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Bio
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There was a time in America when folk music was relevant, edgy, even dangerous — a tool of personal
and political expression, at once raw and beautiful. That spirit lives on in the music of Alastair Moock. He has won top
honors at many of the
country's most prestigious contests, including those at the Falcon Ridge, Sisters, and Great
Waters folk festivals. The Boston Globe calls him “one of the town's best and most adventurous
songwriters” and The Washington Post says “every song is a gem.”
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The Boston Globe:
“Alastair Moock displays the gifts the best folk songwriters have: romantic without seeming mawkish,
clever without seeming precious, brooding without seeming self-pitying...”
The Boston Globe:
“One of Boston's best and most adventurous songwriters.”
The Boston Herald:
“A young folkie who sounds just as rough, rootsy, and masculine as the bad boys of the 60s... Moock
has a gnarled but pleasing voice and the air of a man who's hitched from coast to coast.”
The Boston Herald:
“Moock has become simply one of the top songwriters in the region.”
The Washington Post:
“Moock's songs are simple, built on country-blues structures and free of the convoluted metaphors and
self-conscious wordplay that clutter so much modern folk music ... Every one is a gem.”
Sing Out!:
“With each of his five albums, this Boston-based
singer-songwriter has honed his signature ability to write songs that sound joyfully homespun and irreverent
while also being painstakingly poetic and intricate. He's settled nicely into the role of a folkie raconteur,
exploring the American vernacular from swing to blues to Appalachian mountain music and fitting each genre to
the timeless themes of his lyrics. Those styles also fit perfectly with Alastair's voice, which is pitched
somewhere between a rasp and growl: this is a voice made for vintage-sounding Americana.”
Dirty Linen:
“... Moock is an anachronism in the best sense. He's a young man with the wizened sound of someone much
older, often sounding a lot like Steve Forbert in both voice and arrangements, and he mixes his rootsy,
confident originals with covers of old songs... Moock knows both his history and how to tell a good story.”
Ellis Paul, Songwriter:
“Alastair Moock is the second coming of John Prine.”
Performing Songwriter:
“Alastair Moock's all-American folk music plays out if he were the second coming of Tom Waits.”
Acoustic Guitar:
“Alastair Moock has been compared to John Prine, Steve Forbert, Tom Waits and other rough voices in
American roots music. The comparisons miss the fact that his folksy songs about wandering friends, lost loves,
and travel have the freshness of a newly opened window.”
WBUR.org Boston's NPR News Source:
“Moock's rough voice and easy songs are comforting. Listening to or singing along with [him] is like
falling asleep in the back of your parents' car, going home.”
Bob Gottlieb, Freelance Music Writer (No Depression, FAME, AllMusic Guide)
“Alastair Moock has that feeling about his songs that can best be compared
to that fresh smell after a soaking rain that was preceded by a long drought. He has
a style that is distinctly his own and will confound all those who love neat little
boxes, for there is chaos in his mixture of intelligent wit and a gravel pit voice.”
Scott Alarik, Author, Deep Community:
“Alastair is one of the hottest new folk performers on the Boston scene, a
very modern songwriter with a wonderfully rootsy American folk sound. I'm
convinced that if Woody Guthrie were alive today, he'd just love Alastair's
wry wit, gravel'n'honey voice and nervy willingness to tell the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth whenever he sings.”
George Carlin, Comedian:
“I've been listening to one song a day from the album 'cause it's like ice cream or a good novel —
like when I read The Godfather, I wouldn't read more than two pages 'cuz I didn't want to finish it...
That CD is a killer — just a total complete motherfucka.”
Feature Articles & Interviews
- Arts Editor, April, 2003: Feature Article
- Club Passim Listening Room, September, 2002: Interview
- WBUR.org, June, 2002: Feature Article
- Fufkin, April, 2002: Interview
- The Boston Globe, December, 2000: Feature Article
- The Boston Globe, September, 1999: Live Review
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