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SUMMARY:Alaisdair Roberts and Donald W G Lindsay
DESCRIPTION:Scottish musicians Donald WG Lindsay and Alasdair Roberts have 
 been friends for thirty years\, since their teenage days. In these three d
 ecades\, their careers in music have taken them down differing yet similar
 ly unorthodox paths\, and they’ve continued to make a lot of music toget
 her\, usually informally. They’ve only rarely appeared together in conce
 rt\, but in autumn 2024 they will remedy this state of affairs with their 
 first duo tour.\n\nDonald WG Lindsay is best known as the creator of the 
 ‘Lindsay System’ three-octave keyless chanter for the Scottish smallpi
 pes\, as played by him on the critically acclaimed album History of Sleep 
 recorded in collaboration with Glasgow experimental legend Richard Youngs.
  Donald is a former convenor of the Lowland and Border Pipers Society\, wi
 th which he has a long association. Although a traditional singer since hi
 s teens\, Donald has rarely ventured onto the stage as a vocalist\, althou
 gh he has recorded sporadically. In late 2020 he received airplay on BBC R
 adio 6 Music from Iggy Pop\, who described his music as “…beautifully 
 played… the whole record is really good.”\n\nAlasdair Roberts is prima
 rily known as a singer\, guitarist\, writer of songs and interpreter of tr
 aditional songs from Scotland and beyond. Since the nineties he has releas
 ed several albums\, mostly on the Drag City label\, variously acclaimed bo
 th by aficionados of traditional song and experimental music. He has toure
 d extensively in Scotland and worldwide. A keen collaborator\, Alasdair ha
 s worked with many fellow musicians and practitioners from other disciplin
 es including theatre\, film\, poetry and puppetry. He is a member of the f
 olk quartet The Furrow Collective and the cult underground group Current 9
 3.\n\nFor their duo tour\, Donald and Alasdair will present a programme fe
 aturing a rich variety of pipe tunes with guitar accompaniment\, as well a
 s a broad selection of songs both traditional and original. The pipe tunes
  bring together a diverse range of influences\, from Scots fiddle tunes (D
 onald’s elder brother’s fiddling being an early influence)\, by way of
  Hungarian and Romanian pipe music\, to classic and contemporary Highland 
 piping and Lowland\, Border and Northumbrian tunes. The songs range from v
 ariants (some rare\, some more well-known) of traditional ballads or ‘mu
 ckle sangs’\, to songs from the Scots lyrical tradition from the early m
 odern period onwards\, to contemporary songs written by both Alasdair and 
 Donald.\n\nIn the company of Donald WG Lindsay and Alasdair Roberts\, list
 eners can expect a thrilling evening in which rare and splendid gems of Sc
 ottish musical history and tradition will be brought to life in the hands 
 of two unconventional masters\, who invite you to join them in celebrating
  thirty years of music and\, just as importantly\, of friendship!\n\nPrese
 nted by Sonido Polifonico\n\nTICKETS: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/6
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