THE next round of Levels Collective will see Alasdair Roberts perform supported by Kitty Macfarlane.

Alasdair is a musician (primarily a guitarist and singer) who is based in Glasgow.

He has worked with Drag City Records since 1997, first releasing three albums of self-written material under the name Appendix Out and then several albums under his own name, the most recent being A Wonder Working Stone by Alasdair Roberts & Friends (Drag City, 2013).

He has also released music on labels such as Secretly Canadian, Galaxia and Stone Tape Recordings.

His work mainly consists of two parallel strands: self-written song material (which can be heard on albums such as Farewell Sorrow, The Amber Gatherers, Spoils and A Wonder Working Stone) and interpretations of traditional songs and ballads from Scotland and beyond (which can be heard on albums such as The Crook of My Arm, No Earthly Man and Too Long In This Condition).

Alasdair has collaborated widely with many different musicians throughout his musical career, including the Scottish Gaelic singer Mairi Morrison, with whom he made the 2012 album Urstan.

He also recently became a member of the English/Scottish folk quartet The Furrow Collective, along with Lucy Farrell, Rachel Newton and Emily Portman.

The group’s first album, At Our Next Meeting, was released earlier this year.

Kitty Macfarlane is a 21-year-old songwriter from Somerset whose lyrics combine honest snippets of everyday humanity with the bigger questions that have connected minds and voices for centuries.

Kitty was recently shortlisted for the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award.

From the Colston Hall to folk clubs up and down the land, Kitty has performed, both on her own and as support for some wonderful artists including Reg Meuros, Isambarde and Feast of Fiddles (accompanied by Steeleye Span’s Peter Knight).

Kitty hosts a regular radio show called Pop Up Folk and her own ‘Bus Song’ received airtime when it was featured on BBC Radio 4.

The next Levels Collective will take place March 27, 8pm, at the Bridgwater Arts Centre.

Tickets cost £10 and are available from 01278-422700.