Presented by Moving On Music

Put simply, the iconic, award-winning trio of Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle, is not to be missed.

Steeped in Irish and Scottish traditional music, the trio overflow with instrumental and vocal riches, playing varying blends of flute, fiddle, guitar, uilleann pipes, whistles, bouzouki and harmonium.

Renowned for their respective, highly accomplished solo music, trio members have played with the likes of Joan Baez, Mark Knopfler, Paul Weller, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Tim O’Brien, and Zakir Hussain. No matter how in-demand Mike, John, and John may be, there’s always time for the trio. Playing together and connecting with audiences remains the high point of their busy calendars.

They first played together as part of the Transatlantic Sessions in 2007 and instantly regognised a harmonious kinship and approach to music, and so began the trio. Mike, John, and John have to date made two acclaimed studio albums The Wishing Tree (2018) and The Reed That Bends in the Storm (2020), and three live albums, one, Live, from their first year (released in 2012) and two during the pandemic, At Home This Spring – Live and Christmas at Home – Live 2020.

All three musicians have gone on to global acclaim and with a wide range of individual projects it is rare to get an opportunity for all three to make an appearance in Ireland.

“Doyle on guitar has risen to a level occupied by him alone. No one in Irish traditional music is a better guitarist than him right now”.
The Wall Street Journal

“One of the UK’s most gifted and versatile musicians in any genre, John McCusker is equally in demand as a multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer”.
The Guardian

“One of the greatest flute players in the world”

BBC Music