel Mother :)
MotherDear wrote:
May 2007

saw him opening for Joanna Newsom last wednesday and thursday and even chatted with him for a while.. he's brilliant! and a bit drunk as well :D loved him!

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