Guitarist

Singer

John Doyle & Mick McAuley have been playing music together on the international stage for over 20 years. As multi-instrumentalist members of Irish-American supergroup Solas, they combined to create part of the group’s unmistakeable early sound which garnered critical worldwide acclaim with the Boston Herald heralding Solas as “The Best Traditional Band in the World.” Over the last six years, Doyle and McAuley have toured extensively as a duo all over Europe and the U.S. and recorded and released an exciting album of original and traditional songs and tunes in 2023. Doyle’s powerhouse rhythmic guitar sound along with McAuley’s virtuosic instrumental skills make for driving tune sets, interspersed with the beautifully crafted original songs of these two skilled songwriters. Individually, John and Mick have played and recorded with some of the most respected musical artists in the world and are, themselves, among the most highly regarded musicians in the Irish folk world. After Solas, John Doyle has since gone on to tour and record with some of the great artists of the Folk, Celtic and Bluegrass worlds – as music director for folk icon Joan Baez, guitarist for Mary Chapin Carpenter, Tim O’ Brien, Kate Rusby, and many more. Mick McAuley has since gone on to play with renowned 17-time Grammy-winner Sting for several years, has made several solo albums, and has appeared with artists such as Paul Brennan (Clannad), Mick Moloney, Karan Casey, and Mary Chapin Carpenter.

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John Doyle & Mick McAuley

Blackstone River Theatre

Japan meets America with disastrous results. A great love is met with devastating, casual betrayal.

Madama Butterfly

Grange Park Opera

Folk music’s legendary triumvirate of musical magpies Mike McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle are on tour again in 2025, bringing you their own blend of top -class folk songs, tunes and charming bonhomie.

Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle

The Tolbooth

“The Wishing Tree is exceptional and has to be a front-runner for album of the year” Folk Radio.

Portsmouth Guildhall

Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker & John Doyle

Colchester Arts Centre

A Little Night Music was originally produced and directed on Broadway in 1973 by Harold Prince, garnering 12 Tony Award nominations and winning six Tony Awards including Best Musical. A Little Night Music is Sondheim’s eighth musical, featuring his widely beloved ballad “Send in the Clowns,” and is a musical adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s 1955 film Smiles of a Summer Night.

Guitarist, Singer

John Doyle

Events

Past events

Aug 31, 2025

John Doyle & Mick McAuley · Blackstone River Theatre

Jun 7 - Jul 5, 2025

Madama Butterfly · Grange Park Opera

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