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Adam Ross

As the driving force behind the eclectic Scottish folk combo Randolph’s Leap, Adam Ross cuts a unique figure in the local scene, penning songs that recall the unique perspective of idiosyncratic writers like Jonathan Richman or Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields. After more than a decade together, Ross released two collections under his own name in the 2020s. Born in the Scottish burgh of Nairn, Ross started recording music while attending the University of the West of Scotland in Ayr. Randolph’s Leap, named for a countryside area in the northeast of the country, first got together in 2006, with Ross on vocals and guitar and keyboardist Gareth Perrie; in 2009, the group expanded dramatically to incorporate not only a full rhythm section (bassist Vicki Cole and drummer Iain Taylor), but strings as well (Heather Fox on violin and Andrew MacLellan on cello and occasional guitar). After self-releasing their debut EP Battleships & Kettle Chips in 2010, the group expanded even more, adding trumpeter Ali Hendry and trombonist Fraser Gibson. (Perrie would be replaced by Keith MacDonald a year before the group released their proper debut album, Clumsy Knot, in 2014. Adam Armour-Florence stepped in as the new drummer in 2016.) Though the sprawling line-up made touring logistics difficult -- Ross openly kept a day job when not writing, working for many years as a ranger for the U.K. conservation group the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds -- Randolph’s Leap garnered a strong cult following for their expansive sound, drawing comparisons to indie pop countrymen Belle & Sebastian and Camera Obscura, as well to the big-tent aesthetic of the Polyphonic Spree. Ross' songbook was prolific enough not only for albums like Cowardly Deeds (2016) and Worryingly Okay (2018), but also for The Isle of Love, a 2018 musical featuring the songs of Randolph’s Leap and a patchwork story about life on the country’s Hebridean Islands, where Ross traveled to often in his youth. Like many musicians, Ross got creative keeping fans entertained during the COVID-19 pandemic, recording spare solo recordings and quickly getting them into the libraries of fans. (A few fistfuls of these songs were released under the pseudonym A.R. Pinewood, an alter-ego that combined lo-fi production and Auto-Tune with country-flavored songwriting.) Randolph’s Leap reconvened for the album Spirit Level in 2021, but a year later, Ross surprised fans with Staring at Mountains. It was released under his name with a far more stripped-down sound, but with all the melancholy and joy of his typical songwriting. A second solo album, Littoral Zone, featured a more ornate group of songs (anchored by Ross on piano instead of guitar) inspired in part by his move from Glasgow to the coastal area of Aberdeenshire.
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