13 Facts About Alastair Moock

Alastair Moock is known for his gruff voice, playful lyrics, and fingerpicking guitar style.

In 1997 he released his debut album, Walking Sounds, and followed it with the eight-song mini-album Bad Alastair Moock Rising in 1999.

Back in the US, Alastair Moock won some prestigious songwriting competitions, including those at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Sisters Folk Festival, and the Great Waters Music Festival.

In 2010, Alastair Moock began to turn his attention to performing for kids and families.

Alastair Moock has since put out five albums for families which, between them, have earned a GRAMMY nomination, three Parents' Choice Awards Gold Medals, the ASCAP Joe Raposo Children's Music Award, and first place in the International Songwriting Contest.

The Singing Our Way Through project began when Alastair Moock started co-writing songs with her in the hospital.

Alastair Moock decided he wanted to record an album for other families traveling similar paths.

In January 2013, Alastair Moock went into the studio with friends and collaborators from the world of Americana music, including Chris Smither, Mark Erelli, Aoife O'Donovan, and family music artists Rani Arbo, The Okee Dokee Brothers, Elizabeth Mitchell, and co-producer Anand Nayak.

Alastair Moock was interviewed by Katie Couric and on GMA Live.

Alastair Moock ran a crowd-funding campaign for this album, raising over $13,000 to allow him to give away free copies of the album, along with free programming on social justice history, to underserved schools in the Boston region and beyond.

Alastair Moock went on to co-found The Opening Doors Project, an organization dedicated to amplifying voices of color and advancing interracial conversations about race through the arts.

Alastair Moock is a charter member of The Folk Collective equity group at historic Club Passim in Harvard Square, a Juried Artist with Music to Life, a co-founder of The Melrose Racial Justice Community Coalition in his hometown outside of Boston, and a recipient of the 2024 Phil Ochs Award.

Alastair Moock is a regular contributor to Boston NPR's online magazine Cognoscenti, where he writes about music, social justice, and his deepest love of all: basketball.