Ben Robinette’s forty-three comments

I felt like some due diligence needed to be rendered to this original composition by ace guitarist Dennis Cahill, seeing as it was the *only* tune that had yet to be transcribed and represented on the page for the first recording *ever* posted on this web... more…

Here is an .ABC transcription of the nameless Emix reel that is the fourth tune in the primarily Edor set on the thirteenth track – between Niel Gow’s Edor reel "Dunkeld Heritage" (for which the set is titled on the album) and the ever-popular "Tarbol... more…

Here is an .ABC transcription of the nameless Dmaj reel that is the fourth tune in the Dmaj set on the fourth track – between Nathaniel Gow's strathspey "Lady Mary Ramsay" and the reel "Miss Graham." more…

Here's a cracking rendition, courtesy of Natalie MacMaster and pretty close to what's posted on Andrew Kuntz's site. MacMaster recorded it on her 1991 "Road to the Isle" cassette (at age 18!) with John Morris Rankin, Dave MacIsaac, and Séamus Egan. Highl... more…

The final (fifth) tune of the first track is actually a Cmaj setting of the Hugh Montgomerie reel titled "Lady Montgomery," a variant of which is referred to (and titled on this site) as "Phelim's Frolics." – https://thesession.org/tunes/2715 more…

From the Traditional Tune Archive: more…

Here is an .ABC transcription of the nameless Gmaj jig that is the first tune in the set on the third track (directly preceding "The Butlers of Glen Avenue.") more…

It's been three years since the only setting of this cracking strathspey was posted, so here's another one for consideration – this time from Wendy MacIsaac on her ECMA award-winning album "Off the Floor." It's the second tune in a set of Amaj strathspe... more…

Here is an .ABC transcription of the nameless Gmaj jig that is the second tune in the set on the twelfth track. It follows the four-part "King Jig," given on this album as "The King's Jig" and also known as "Miss Monroe's." ( https://thesession.org/tunes/... more…

As played by the late Mike MacDougall on his "Tape for Father Hector." It's the last tune in an Fmaj set of two clogs and a reel – beginning with Minnie Foster's Clog ( https://thesession.org/tunes/8116 ) and going into Fred Wilson's Clog ( https://thes... more…