John Doyle

Featuring  Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny, Paddy Glackin, Mike McGoldrick and John Doyle, the mighty Usher’s Island announce UK dates for November 2021.

The line-up on ‘I Am of Ireland’, reads like a who’s who of the mainly Irish but also Irish American and British folk music world. There’s plenty of enjoyable music here and if it guides you back to Yeats’ poetry, well, that’s a worthwhile bonus.

Don’t miss Towersey Festival’s Festiv-All this weekend featuring McGoldrick, McCusker & Doyle, Gigspanner Big Band, Jim Moray, Manière des Bohémiens, Edwina Hayes and more.

To celebrate the release of John Doyle’s new album ‘The Path of Stones’ we have a special lockdown session from the man himself performing two tunes from the new album. Enjoy.

With excellent musicianship and song writing throughout, John Doyle delivers just about everything one could have hoped for on The Path of Stones, mixing songs and tunes into a heady cocktail that leaves you with a warm, self-satisfied glow.

A delight from start to finish, Liag is a superb collection of tunes which reunites Dermot Byrne, Éamonn Coyne and John Doyle, three exemplary musicians, totally at one with each other and their music.

The Ballad of Child Migration takes to the road in November 2018 featuring an All-star cast with award-winning folk artists: John McCusker, Michael McGoldrick, Boo Hewerdine, O’Hooley & Tidow, Chris While, Julie Matthews, John Doyle, Jez Lowe, Andy Seward, Andy Cutting and narrated by Barbara Dickson.

The Wishing Tree is, believe it or not, the first studio recording by the redoubtable trio of John Doyle, John McCusker and Mike McGoldrick. An exceptional album that has to be a front-runner for album of the year.

One of the highlights of this year’s FolkEast Festival was Ushers Island whose lineup reads like an Irish traditional music hall of fame: Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny, Paddy Glackin, Michael McGoldrick and John Doyle.

We have a song premiere and Song of the Day from Irish-American band Solas’ new album ‘All These Years’ that reunites every past member of Solas with the current lineup. Listen to their Celtic reworking of a 70s classic from The Youngbloods feat. Moira Smiley.

The Ballads of Child Migration is an album of brand new songs from some of Britain’s finest folk musicians inspired by these heart breaking true stories and coincides with a new exhibition taking place at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood.

The Alt brings together three of the most skilful and respected Irish traditional musicians, composers and songwriters – John Doyle, Nuala Kennedy and Eamon O’Leary. It delights from beginning to end.