This is a set of two tunes - the first, Drakskeppet, is composed by Mikael Marin from the popular Swedish folk band Väsen. The second is a traditional Swedish tune called Lill-Mats Polska (Little Mats Polska) which I heard from the folk rock band Garmarna on their self titled album. Performed at Chester Folk Festival 2023, and recorded by @PeterSimmonds.Simmo7ts

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.

The Crow on the Cradle was written by Sydney Carter during the height of cold war tensions. In this video I'm performing the Phil Beer/Show of Hands arrangement, which features one verse of Find the Cost of Freedom by Crosby, Stills & Nash at the very end. It's such a good arrangement I didn't want to change it for no reason! Performed at Chester Folk Festival 2023, filmed by @PeterSimmonds.Simmo7ts

This is a lovely tune written by Joan McDonald Boes, a Cape Breton musician and composer. I first heard it in a session in Ullapool played by Mairearad Green back in October 2019, and arranged it for guitar as soon as I got home! This is a live video from a concert in November 2021, "A Trilogy of Folk", organised by Chester Folk Festival (https://www.chesterfolk.org.uk). The concert line-up was myself, Phoebe Rees (https://phoeberees.co.uk), and Kate McCullough (https://www.katemccullough.co.uk). Thanks Fluff Smith and Chris Lee for the video!

A cover of King of Bohemia, one of my favourite Richard Thompson songs. Performed at Chester Folk Festival 2023, and filmed by @PeterSimmonds.Simmo7ts

Kirkwaltzen (translates as Church Waltz) is a traditional Swedish waltz which I heard from the playing of Bev Whelan during an online Zoom tune session in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic. Performed at Chester Folk Festival 2023, and filmed by @PeterSimmonds.Simmo7ts

A song about appreciating life whilst we're here, written by the incredible Chris Wood. This is a live video from a concert in November 2021, "A Trilogy of Folk", organised by Chester Folk Festival (https://www.chesterfolk.org.uk). The concert line-up was myself, Phoebe Rees (https://phoeberees.co.uk), and Kate McCullough (https://www.katemccullough.co.uk). Thanks Fluff Smith and Chris Lee for the video!