Alasdair Roberts Grief In The Kitchin And Mirth In The Hall
Release date:
March 31, 2023
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From our now-venerable, but ever thistle-sharp, Scots singer of new songs and old, comes a fifth full-length collection of traditional songs. Reaching down the centuries to unpack these numbers anew, Alasdair finds a set of eternal melodies – and with them, an unsettling number of surreal images that parallel the madness of our modern times. 1. The Wonderful Grey Horse 2. Eppie Morrie 3. Kilbogie 4. The Lichtbob’s Lassie 5. Young Airly 6. Bob Norris 7. Drimindown 8. The Convict Maid 9. The Bonny Moorhen 10. The Baron o’Brackley 11. Mary Mild 12. The Holland Handkerchief