Carolina Celtic with Doyle, MacMorran, and Bullock

Carolina Celtic with Doyle, MacMorran, and Bullock

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JOHN DOYLE WITH WILL MacMORRAN AND ROBIN BULLOCK

Name many of the most notable recordings or performers in Irish music and it’s a fair bet that Grammy nominee John Doyle had something to do with them. Liz Carroll, Eileen Ivers, Karan Casey, Solas, Michael Black, Mary Black, the trio of McCusker, McGoldrick and Doyle, The Teetotalers (Martin Hayes, Kevin Crawford, John Doyle), and Usher’s Island (Andy Irvine, Donal Lunny, Mike McGoldrick, Paddy Glackin and John Doyle) – a veritable who’s who of the greatest names in Irish music. These are just a very few of the stellar artists for whom John Doyle’s signature guitar sound, singing or songwriting is essential.

From a musical family in Dublin, John was a founding member of the highly acclaimed supergroup Solas, which took the folk and Celtic music worlds by storm, in no small part due to John’s powerhouse rhythmic guitar style and innovative arrangements. As a member of Solas, John performed to sold out audiences nationally and internationally as well as appearing on NBC’s The Today Show, various programs for National Public Radio and Public Radio International, A Prairie Home Companion, Mountain Stage, E-Town and World Cafe. As part of that critically acclaimed group, he also received three NAIRD Indie awards and a Grammy nomination for the band’s self-titled first recording.

After leaving Solas, John has gone on to perform and tour with Joan Baez, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Eileen Ivers, Tim O’Brien (John was included on Tim’s 2006 Grammy-award winning CD, Fiddler’s Green), Linda Thompson, Kate Rusby, Cathie Ryan, Cherish the Ladies, and many other greats in the Folk, Celtic and Bluegrass worlds. He has also lent his talents as guitarist and/or singer to countless recordings for other notable artists such as Alison Brown, Seamus Egan, Eileen Ivers, Mick Moloney, Cathal McConnell, Karan Casey and so many others. John has been a featured regular for many years in the hugely popular BBC Scotland “Transatlantic Sessions” and at the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow, having performed there with Americana greats Jerry Douglas, Tim O’Brien, Rodney Crowell, Sara Watkins, Kathy Mattea, and many others. There are few artists more respected in the genre or more in demand in the studio, as songwriter, and as performer.

Tonight’s show focuses on new, tradition-inspired originals composed by John for three guitars, proving that the guitar rates a place of honor right beside the pipes and fiddle as a voice in Irish traditional music. The other two guitar parts will be provided by Chieftains guitarist Will MacMorran and Carolina Celtic founder Robin Bullock, both master Celtic guitarists in their own right. This concert is a first of its kind and absolutely not to be missed.