The Amber Gatherers

AlbumJan 23 / 200711 songs, 41m 30s
Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter
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Paradoxically both ancient and modern, Alasdair's third album returns us to the world of Roberts-penned songs.

5.9 / 10

Scottish folk-rock singer-songwriter addresses human frailty and manmade failure, frequently coupling complex internal and external rhymes and commanding expansive mythological and geographical vocabularies.

On 2005's No Earthly Man, Scottish singer/songwriter Alasdair Roberts offered up eight traditional ballads with minimal accompaniment.

8 / 10

According to the usual way of things, the general rule is that bodies turn to dust, empires implode, love sours, cliffs crumble, film fades, buildings...

Album Reviews: Alasdair Roberts - The Amber Gatherers

8 / 10