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ALASDAIR ROBERTS - Amber Gatherers
| PasteMagazine | | “When the map and fact mismatch, I will burn the map” Scots folkie Alasdair Roberts proclaims on “Where Twines the Path,” and then he proceeds to prove it by wandering from his native Highlands to “tornadic Arkansas and Alabama” in the space of one verse. It’s a manifesto that drives the 11 original songs on The Amber Gatherers....full text |
| | DustedMagazine | | For whatever reason — even though the two make similar music, record for the same label, and even work together occasionally — Scottish singer-songwriter Alasdair Roberts doesn’t inspire the same kind of reverent fanboyism as Will Oldham. The Bonnie Prince served as the producer of No Earthly Man, Roberts’ collection of traditional songs about death. It was a stunning record, favorably reviewed just about everywhere when it came out in early 2005 but not exactly an album that everyone was talking about....full text |
| | StylusMagazine | | Alasdair Roberts's albums bring into relief just how seldom true populism informs folk-rock recordings. The Scottish singer and guitarist is a ventriloquist, effectively inhabiting a number of lyrical personas without asserting his ego....full text |
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