Ben Roberts
Ben Roberts is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator based in New York City. As a fiddler, guitarist, and bouzouki player, he spends most nights of the week playing shows or leading sessions across the Trad Irish and Old Time scenes of New York and Boston.
He performs regularly with Brendan Hearn (The Good Folk), Jake James (The Consequences), and Aidan Scrimgeour (Pumpkin Bread), among others, and plays in Colúr with Autumn Rhodes and Maldon Meehan.
Ben studied Contemporary Improvisation at the New England Conservatory (2022) and Cello Performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music (2020). He can be found every Tuesday night playing tunes and singing songs at Putnam’s Pub in Brooklyn.