Review: Alasdair Roberts

Subject: Alistair Roberts
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 17 Feb 17 - 03:20 AM

Just downloaded Alasdair Roberts performing on last night's BBC Radio Scotland Quay Sessions. Does he always sing out of tune???

Subject: RE: Alistair Roberts
From: Joe Offer
Date: 17 Feb 17 - 04:01 AM

Adjust the playback speed and you'll be fine...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C7etEIyy4Z4

Subject: RE: Alistair Roberts
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Feb 17 - 04:31 AM

What a spiteful little man the initiator of this thread is!

Subject: RE: Alistair Roberts
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 17 Feb 17 - 04:40 AM

There are a couple of clips here.

The Quay Sessions BBC Radio Scotland
16 Feb 2017
"...Acclaimed and innovative singer/songwriter Alasdair Roberts will be performing original songs from his latest album Pangs with his band. Meanwhile, Siobhan Miller, who has twice been named Singer Of The Year at The Scots Trad Music Awards, will showcase songs from her second solo album Strata. Strata features a diverse array of traditional and contemporary songs reflecting her musical upbringing."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08ds3ln 

If I hear something a bit out of tune I'll try to enjoy something good about the performance or skip to something else, leaving others to their enjoyment.

Subject: RE: Alistair Roberts
From: MoorleyMan
Date: 17 Feb 17 - 04:58 AM

You could at least have spelt his name correctly - it's ALASDAIR.

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Name spelling corrected in thread title. It had been spelled "Alistair Roberts" in the thread title, but note that the original poster corrected the spelling in his first post.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Alistair Roberts
From: Allan Conn
Date: 17 Feb 17 - 08:08 AM

Funnily enough I've just listening to, and enjoying, a fair bit of his work. Both on spotify and youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjRwzEolrCc

Subject: RE: Review: Alistair Roberts
From: Abdul The Bul Bul
Date: 17 Feb 17 - 01:50 PM

Love his voice and especially with the Furrow Collective. Best 'Long Lankin' I've heard and knocked out by his 'Outlaw on the Hill'. Great traditional singing voice.

Al

Subject: RE: Review: Alistair Roberts
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 17 Feb 17 - 02:25 PM

"You could at least have spelt his name correctly - it's ALASDAIR" Spelling is that last thing on my mind forst thing in the morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Subject: RE: Review: Alistair Roberts
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 17 Feb 17 - 02:26 PM

"the last thing"!!!!!!!!!!!

Subject: RE: Review: Alistair Roberts
From: The Sandman
Date: 17 Feb 17 - 02:40 PM

Subject: RE: Alistair Roberts
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Feb 17 - 04:31 AM

What a spiteful little man the initiator of this thread is!
another example of spiteful anonymous cowardly Guests.
Bonzo, asked a reasonable question, I went and listened to another clip which I enjoyed, so the answer is no.
anonymous guest, get lost

Subject: RE: Review: Alistair Roberts
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 17 Feb 17 - 04:23 PM

Thank you, I'm not familiar with his work - perhaps my hearing is out of tune!!!

Subject: RE: Review: Alistair Roberts
From: GUEST,Jerome Clark
Date: 17 Feb 17 - 08:33 PM

Alasdair Roberts is a major, major talent, sort of a young Robin Williamson but yet his own man. His talents as traditional interpreter and poetic songwriter are really staggering. Yes, he can be demanding, but he is also more than worth the effort.

Subject: RE: Review: Alistair Roberts
From: MoorleyMan
Date: 18 Feb 17 - 05:30 AM

Couldn't have put it better meself, Guest Jerome.
Just the kind of perspective we need.

Subject: RE: Review: Alistair Roberts
From: leeneia
Date: 18 Feb 17 - 11:43 AM

I just went to YouTube and listened to three of Alasdair's tracks, and they were all nicely in tune.

Keep in mind that "in tune" is not as easy to define as most people think.

Subject: RE: Review: Alistair Roberts
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 18 Feb 17 - 02:08 PM

very true!

Subject: RE: Review: Alistair Roberts
From: GUEST,matt milton
Date: 18 Feb 17 - 06:15 PM

I've never heard him sing out of tune at innumerable gigs of his I've been too. And not noticed him sing out of tune on any of his 9 (or so) albums. Not heard the session you're talking about. Suspect he's probably not singing out of tune. But I'll have a listen now just to be sure.

Subject: RE: Review: Alasdair Roberts
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 19 Feb 17 - 05:24 AM

I suggest that you listen from 1hr 23 mins - the fiddle is not in tune with the guitar, and Alisdair is singing slightly sharp of both of them. In short, it's awful.

Siobhan Miller, however, who performed first was excellent.