Alastair Moock

Boston singer-songwriter Alastair Moock returns to Cape Cod for a special performance at First Encounter Coffeehouse. He’ll be joined by Cape legends Chandler Travis on bass and Tim Dickey on mandolin, banjo, and guitar. Tickets are $25. The venue is located at Chapel in the Pines, 220 Samoset Rd, Eastham, MA 02642. For more information and reservations, please visit https://firstencounter.org.

Alastair Moock started performing in 1995, moving from his home outside New York City to the folk haven of Boston, Massachusetts. After working his way up through the local coffeehouse and club circuit, he began touring the U.S. and Europe, eventually graduating to renowned events like the Newport Folk Festival and Norway’s Bergen Music Fest and opening for national acts like Arlo Guthrie, Taj Mahal, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Bill Morrissey, and Greg Brown. In 2007 he was nominated for a Boston Music Award for Outstanding Singer-Songwriter of the Year. The Boston Globe called him “one of the town’s best and most adventurous songwriters” and The Washington Post declared “every song a gem.”

When Moock’s twins were born in 2006, he turned his focus for several years to family music. His five albums for kids garnered many of the top awards in the business, including a 2013 Grammy Nomination for Best Children’s Album, three Parents’ Choice Gold Medals, and the ASCAP Joe Raposo Children’s Music Award.

He returned to “adult” singer-songwriter-ing with a 2017 eponymous release produced by Mark Erelli. The album reached the top ten of the national Folk DJ chart and Rich Warren, of the nationally syndicated Midnight Special radio program, hailed Moock as “the best new, old singer-songwriter on the scene.”