Alasdair Dow:
Based in Edinburgh since 2023, Alasdair Dow has played at UK festivals and taken his music on tour to Latvia, Poland – where he played on live TV – and Germany. As a working-musician, he gigs for a living in Edinburgh and the North of England whilst developing his original songbook which draws on folk, rock, blues, soul, jazz and classic pop. Alasdair has a Sunday residency at Edinburgh’s world-famous folk pub, The Royal Oak, where he pays tribute to his heroes’ songs and performs his own.
Dow & Honeyman
Songwriting duo of Alasdair Dow and Stuart Honeyman. Each show = two solo sets + one duo set. Pop, folk, blue, rock and soul.
Alasdair Dow is a singer-songwriter who moved to Edinburgh three years ago. He now hosts a Sunday session at the Royal Oak whilst playing his original music elsewhere both solo and with his trio. He performed with his band at Kelburn Festival in July ‘24. Alasdair’s arrangement of the traditional song, ‘Hares on the Mountain, included on his first independently produced album, was described as ‘exquisitely done’ by DJ Mark Radcliffe who played it on his BBC Radio 2 Folk Show. Aside from folk, Alasdair’s music also touches on rock, blues, soul, jazz and classic pop.