Alasdair Roberts & Friends: May UK Tour

Subject: Alasdair Roberts & Friends: May UK Tour
From: GUEST,Alasdair Roberts
Date: 22 Apr 13 - 09:55 AM

Alasdair Roberts & Friends
'A Wonder Working Stone' UK Tour 2013

Beginning in EDINBURGH and GLASGOW with two full-band performances featuring: Alasdair Roberts (acoustic guitar, voice), Stevie Jones (upright bass), Shane Connolly (drums), Rafe Fitzpatrick (fiddle), Ben Reynolds (electric guitar, harmonica) Olivia Chaney (harmonium, voice), Ross McCrae (trombone), Richard Merchant (trumpet) and Alison McGillivray (viola da gamba).

UK MAY/JUNE 2013

May 2nd: EDINBURGH Teviot Hall (full band)
May 3rd: GLASGOW Stereo (full band)
May 9th: ABERDEEN Tunnels (duo w/Stevie Jones)
May 13th: LONDON Barbican (solo, before Mariza)
May 14th: NORWICH Theatre Royal (solo, before Mariza)
May 16th: COVENTRY Taylor Johns (duo w/Olivia Chaney)
May 18th CAMBRIDGE The Junction (full band)
May 24th: CARMARTHEN The Tangled Parrot (solo)
May 26th: MEADOWLANDS FESTIVAL (duo w/Olivia Chaney)
May 27th: BRISTOL The Grain Barge (duo w/Olivia Chaney)
May 29th: EDINBURGH Folk Club (solo)
May 20th: LEICESTER The Musician (solo)
May 31st: LONDON The Goose is Out! (solo)
June 1st: LIVERPOOL Rodewald Suite (solo)
June 14th: NEW GALLOWAY: CatStrand (trio)

USA BAND TOUR JULY 2013: dates available soon on www.alasdairroberts.com


Alasdair Roberts & Friends A Wonder Working Stone available now on Drag City Records (CD/double LP).

"Few, if any, artists are pushing the boundaries of traditional music further." Uncut 9/10

"To describe Alasdair Roberts as a singer-songwriter is akin to saying Stephen Hawking is quite interested in physics." Mojo 4/5

"A master of scordatura techniques on the guitar… an exceptional lyricist… the sound of new myths and new music being hewn from folk's stone." The Wire