Years active 1990–present Genres traditional Irish Name John Doyle | Music group Solas (1994 – 2000) Instruments guitar, | |
Associated acts SolasSusan McKeown & The Chanting House Role Musician · johndoylemusic.com Awards Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical Albums In Play, Evening Comes Early, The Words That Remain, Sunny Spells and Scattered, Wayward Son | ||
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter | ||
Ushers island live st lukes
Usher's Island is an Irish folk group featuring Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny, Paddy Glackin, Michael McGoldrick and John Doyle. Their repertoire consists of Irish traditional songs and tunes (reels, jigs, slip jigs, hornpipes), as well as songs written by Irvine and Doyle, respectively.
Contents
- Ushers island live st lukes
- Usher s island my heart s tonight in ireland
- Formation
- Touring
- Recording
- Discography
- Usher s island roisin dubh galway 07 04 2016 3
- References
Usher s island my heart s tonight in ireland
Formation
After the final incarnation of Planxty ended in early 2005, Irvine, Lunny, and Liam O'Flynn created a new quartet called LAPD, with the addition of Paddy Glackin. When O'Flynn resigned, McGoldrick and Doyle joined the remaining three members of LAPD to form Usher's Island (a reference to the Dublin quay). Between them, they play the following instruments:
Touring
Following two maiden gigs in Ireland (Letterkenny on 10 January 2015, and Carrick on Shannon on 11 January 2015), Usher's Island launched the group at Celtic Connections in Glasgow on 27 January 2015. Later in the year, they appeared at the Guinness Irish Festival in Sion, Switzerland on 7 August and at the Tønder Festival on 30 August.
In 2016, they played at The Gathering traditional festival in Killarney, on 20 February. In April, they embarked on a short tour of Ireland, starting with a concert during the Imagining Home centenary celebrations at the National Concert Hall in Dublin on 3 April, followed by additional gigs in Belfast, Letterkenny, Galway and Dungarvan. On 20 August 2016, the group performed at the FolkEast festival in Suffolk, England, and at the Irish Festival of Oulu, Finland, on 9 October.
In 2017, Usher's Island played a sold-out concert in Paris on 15 March and also performed at the festival D’ici et d’ailleurs, organised by Les Bords de Scènes in Juvisy-sur-Orge the next day. The group then delivered three performances in Kilkenny (17 March), Cork (18 March), and at Vicar Street in Dublin during St Patrick's Festival (19 March).
Recording
Usher's Island released their debut, eponymous album in March 2017, on the independent label Vertical Records.