A few weeks ago I had the joyous experience of attending a tune and song session for the first time in a very, very long time. A very uplifting experience after a very dark year. We played lots of tunes, sang lots of songs, and this is one of them - a song written by Dougie MacLean, with excellent fiddle accompaniment by Clare "Fluff" Smith. Thanks to Chris Lee and Fluff for the video and editing!

Last October I went to the beautiful coastal town of Ullapool in the North West Highlands of Scotland. I attended the Ullapool Guitar Festival, where I first met this guitar, and also had one of the best music sessions of my life in a pub called The Arch. It was at this session that I first heard this beautiful strathspey, The Sweetness of Mary, from the playing of Mairearad Green. It seems fitting that this is the first tune I have arranged on this guitar!

Yesterday me and the fantastic Phoebe Rees ( https://phoeberees.co.uk/ ) debuted our latest collaboration at The Raven Folk Club Online. Here it is in case you missed it! It's a set of two tunes - Tingler's Jig, and a reel called Morgawr. If you listen on speakers/headphones with good bass/low end, you'll hear my octave pedal and stomp pedal coming in throughout the piece. Visit my website: www.benrobertsonmusic.co.uk and on facebook: www.facebook.com/BenRobertsonMusic

Here's my cover of The Workers Song by Ed Pickford, as arranged by Dick Gaughan. I realised I have spent most of lockdown arranging and recording instrumentals and completely ignoring songs! So here is something to remedy that. I hope you enjoy.

Fluff Smith very kindly offered this tune of hers for me to arrange on guitar. Originally written for fiddle, Fluff composed the tune to convey her feelings about leaving Glastonbury festival. It's a beautiful tune, and I'm very happy to be playing it.

Here's my arrangement of a medley of three morris tunes - Mr Pickering of Halkyn, Peace and Plenty, and Old Tom of Oxford. All tunes are trad. arr. Ben Robertson

Really enjoyed collaborating with Ben the first time round so we decided to do another. No one seems to know where this song came from. Some believe Ireland, others: America. I have always known the Bob Dylan version with the very lovely melancholic harmonica, but The Clancy Brothers and The Punch Brothers have also done stellar versions. Here we are singing our own version. Enjoy and please share!! :)

This is my arrangement of two celtic tunes. The first, Hobed o Hilion, is an old Welsh tune, who's title roughly translates as "The Bucket of Grain". The second, MacLeod's Farewell, is a stunning tune written by Donald Shaw. It's often played faster than this as a reel in sessions.

A lovely tune written by Ian Stephenson. Featuring the wonderful Awen Blandford of the Bethlehem Casuals, the Rowan Trio, and many other ensembles. Hope you enjoy!

Farewell to the Gold - Written by Paul Metsers Amidst this chaos currently unfolding, Ben and I had a gig cancelled that we were supposed to be doing together. This was the song we had planned for the 'encore', so we thought we would record a collaboration video of it and share it with those who had bought tickets. It's a good chorus song, so singing along IS encouraged!!