Artist:John Doyle
Song:Clear the Way
Album:Shadow and Light
Irish singer, songwriter and guitarist John Doyle is best known as a member of the popular group Solas. And he is also a popular sideman and session musician. But he has also recorded his own music for several years for Compass Records. He was born in 1971 in Dublin, Ireland. He grew up in a family of musicians. So at age 16. he formed the group The Chanting House with Susan McKeown. They released an album in 1990 and then both moved to the US. Doyle currently lives in Asheville, NC. In 1996, Doyle formed Solas with singer Karan Casey, accordionist John Williams and fiddler Winnifred Horan of Cherish the Ladies. Though Solas continues to be very successful, Doyle left the band in 2000 and released his debut solo album in 2001. Doyle has recorded for the bluegrass and folk label Compass Records since 2004. Clear the Way is from the 2011 album Shadow and Light. Clear the Way is an English translation of the Gaelic song Faugh A Ballagh which was the rallying cry of the Irish Brigade during the American Civil War. Compass is based in Nashville so not surprisingly this album was recorded there. Special guests on the album are singer songwriter Tim O'Brien on mandolin and Alison Brown on banjo. Alison is co-owner of Compass. Doyle has toured with O'Brien. Other musicians are Doyle's old buddy John Williams on accordion, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Todd Phillips on bass and Kenny Malone on percussion. All four are veteran sidemen and session musicians. Doyle's latest album The Path of Stones was released in 2020. Doyle has toured and recorded with a who's who of folk music including Liz Carroll, Eileen Ivers, Tim O'Brien, Linda Thompson, Kate Rusby and many others. Here's John Doyle performing Clear the Way in someone's living room 2011.
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