John Doyle (musician)

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John Doyle (b. 1971 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician and songwriter. For four years he served as acoustic guitarist with the Irish/American band Solas; he is now an active solo artist. He has written many traditional-style songs and has collaborated with the likes of Kate Rusby, Susan McKeown, Karan Casey and Heidi Talbot.

Doyle also has producing credits on several albums including Heidi Talbot's debut solo release Distant Future, renowned American fiddle player Liz Carroll's Lake Effect, and his father Sean Doyle's CD, The Light and the Half Light.

Doyle is a highly accomplished guitarist with a trademark style for backing up other musicians. A left-handed player, his style involves the use of bass string damping with the heel of the left hand combined with a constant, metronome-like strumming pattern and nimble movement up and down the neck with the right hand to incorporate bass lines and chordal variations. Combined with other dynamic techniques such as string choking with the right hand, the resulting sound is full and highly rhythmical.

Doyle plays guitar in many different tunings, but is perhaps best known for using the 'Dropped D' tuning (DADGBE) for backing up other musicians.

[edit] Discography

Liz Carroll and John Doyle, “In Play”, Compass Records - Sept. 2005
John Doyle, “Wayward Son”, Compass Records - July 2005
Alison Brown, “Stolen Moments”, Compass Records - 2005
Cathie Ryan, “The Farthest Wave”, Shanachie Records - 2005
Julie Fowlis, “mar a tha mo chridhe”, Macmeanmna Records - 2004
Irish Guitar Masters CD - Shanachie Records - 2005
Tim O’Brien - “Fiddler’s Green”,Howdy Skies Music, 2005
Tim O’Brien - “Cornbread Nation”, Howdy Skies Music, 2005
Heidi Talbot, “Distant Future”, Compass Records, 2004 (produced by John Doyle)
Sean Doyle, “The Light and the Half-Light”,Compass Records, 2004, (produced by John Doyle)
Gibb Todd, Compass Records, 2003
Tim O’Brien, “Traveler”, Sugar Hill, 2003
Tommy Peoples, “Waiting for a Call”, Shanachie, 2003
Linda Thompson, “Fashionably Late”, Rounder Records, 2002
John McCusker, “Goodnight Ginger" Pure Records, 2002
Kate Rusby, “Little Lights”, Pure Records, 2002
Kate Rusby, “10", Pure Records, 2002
John Williams, “Steam”, Green Linnet, 2002
Brian Conway, “First Through the Gate”, Smithsonian Records, 2002
Cathie Ryan, “Somewhere Along the Road”, Shanachie Records, 2002
John Doyle, “Evening Comes Early”, Shanachie Records, 2001
James Leva, “Memory Theatre”, Copper Creek Records, 2001
Cathal McConnell, “Long Expectant Comes at Last”, Compass Records, 2000
James Keane, “That’s the Spirit”, Green Linnet
Solas, “The Hour Before Dawn”, Shanachie Records, 2000
Solas, “The Words That Remain”, Shanachie Records, 1998
Solas, “Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers”, Shanachie Records, 1997
Solas, “Solas”, Shanachie Records, 1996
Seamus Egan, “When Juniper Sleeps” Shanachie Records, 1993
Eileen Ivers, “Emigrant Soul”, Koch/Musical Bridge, 2003
Eileen Ivers, “Crossing the Bridge”, Sony Classics, 1997
Eileen Ivers, “Wild Blue”, Green Linnet, 1994
Eileen Ivers, “Eileen Ivers”, Green Linnet, 1991
Karan Casey, “The Winds Begin to Sing”, Shanachie Records, 2001
Karan Casey, “Songlines”, Shanachie Records, 1995
Joe McKenna, “Songs of the Irish Whistle”, Shanachie Records, 2000
Liz Carroll, “Lake Effect”, Green Linnet, 2002 (co-produced by John Doyle)
Liz Carroll, “Lost in the Loop”, Green Linnet, 1999
Johnny Cunningham - soundtrack CD “Peter and Wendy”, Alula Records
Mick Moloney, “Far From the Shamrock Shore”, Shanachie Records, 2002 (co-produced by John Doyle)
Mick Moloney, “Three Way Street”, with Seamus Egan and Eugene O’Donnell, Green Linnet, 1993
“Out of Ireland” - Soundtrack to the PBS documentary, Shanachie Records, 1993
Niall and Cillian Vallely, “Callan Bridge”, Compass Records, 2002
Joannie Madden, “Songs of the Irish Whistle”, Narada, 1994
Stephen Wade, “Dancing in the Parlour”, 1993
Thomas Moore, “The Soul of Christmas: A Celtic Music Celebration”
Composer, "Down the Flats" play
Feature Film “The Brothers McMullen”
Feature Film “Soldier”
27 known-of compilation recordings