Nothing like amber, in fact. But here we collect the work of Alasdair Roberts, especially the droppings and chaff that don't get mentioned on his official site — this is a remora to that turtle.
If you have links or stuff to contribute, use the Ask or Submit links below, or email to davidjennings at me dot com and I'll do my best to help.
See also the sister site, The Library of Aethers. If this is the stream; that's the pool.
This week’s new stuff that Google has tipped me off to — if you know more, please get in touch.
Here’a a lovely review (and handwritten setlist) from the Birmingham show on 27 January.
ClashMusic has an excerpt from Jeannette Leech’s Seasons They Change, which mentions Alasdair in the context of the Green Man Festival (2004, I think). And there’s a new review of the book in The Faster Times.
After several weeks of drought, it’s good to be able to feature a variety of stuff this Sunday.
Slightly surprisingly, we start with two more features on awards:
A second book to be published on the same general pool of folk music (broadly-defined) over the last 40 years, following Rob Young’s Electric Eden: Jeanette Leech’s Seasons They Change: The Story of Acid and Psychedelic Folk should be available soon. Jeanette’s acknowledgements and Spotify playlist for the book both feature Alasdair. I’ve not read either book, but I suspect this new one may be overshadowed by Electric Eden, if for no better reason than that Rob Young has a much higher profile and better connections in the rest of the media.
Visual artist Aileen Campbell and Drew Wright (a.k.a. Wounded Knee) are collaborating with Alasdair in a promising looking 12-week residency in the archives of the School of Scottish Studies. The residency runs January to April next year, and the Tracer Trails website has details.
Speaking of residencies, The Scotsman has a preview of Alasdair’s residency this coming week with David McGuinness, Martin Carthy, Olivia Chaney and Mairi Campbell, which culminates in next Sunday’s performance.
If you’re in or near Glasgow there’s a benefit performance of a kind on 9 December, not yet featured on the official site.
Finally, a handprinted linocut inspired by the song I Went Hunting, for $40 + p&p.
