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Alasdair Roberts (08 Aug 1977 - )

Male Person - Scotland

Releases (18)

Official

Album

  1. The Crook of My Arm 03 Apr 2001
  2. Farewell Sorrow 28 Apr 2003
  3. No Earthly Man 22 Mar 2005
  4. The Amber Gatherers 22 Jan 2007
  5. Spoils 27 Apr 2009
  6. Too Long in This Condition 16 Aug 2010 (as Alasdair Roberts & Friends)
  7. A Wonder Working Stone 22 Jan 2013 (as Alasdair Roberts & Friends)
  8. Alasdair Roberts 27 Jan 2015
  9. Pangs 23 Feb 2017
  10. The Fiery Margin 13 Sep 2019
  11. The Songs of My Boyhood 23 Jun 2020
  12. Fretted and Indebted 11 Sep 2020
  13. Grief in the Kitchen and Mirth in the Hall 31 Mar 2023

EP

  1. You Need Not Braid Your Hair For Me, I Have Not Come A-Wooing 28 May 2005
  2. The Wyrd Meme 20 Oct 2009
  3. The Ayrtime.org Digital EP 02 Apr 2010

EP - Live

  1. Live At Leigh Folk Festival 13 Nov 2013

Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. 2003-05-07: Session Planet Claire

Relationships (6)

Member Of

  1. Green Ribbons original
  2. The Furrow Collective
  3. The Fruit Tree Foundation
  4. Appendix Out lead vocals, keyboard, guitar
  5. Amalgamated Sons of Rest
  6. International Airport

Recordings by (161)

  1. Lord Gregory 4:50 (03 Apr 2001)
  2. As I Came in by Huntly Town 4:59 (03 Apr 2001)
  3. Bonnie Lass Among the Heather 3:41 (03 Apr 2001)
  4. The Magpie's Nest 2:02 (03 Apr 2001)
  5. Ploughboy Lads 1:54 (03 Apr 2001)
  6. Lowlands 4:14 (03 Apr 2001)
  7. Master Kilby 2:34 (03 Apr 2001)
  8. Standing in Yon Flow'ry Garden 3:51 (03 Apr 2001)
  9. Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon 2:57 (03 Apr 2001)
  10. The False Bride 3:56 (03 Apr 2001)
  11. The Month of January 3:34 (03 Apr 2001)
  12. The Wife of Usher's Well 5:20 (03 Apr 2001)
  13. Willie-O 3:14 (2002)
  14. Farewell Sorrow 4:01 (28 Apr 2003)
  15. Join Our Lusty Chorus 3:50 (28 Apr 2003)
  16. Carousing 3:54 (28 Apr 2003)
  17. I Fell in Love 4:48 (28 Apr 2003)
  18. I Went Hunting 3:10 (28 Apr 2003)
  19. Down Where the Willow Wands Weep 3:12 (28 Apr 2003)
  20. When a Man's in Love He Feels No Cold 3:55 (28 Apr 2003)
  21. Come, My Darling Polly 4:15 (28 Apr 2003)
  22. The Whole House Is Singing 5:17 (28 Apr 2003)
  23. I Walked Abroad in an Evil Hour 4:41 (28 Apr 2003)
  24. I Am a Young Man 3:08 (28 Apr 2003)
  25. Slowly Growing Old 2:08 (28 Apr 2003)
  26. I Had a Little Boat 3:09 (03 Nov 2003)
  27. Long A-Growing 6:13 (2003)
  28. Lullaby to Holly 2:47 (2004)
  29. Lord Ronald 7:52 (22 Mar 2005)
  30. Molly Bawn 6:33 (22 Mar 2005)
  31. The Cruel Mother 6:47 (22 Mar 2005)
  32. On the Banks of Red Roses 4:12 (22 Mar 2005)
  33. The Two Brothers 9:13 (22 Mar 2005)
  34. Admiral Cole 3:05 (22 Mar 2005)
  35. Sweet William 4:45 (22 Mar 2005)
  36. A Lyke Wake Dirge 7:33 (22 Mar 2005)
  37. The Lakes of Shillin ?:?? (28 May 2005)
  38. The Grey Silkie of Sule Skerry ?:?? (28 May 2005)
  39. Andrew Batann ?:?? (28 May 2005)
  40. Sheath and Knife ?:?? (28 May 2005)
  41. Sweet William's Ghost 6:39 (2006)
  42. Where Twines the Path 3:50 (04 Jan 2007)
  43. Riddle Me This 3:48 (22 Jan 2007)
  44. Waxwing 4:13 (22 Jan 2007)
  45. I Had a Kiss of the King's Hand 3:38 (22 Jan 2007)
  46. The Cruel War 3:15 (22 Jan 2007)
  47. Let Me Ride and Bleed Awhile 3:46 (22 Jan 2007)
  48. Firewater 3:58 (22 Jan 2007)
  49. River Rhine 3:33 (22 Jan 2007)
  50. I Have a Charm 4:03 (22 Jan 2007)
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On Recordings (16)

Arranged

  1. The Isle of France 2:58 Jackie Oates (07 Sep 2009)

Instruments

  1. Hyperboreans 3:30 Jackie Oates (07 Sep 2009) guitar
  2. The Isle of France 2:58 Jackie Oates (07 Sep 2009) guitar
  3. The Untrue Womb 4:32 The Fruit Tree Foundation (28 Jun 2011) guitar
  4. Beware Beware 4:27 The Fruit Tree Foundation (28 Jun 2011) guitar
  5. Hunt the Hare (Pt I) 4:09 Lisa Knapp & Alasdair Roberts (01 May 2012) guitar
  6. Hunt the Hare (Pt II) 3:53 Lisa Knapp (01 May 2012) guitar

Vocals

  1. The Butcher's Boy 6:34 Jackie Oates (07 Sep 2009)
  2. Hyperboreans 3:30 Jackie Oates (07 Sep 2009)
  3. The Sparrow, the Thrush and the Nightingale 3:25 David Rotheray with Jim Causley (16 Aug 2010) background vocals
  4. Beware Beware 4:27 The Fruit Tree Foundation (28 Jun 2011)
  5. The Untrue Womb 4:32 The Fruit Tree Foundation (28 Jun 2011)
  6. Tender Castle 5:40 The Phantom Band (27 Jan 2015) additional

Arranged

  1. Heathery Hills 3:50 Green Ribbons (25 Jun 2019)
  2. My Geordie, Oh 3:08 Green Ribbons (25 Jun 2019)
  3. Here’s a Health unto All True Lovers 4:32 Green Ribbons (25 Jun 2019)

Credited as (26)

  1. Alasdair Roberts
  2. Alasdair Roberts & Friends
  3. RM Hubbert with Alasdair Roberts
  4. Mairi Morrison & Alasdair Roberts
  5. Alasdair Roberts & Mairi Morrison
  6. Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson
  7. RM Hubbert, Emma Pollock & Alasdair Roberts
  8. The Big Eyes Family Players feat. Alasdair Roberts
  9. Lisa Knapp & Alasdair Roberts
  10. Alasdair Roberts & David McGuinness
  11. Alasdair Roberts & James Green
  12. Richard Youngs w/ Alasdair Roberts feat. Donald WG Lindsay
  13. Alasdair Roberts, Amble Skuse & David McGuinness
  14. Dave Rotheray feat. Alasdair Roberts
  15. Alasdair Roberts, Neil McDermott & Tartine de Clous
  16. David Rotheray with Alasdair Roberts
  17. Alasdair Roberts & Jackie Oates
  18. Bill Callahan & Bonnie “Prince” Billy feat. Alasdair Roberts
  19. Molina & Roberts
  20. Roddy Hart with Alasdair Roberts & Siobhan Miller
  21. Alasdair Roberts & Völvur
  22. Alasdair Roberts & Karine Polwart / Drew Wright
  23. Alasdair Roberts & Karine Polwart
  24. Alex Neilson, Lavinia Blackwall, Michael Flower & Alasdair Roberts
  25. Alasdair Roberts with Gemma Khawaja
  26. Alasdair Roberts with Shane Connolly

Works (29)

Arranged

  1. Sweet William's Ghost

Wrote

  1. Waxwing
  2. Beware Beware
  3. The Untrue Womb
  4. Hyperboreans

Composed

  1. Join Our Lusty Chorus
  2. False Flesh
  3. The Evernew Tongue
  4. Europe
  5. Comments
  6. A Keen
  7. The Stranger With the Scythe
  8. Actors
  9. Common Clay
  10. Learning Is Eternal
  11. The Untrue Womb
  12. Eppie Morrie

Lyrics

  1. Eppie Morrie
  2. Join Our Lusty Chorus
  3. False Flesh
  4. The Evernew Tongue
  5. Europe
  6. Comments
  7. A Keen
  8. The Stranger With the Scythe
  9. Actors
  10. Common Clay
  11. Learning Is Eternal
  12. The Untrue Womb

Events (1)

Main Performer At

  1. CMJ Music Marathon 2006, day 4: Hammerstein Ballroom time

Links (10)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.alasdairroberts.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/alasdair_roberts

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Alasdair+Roberts

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/495399

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/258097

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000612841
  2. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0002305899

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4708446

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/9394fd0b-4dc0-4750-b1f5-ac87d150df00

Myspace

  1. https://myspace.com/alasdairrobertsofficial