Alasdair Roberts sings traditional Scots ballads, with David McGuinness on 18th- and 19th-century pianos and dulcitone, and Amble Skuse on electronics.
What News is an experience to be savoured slowly and oft, each listen peeling away further layers to reveal new depth and meaning. Terrascope
There is nothing comfortable about these traditions, but the evident joy in each other's skills pushes the three musicians to peaks of subtle innovation. What News is just the latest in a string of Alasdair Roberts albums which turn our idea of folk music upside down and give it back to us charged with a new potency. The Quietus
Cover image by Amy Whiten