> Folk Music > Records > John Doyle: Wayward Son
John Doyle: Wayward Son
![]() |
Wayward Son Compass 7 4408 2 (CD, USA, 2005) |
Produced by John Doyle and Garry West;
Recorded by Erick Jaskowiak at Compass Sound Studio except
Track 11 recorded by Steven Heller at Upstream Recording Studio,
Seamus Egan’s whistle recorded by Seamus in ‘back of the bus’ recording studio;
Additional recording on tracks 4-5, 8 by Andy Seward at Pure Records;
Additional recording on track 9 by Ed Haber
Musicians
John Doyle: vocals [1-2, 4-5, 7, 9-10, 12],
guitar [1-14],
bouzouki [3, 6-7];
Casey Driessen: fiddle [1];
Tim O’Brien: harmony vocals [1-2];
Kenny Malone: percussion [1-10];
Danny Thompson: double bass [1, 3, 9-10],
bass [2];
Stuart Duncan: fiddle [2, 10];
John McCusker: low whistle [4],
fiddle [5, 8];
Mike McGoldrick: low whistle [4],
flute [8];
John Williams: accordion [4, 9],
concertina [11];
Kate Rusby: vocals [5];
Liz Carroll: fiddle [6-7];
Garry West: electric bass [6];
John R. Burr: piano [7];
Seamus Egan: whistle [7],
E-flat whistle [11];
Linda Thompson: vocals [9]
Tracks
- The Gallant Poacher (Roud 793; Laws L14) (3.24)
- Jack Dolan (Roud 677; Laws L20; Henry H750) (4.11)
- The Glad Eye / The Journeyman / The Wayward Son jigs to reels (4.24)
- Captain Glenn (Roud 478; Laws K22; G/D 2:191) (5.14)
- Bitter the Parting (4.17)
- Old Bush / Expect the Unexpected reels (3.39)
- The Apprentice Boy (Roud 1671; G/D 1:54; Henry H739) (3.47)
- Tie The Bonnet / Monahan Twig / A Fair Wind / The Convenience Reel reels (3.57)
- The Month of January (Roud 175; Laws P20; G/D 6:1176) (5.26)
- Little Sadie (Roud 780; Laws I8) (3.51)
- Eddie Kelley’s / Reavy’s Tribute to Coleman reels (4.04)
- The Cocks Are Crowing (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783) (4.56)
Tracks 1, 4, 6a, 7, 8a-c, 9-12, 12 trad. arr. John Doyle;
Track 2 words trad. arr. John Doyle, music Robbie O’Connell;
Tracks 3ac, 5, 6b John Doyle;
Track 3b John Doyle, Mick McAuley;
Track 8d Olcam Masterson;
Track 11a trad. arr. John Doyle, John Williams;
Track 11b Ed Reavy
> Folk Music > Records > Karan Casey, John Doyle: Exiles Return
Karan Casey, John Doyle: Exiles Return
![]() |
Exiles Return Compass Records 7 4529 2 (CD, USA, 2010) |
Produced by Dirk Powell;
Recorded and mixed by Erick Jaskowiak at Compass Sound Studio, Nashville, Tennessee;
Mastered by Randy LeRoy at Final Stage, Nashville;
Photography by Colm Hagan;
Design by Robert Hakalski
Musicians
Karan Casey: vocals;
John Doyle: vocals, twelve-string, high string and six-string guitars,
bouzouki, mandola;
Dirk Powell: banjo double bass;
Michael McGoldrick: flute, whistle
Tracks
- The False Lady (Roud 47; Child 68) (3.23)
- Exiles Return (3.47)
- Sailing Off to the Yankee Land (4.23)
- Sally Grier (Roud 4084; Laws dD39) (4.16)
- The Bay of Biscay (Roud 22567) (3.38)
- The Little Drummer Girl (Roud 226; G/D 1:182; Henry H497) (4.18)
- Out of the Window (Roud 861; Henry H141) (4.20)
- Madame I’m a Darling (Roud 542; G/D 4:746; Henry H532, H641) (4.59)
- The Nightingale (Roud 32290; Henry H75b) (4.12)
- False Lover John (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (3.09)
- The Shipyard Slips (5.28)
- The Flower of Finae [Thomas Davis] (Roud 25067) (5.27)
All tracks trad. except
Track 2 John Doyle;
Track 11 Davie Wilde
Track 12 Thomas Davis
> Folk Music > Records > Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker, John Doyle: Live
Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker, John Doyle: Live
![]() |
Live Vertical Records (CD, UK, 2012) |
Recorded by Andy Seward on location during the 2009 UK tour;
Mixed and mastered by Andy Seward at Greystones Studio
Musicians
Michael McGoldrick: wooden flute, uilleann pipes, low whistle;
John McCusker: fiddle, cittern, low whistle;
John Doyle: acoustic guitar, vocals, bouzouki
with
Heidi Talbot: vocals [8]
Tracks
- Whalley Range: Muireann’s Jig / Farewell to Whalley Range / Roddy McDonald’s (4.53)
- Edinburgh Rock: Trip to Pakistan / Edinburgh Rock (3.34)
- Apprentice Boy (Roud 1671; G/D 1:54; Henry H739) (3.51)
- Breton Set: Sailing Through the Narrows / Kev’s Trip to Brittany / Pur the Orangutang / Billy’s Reel (6.17)
- Lochaber Badger: Leaving South Uist / Lochaber Badger (5.21)
- False Lady (Roud 47; Child 68) (5.13)
- Under One Sky: Under One Sky / Tom Rose / Johnny’s Jig / Boys of the Puddle (6.54)
- Bedlam Boys (Roud V53999) (3.01)
- Five for Buckfast: Five for Buckfast / Wired to the Moon / Willie Coleman’s / Rory Mccleod’s (6.56)
- Long Black Hair: Cuz Tehanns / Her Long Black Hair (5.56)
- Madame I’m a Darling (Roud 542; G/D 4:746; Henry H532, H641) (3.24)
- Leaving Friday Harbor (5.03)
- Shetland Molecule: The Shetland Molecule / Frank’s Reel / Atractor Brady’s (5.38)
- Helvic Head Set: Kitty Come Down to Limerick / Hardyman the Fiddler / Helvic Head (5.01)
Track 1a Niall Vallely;
Track 1b, 9b Michael McGoldrick;
Tracks 1c, 3, 5a, 6, 9cd, 11,14a-c trad. arr. Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker, John Doyle;
Track 2a Nial Kenny;
Track 2b Dave Lim;
Tracks 4a-d, 7a-d, 12, 13ab John McCusker;
Track 5b Fred Morrison;
Track 8 trad. arr. Heid Talbot, Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker, John Doyle;
Track 9a Donald Shaw;
Track 10a Cuz Terhan;
Track 10b Junior Creehan;
Track 13c John Brady
> Folk Music > Records > The Alt: The Alt
The Alt: The Alt
![]() |
The Alt Under the Arch Records UTACD002 (CD, UK, 7 February 2014) |
Recorded by Todd Phillips at Sugarloaf Studios;
Additional recording and editing
by John Doyle at Manannan Studios,
by Adam W. Berg and David Burris at Manifest Music,
and by Mike Doolin at House Of Doolescu;
Mixed by Andy Seward at Greystones Studio;
Mastered by Adam W. Berg at Manifest Music, Santa Monica, CA;
Assistant mastering engineer David Burris;
Photos by Susi Gott, Cathy Peterson Doyle and Jeff Warner
Musicians
John Doyle: vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin;
Nuala Kennedy: vocals, flute, whistles;
Eamon O’Leary: vocals, guitar, bouzouki
Tracks
- Lovely Nancy (Roud 443; Henry H637) (4.35)
- What Put the Blood? (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35) (4.35)
- One Morning in May (Roud 44779) (4.18)
- The Geese in the Bog / Covering Ground (4.42)
- Willie Angler (Roud 3473; Henry H614) (4.44)
- Going for a Soldier, Jenny (Roud V1224) / The Chandelier (4.12)
- Finn Waterside (Roud 13548; Henry H240) (4.00)
- The Eighteenth of June (Roud 2539) (5.26)
- The Green Gowned Lass / Danger Mouse / Dan Breen’s (4.03)
- Cha Tig Mòr Mo Bhean Dhachaigh (Mòr, My Beloved Wife Will Not Return) (4.03)
- The Letter Song (2.49)
All tracks trad. except
Track 4b Diarmaid Moynihan;
Track 6a W.H. Bellamy, S. Nelson;
Track 6b Liz Carroll;
Track 9b John Doyle;
Track 11 words letter by Roger Williams, music Addie Graham
> Folk Music > Records > Mike McGoldrick, John McCusker, John Doyle: The Wishing Tree
Mike McGoldrick, John McCusker, John Doyle: The Wishing Tree
![]() |
The Wishing Tree Under One Sky Records UOSR005 (CD, UK, 3 March 2018) |
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Andy Seward at Sight & Soud Dearne Valley
Musicians
Mike McGoldrick: wooden flute, tin whistle, clarinet, uillean pipes, bodhrán, conga;
John McCusker: fiddle, tin whistle, harmonium;
John Doyle: vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandola
Tracks
- The Wishing Tree / The Retirement / Dearne Valley Reel (4.45)
- The Bonny Light Horseman (Roud 1185, 47472; G/D 8:1584; Henry H122a) (5.55)
- Highland: John Brosnan’s (5.43)
- Billy O’Shea / The Wind That Shakes the Barley / Trip to Hervé’s (4.29)
- Planxty Dermot Grogan (6.41)
- Burke & Hare (Roud 5640) (4.20)
- Goodman’s / Buidhe Árda Dearga (4.37)
- The Wicked Belfast Man (Here’s to Old Ireland) (Roud 1905; Laws L15) (4.07)
- Keane O’Hara / My Maryanne (5.44)
- Banks of the Bann (Roud 889; Laws O2; Henry H86) / We’re a Case (The Bunch of Us) (6.44)
Tracks 1ab John McCusker;
Tracks 1c, 4c Mike McGoldrick;
Tracks 2, 4b, 8, 9b trad.;
Track 3a John Brosnan;
Track 4a Iain MacCarthaigh;
Track 6 John Doyle;
Track 9a Turlough O’Carolan;
Track 10b Allan MacDonald
> Folk Music > Records > Dermot Byrne, Éamonn Coyne, John Doyle: Liag
Dermot Byrne, Éamonn Coyne, John Doyle: Liag
![]() |
Liag own label ATCOF1902CD (CD, UK, 28 June 2019) |
Recorded by John Doyle in Eiscear Riada, Lucan, Co Dublin, on 19-21 November 2017;
Brid Harper recorded on 21 June 2018;
Mixed by John Doyle;
Mastered by Andy Seward;
Photography by Julie Broadfoot;
Cover design by Éamonn Coyne
Musicians
Dermot Byrne: accordion;
Éamonn Coyne: tenor banjo;
John Doyle: guitar, bouzouki, mandola
with
Brid Harper: fiddle [1, 5, 7-8]
Tracks
- Washerwoman: When Sick Is It Tae You Want? / The Irish Washerwoman / Seamus O’Shanahan’s jigs (3.03)
- Dearg’s Reels: Máire na Sop / The Glory Reel / The Launching of the Boat (3.28)
- The Shelf (2.09)
- The Isle of St Helena (Roud 349) (3.57)
- JD’s ‘Untitled’ Mazurka (2.46)
- James’ (3.21)
- Nia’s Barndance / Cúlfhionn March (4.09)
- Stone Mountain / Is the Big Man Within? (2.57)
- Highland & Reels (2.57)
- Duffy’s Cut: Mile 58 (4.03)
- Bríd Óg Ní Mháile (3.29)
- People’s Palace / Kitty Sheain’s Jig (3.41)
- Paddy from Aghera / Con McGinley’s / Loch Isle Castle (3.47)
Tracks 1ab, 2ab, 3, 5-6, 7b, 8b, 9, 11, 12b, 13abc trad. arr. Dermot Byrne, Éamonn Coyne, John Doyle;
Track 1c Paul O’Shaughnessy;
Track 2c Francie Dearg Byrne;
Track 4 trad. arr. John Doyle;
Track 7a Dermot Byrne;
Tracks 8a, 10, 12a John Doyle
> Folk Music > Records > Mike McGoldrick, John McCusker, John Doyle: The Reed That Bends in the Storm
Mike McGoldrick, John McCusker, John Doyle: The Reed That Bends in the Storm
![]() |
The Reed That Bends in the Storm Under One Sky Records UOSR007 (CD, UK, 20 April 2020) |
Recorded and mixed by Cameron Malcom;
Mastered by Iain Hutchison at GloWorm Studios, Glasgow;
Original cover by Ann King;
Layout and design by Jamie McClennan;
Musicians
Mike McGoldrick: wooden flute, whistle, uillean pipes, bodhrán, tenor guitar, percussion;
John McCusker: fiddle, whistle, harmonium, accordion;
John Doyle: vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandola
Tracks
- Madison Square Set: Jenny Wren / Trip to Santiago / Lad O’Byrnes’ Reel / Madison Square Reel (7.08)
- The Factory Girl (Roud 1659; Henry H127) (5.02)
- Blathanna: Blathanna / Caught on the Hop (5.23)
- Sonny Walsh’s: Sonny Walsh’s Jig / The Mouse in the Horseshoe / Fifi (4.09)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (Roud 2547) (5.33)
- Asturian Set: Xuan De Mieres / S Iomadh Rud A Chunna Mi / San Roquetune (3.53)
- I Never Let You Know (5.36)
- The Dolder Set: Bluebell Fields / The Dolder Grand / Reel in Vienna / The Jura Wedding Reel (6.45)
- Maid on the Mountain (4.29)
- Swifts: Susan’s Gone / The Little Tin Shed / Swifts (6.40)
- Willie Taylor: Willie Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757) / Man of the House / O’Rourkes (6.05)
- Taimse Im Chodladh (I Am Asleep) (5.35)
Tracks 1ab, 4c, 10c John McCusker;
Tracks 1c, 2, 5, 6a-c, 10a, 11a-c, 12 trad. arr. Mike McGoldrick, John McCusker, John Doyle;
Tracks 1d John McCusker, Mike McGoldrick;
Track 3a, 7 John Doyle;
Tracks 3b, 4ab, 8a-c, 10b Mike McGoldrick;
Track 8d Donald Shaw;
Track 9 words Al O’Donnell, music trad.
> Folk Music > Records > Mike McGoldrick, John McCusker, John Doyle: At Home This Spring
Mike McGoldrick, John McCusker, John Doyle: At Home This Spring
![]() |
At Home This Spring Under One Sky Records UOSR009 (CD, UK, 2021) |
Musicians
Mike McGoldrick: wooden flute, whistle, uillean pipes, bodhrán, tenor guitar, percussion;
John McCusker: fiddle, whistle, harmonium, accordion;
John Doyle: vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandola
Tracks
- Taimse Im Chodladh / Hardiman the Fiddler / Helvic Head (10.25)
- What Put the Blood (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35) (5.47)
- Wee Mike’s March / Stop Playing the Trumpet / Boys of the Puddle / Frank’s Reel (5.50)
- Liberty’s Sweet Shore (5.40)
- False Lady (Roud 47; Child 68) (4.45)
- Leaving Friday Harbour (5.46)
- Five for Buckfast / Wired to the Moon / Willie Coleman’s / Rory McLeod’s (7.17)
- I Never Let You Know (5.22)
- Burke & Hare (3.50)
- Willie Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757) / Man of the House / O’Rourke’s (5.52)
- Muireann’s / Farewell to Walley Range / Roddy Macdonald’s (5.05)
- Banks of the Bann (Roud 889; Laws O2; Henry H86) (8.14)
Tracks 2, 5, 10a-c, 12 trad.;
Track 6 John McCusker;
Track 9 John Doyle;
> Folk Music > Records > The Alt: Day Is Come
The Alt: Day Is Come
![]() |
Day Is Come Under the Arch Records UTACD004 (CD, UK, 3 February 2022) |
Recorded at Highfield Sound and The Library, Asheville;
Mixed by John Doyle;
Mastered by Andy Seward;
Photography by Cathy Doyle;
Cover painting by Mary Lohan;
Graphic design by Margaret Ryland;
Musicians
John Doyle: vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandola, bodhrán, keyboards;
Nuala Kennedy: vocals, flute, whistles;
Eamon O’Leary: vocals, harmonium
with
Kevin Burke: fiddle [3, 4, 8];
Marius Pibarot: fiddle [2]
Tracks
- Tá na Lá (Day is Come) (3.46)
- Falkirk Fair (Roud 10368) (4.10)
- The Willow Tree (3.54)
- Stolen Butter / Biddy Earlyś Reel / The Salamanca (4.14)
- Éiníní (Little Birds) (5.08)
- The Connaught Rangers (Roud 3226) (3.12)
- Paddy’s Land (4.42)
- Flower of Northumberland (Roud 25; Child 9; G/D 6:1149) (5.36)
- Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh / Lohan’s / The Donegal Tinker (5.38)
- The Blackbird and the Thrush (Roud 660; Laws O30; TYG 51) (5.23)
> Folk Music > Records > The Best of Mike McGoldrick, John McCusker, John Doyle
The Best of Mike McGoldrick, John McCusker, John Doyle
![]() |
The Best of Mike McGoldrick, John McCusker, John Doyle Under One Sky Records UOSR011 (CD, UK, 2024) |
Recorded and mastered by Cameron Malcom and Andy Seward;
Artwork by Elly Lucas
Musicians
Mike McGoldrick: wooden flute, whistle, uillean pipes, bodhrán, tenor guitar, percussion;
John McCusker: fiddle, whistle, harmonium, accordion;
John Doyle: vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandola
Tracks
- Taise Im’ Chodlaidh / Helvic Head - Live (7.15)
- The Wishing Tree (4.45)
- False Lady (Roud 47; Child 68) - Live (4.45)
- Highland (5.45)
- I’ll Never Let You Know (5.38)
- Keane O’Hara (5.45)
- Liberty’s Sweet Shore - Live (5.40)
- Madison Square Set (7.10)
- The Factory Girl (Roud 1659; Henry H127) (5.05)
- Willie Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757) (6.09)
- Leaving South Uist / Lochaber Badger - Live (5.22)
- Walley Range - Live (5.05)
- Banks of the Bann (Roud 889; Laws O2; Henry H86) (6.46)
> Folk Music > Records > John Doyle
Other records with John Doyle
Kate Rusby:
Little Lights,
CD, Pure PRCD07, 2001
Cathie Ryan:
Somewhere Along the Road,
CD, Shanachie 78062, 2001
John McCusker:
Goodnight Ginger,
CD, Pure PRCD09, 2002
Kate Rusby:
10,
CD, Pure PRCD10, 2002
Linda Thompson:
Fashionable Late,
CD, Topic TSCD821, 2002
Kate Rusby & John McCusker:
Heartlands,
CD, Pure PRCD11, 2003
Sean Doyle:
The Light and the Half-Light,
CD, Compass 7 4387 2, 2004
Julie Fowlis:
Mar a Tha Mo Chridhe,
CD, Macmeanmna SKYECD 33, 2005, Spit & Polish SPIT033, 2007
Kate Rusby:
The Girl Who Couldn't Fly,
CD, Pure PRCD17, 2005
Cathie Ryan:
The Farthest Wave,
CD, Shanachie 78062, 2005
Julie Fowlis:
Cuilidh,
CD, Spit & Polish SPIT032, 2007,
2 CD + DVD, Spit & Polish SPIT037, 2008
Kate Rusby:
Awkward Annie,
CD, Pure PRCD23, 2007
Linda Thompson:
Versatile Heart,
CD, Rounder 11661-3217-2, 2007
Heidi Talbot:
In Love + Light,
CD, Navigator NAVIGATOR6, 2008
Various Artists:
Wells for Zoë - Water for Life,
CD, Compass 7 4493 2, 2008
Kate Rusby:
Twenty,
CD, Island 3717612, 2012
Emma Sweeney:
Pangea,
CD, Sweeney SR001, 2012
Linda Thompson:
Won't Be Long Now,
CD, Topic TSCD822, 2013
Kate Rusby:
Ghost,
CD, Pure PRCD38, 2014
Karen Matheson:
Urram,
CD, Vertical VERTCD102, 2015
Chris While & Julie Matthews, Jez Lowe, Boo Hewerdine, O'Hooley & Tidow,
John McCusker, John Doyle, Coope Boyes & Simpson:
The Ballads of Child Migration,
CD, Delphonic DELPH119, 2015
Luke Daniels:
Making Waves,
CD, Wren WRCD017, 2017
Various Artists:
Strings That Nimble Leap,
Fylde Guitars and Their Players:
2 CD, Fylde Guitars / Fellside FECD285, 2019
Karen Matheson:
Still Time,
CD, Vertical VERTCD124, 2020
John McCusker:
The Best of John McCusker,
2 CD, Under One Sky UOSR010, 2023









