Alasdair Roberts & Fredrik Rasten

The Scottish/Norwegian duo of Alasdair Roberts and Fredrik Rasten fuses theirrespective work with traditional music, folk song and experimental minimalism. Theirfirst encounter was in the septet ‘Alasdair Roberts og Völvur’, which released the LP«The Old Fabled River» on Drag City Records in 2021, featuring Roberts-originalsand a blend of Scottish and Norwegian traditional songs. In duo, Roberts and Rastenhave so far focussed on traditional Scottish narrative ballads, often with longdurations, a