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SUMMARY:Alasdair Roberts & Fredrik Rasten (Drag City Records)
DTSTAMP:20260806T134927Z
DTSTART:20270219T200000Z
DTEND:20270219T224500Z
DESCRIPTION:Enthusiastic Eunuch Presents\n\n\nALASDAIR ROBERTS & FREDRIK RA
	STEN\n\n\n\nThe Cobblestone\n\nFriday 19th February\n\nDoors 8pm\n\nTicket
	s €21.50 + booking via\nhttps://billetto.ie/e/alasdair-roberts-fredrik-ras
	ten-tickets-1976452\n[https://billetto.ie/e/alasdair-roberts-fredrik-raste
	n-tickets-1976452]\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHNnHjL805k\n[https:
	//www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHNnHjL805k]\n\nThe duo of Scottish folk musicia
	n Alasdair Roberts and Norwegian experimental\nmusician Fredrik Rasten fus
	es their respective work with traditional music\, folk\nsong and microtona
	l minimalism. Their first encounter was in the septet Alasdair\nRoberts & 
	Völvur\, which released the LP The Old Fabled River on Drag City\nRecords 
	in 2021.The record combined Roberts’s compositions with versions of\nScott
	ish and Norwegian traditional songs.\n\nOn Seven Weathers\, their forthcom
	ing double album for Drag City Records\, Roberts\nand Rasten focus on trad
	itional Scottish narrative ballads\, typically of long\nduration\, where s
	lowly evolving musical materials build up throughout the\nstrophic verse-s
	tructure to emphasise the storytelling. They choose ballads with\ncare\, f
	avouring time-transcending narrative themes that both bear witness to the\
	nday and age of their origin and are relevant to our times\, be that polit
	ically\,\nculturally or ethically. Both sing and play a variety of acousti
	c and electronic\ninstruments\, Roberts’s clear and unadorned vocal delive
	ry blending with Rasten’s\nsensibilities of just intonation tuning and tim
	bral qualities of sound.\n\nSeven Weathers is scheduled for release in Jan
	uary 2027\, and Roberts and Rasten\nwill concurrently undertake a short al
	bum launch tour. Throughout 2024/5 they\nhave enjoyed concerts in Glasgow\
	, Berlin\, Prague\, Motvind Festival (Norway)\,\nFanø Free Folk Festival (
	Denmark) and ne:ar Festival (Slovakia)\, and have an\nupcoming appearance 
	at Frequency Festival (Chicago\, USA) in February 2026 as\nwell as a short
	 Norwegian tour in May 2026.\n\n'One of our most talented\, important and 
	relevant songwriters and\nsong-adapters.' - Folk Radio UK\n\n'Quietly esca
	lating towards Scottish national treasure status' – Mojo\n\n'An artist in 
	consummate control of his art' - Uncut\n\nalasdairroberts.com [http://alas
	dairroberts.com]\n\nfredrikrasten.com [http://fredrikrasten.com]
URL:https://flypost.ie/event/alasdair-roberts-and-fredrik-rasten-drag-city-
	records
LOCATION:The Cobblestone\, North King St - North King St\, Dublin 7
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Dublin,live music,the cobblestone,experimental music,drag city,f
	olk music,dublin gigs,alasdair roberts,traditional music
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Enthusiastic Eunuch Presents</p><h3><strong
	>Alasdair Roberts &amp; Fredrik Rasten</strong></h3><p></p><p>The Cobblest
	one</p><p>Friday 19th February</p><p>Doors 8pm</p><p>Tickets €21.50 + book
	ing via <a href="https://billetto.ie/e/alasdair-roberts-fredrik-rasten-tic
	kets-1976452" target="_blank">https://billetto.ie/e/alasdair-roberts-fredr
	ik-rasten-tickets-1976452</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch
	?v=yHNnHjL805k" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHNnHjL805
	k</a></p><p>The duo of Scottish folk musician Alasdair Roberts and Norwegi
	an experimental musician Fredrik Rasten fuses their respective work with t
	raditional music, folk song and microtonal minimalism. Their first encount
	er was in the septet Alasdair Roberts &amp; Völvur, which released the LP 
	The Old Fabled River on Drag City Records in 2021.The record combined Robe
	rts’s compositions with versions of Scottish and Norwegian traditional son
	gs.</p><p>On Seven Weathers, their forthcoming double album for Drag City 
	Records, Roberts and Rasten focus on traditional Scottish narrative ballad
	s, typically of long duration, where slowly evolving musical materials bui
	ld up throughout the strophic verse-structure to emphasise the storytellin
	g. They choose ballads with care, favouring time-transcending narrative th
	emes that both bear witness to the day and age of their origin and are rel
	evant to our times, be that politically, culturally or ethically. Both sin
	g and play a variety of acoustic and electronic instruments, Roberts’s cle
	ar and unadorned vocal delivery blending with Rasten’s sensibilities of ju
	st intonation tuning and timbral qualities of sound.</p><p>Seven Weathers 
	is scheduled for release in January 2027, and Roberts and Rasten will conc
	urrently undertake a short album launch tour. Throughout 2024/5 they have 
	enjoyed concerts in Glasgow, Berlin, Prague, Motvind Festival (Norway), Fa
	nø Free Folk Festival (Denmark) and ne:ar Festival (Slovakia), and have an
	 upcoming appearance at Frequency Festival (Chicago, USA) in February 2026
	 as well as a short Norwegian tour in May 2026.</p><p>'<em>One of our most
	 talented, important and relevant songwriters and song-adapters</em>.' - <
	strong>Folk Radio UK</strong></p><p>'<em>Quietly escalating towards Scotti
	sh national treasure status</em>' – <strong>Mojo</strong></p><p>'<em>An ar
	tist in consummate control of his art'</em> - <strong>Uncut</strong></p><p
	><a href="http://alasdairroberts.com" target="_blank">alasdairroberts.com<
	/a></p><p><a href="http://fredrikrasten.com" target="_blank">fredrikrasten
	.com</a></p>
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