Alasdair Roberts - Too Long In This Condition '2010

Tracks list

       Alasdair Roberts’ sixth proper album, an 11-track, upper level
course on contemporary and traditional Scottish balladry, begins with a tale
that concerns a cheating wife being escorted to Hell by Satan himself on his own
ghost ship. "Daemon Lover” may sound like a downer, but Roberts’
sprightly guitar work and amiable delivery make it sound more like a campfire
ghost story than a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of adultery. Too Long in This
Condition differs little from the singer/songwriter’s previous outings,
which is good news for anyone who has followed his rise from Will Oldham-esque,
U.K. folk oddity under the moniker Appendix Out to one of most respected, modern
practitioners of the English/Scottish/Irish/Welsh folk tradition. His renditions
of classics like “Long Lankin,” “Little Sir Hugh,”
“The Golden Vanity,” and “Barbara Allen” are just loose
enough to retain their authenticity, and well-honed enough to earn the
abbreviated guitar tablature (complete with capo locations) that accompanies
them in the liner notes. Nic Jones, Archie Fisher, and Dick Gaughan may have
blazed his trail, but it’s Roberts who’s leading the way now.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Alasdair Roberts - The Daemon Lover (4:44)
1.02 - Alasdair Roberts - Young Emily (2:25)
1.03 - Alasdair Roberts - Long Lankin (5:06)
1.04 - Alasdair Roberts - The Two Sisters (5:35)
1.05 - Alasdair Roberts - Little Sir Hugh (5:26)
1.06 - Alasdair Roberts - Kilmahog Saturday Afternoon (1:28)
1.07 - Alasdair Roberts - The Golden Vanity (4:03)
1.08 - Alasdair Roberts - The Burning of Auchindoun (3:22)
1.09 - Alasdair Roberts - The Lover's Ghost (4:30)
1.10 - Alasdair Roberts - What Put The Blood On Your Right Shoulder, Son? (5:44)
1.11 - Alasdair Roberts - Barbara Allen (5:30)

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