PANGS

Since 2001, Alasdair Roberts has busily pursued the

path of his ancestors, down the many and varied by-
ways of Scottish traditional music-and of English

and Irish traditional music as well, all of which have fed

the American folk tradition from its earliest days. Over

the past 15 years, Alasdair has released eight albums of

self-written material and interpretations of traditional

song alike, all played in a diversity of electric and acous-
tic arrangements, bringing a modern thrust to the music

while honoring the many singers from whom this material

was learned and adapted. Following the acoustic austerity

of his self-titled 2015 release, Alasdair's applied himself to

electric guitar and band once again for his ninth album,

Pangs.