Alasdair Roberts
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Artist

Alasdair Roberts

Type
Solo artist
Styles
traditional music

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Alasdair Roberts is a British singer whose work is firmly rooted in traditional music, a field in which he has been active since 1994, and he was born in the year 1977.

Next date in Glasgow: 27 January 2027 at The Hug and Pint.

Alasdair Roberts on tour elsewhere in United Kingdom

One date announced outside London:

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Profile

Latest album
Welcome Home My Dearie (2025)
Born
1977
Origin
United Kingdom
Active since
1994
Label
Drag City

About — The artist

Alasdair Roberts (born 8 August 1977) 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 is also known for his frequent collaborations with other musicians and writers, as well as for being a member of the folk supergroup The Furrow Collective.

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “Alasdair Roberts (musician)” (en), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Discography

  • The Crook of My Arm 2001
  • Farewell Sorrow 2003
  • No Earthly Man 2005
  • The Amber Gatherers 2007
  • Spoils 2009
  • Too Long in This Condition 2010
  • Urstan 2012
  • A Wonder Working Stone 2013
  • Hirta Songs 2013
  • Alasdair Roberts 2015
  • Plaint of Lapwing 2016
  • Pangs 2017
  • What News 2018
  • Au Cube 2018
  • The Fiery Margin 2019
  • The Songs of My Boyhood 2020
  • Fretted and Indebted 2020
  • The Old Fabled River 2021
  • Grief in the Kitchen and Mirth in the Hall 2023
  • Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia 2025
  • Welcome Home My Dearie 2025

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