Rufous Nightjar is an Irish three-part harmony folk trio formed in 2020, consisting of musicians Branwen Kavanagh, Anna-Mieke Bishop and Zoé Basha. They are known for their a cappella singing, focusing on themes of folklore, landscape, and mythology.
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– Ye Vagabonds & Boygenius “The Parting Glass” (traditional)
– Ye Yagabonds “Danny” All Tied Together, 2026
– Ye Vagabonds “On Sitric Road” All Tied Together, 2026
– Dexy’s Midnight Runners “Come On Eileen” Too Rye-Ay, 1982
Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker are “boygenius”
I Need Love
– Rufous Nightjar “Red Robin” Songs for Three Voices, 2025
– The Bothy Band “Fionnghula” Old Hag You Have Killed Me, 1976
– Luka Bloom “I Need Love” The Acoustic Motorbike, 1992
– Sharon Shannon & Steve Earle “The Galway Girl” The Diamond Mountain Sessions, 2000
– Dervish “Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves’ Travelin Show
– Dervish “Welcome Poor Paddy Home” Harmony Hill, 1992
– Solas “Ni Na La” Solas, 1996
– Solas “The Newry Highwayman” Solas, 1996
– Lunasa “Morning Nightcap” The Merry Sisters of Fate, 2001
– Maire Ni Chathasaigh & Chris Newman “Eleanor Plunkett” Carolan Album, 1994
Van Morrison and Paddy Moloney (The Chieftains) in full on Irish Heartbeat – Groningen, Holland, 1988..
Irish Heartbeat
– Van Morrison & The Chieftains “Star of County Down” (trad) Irish Heartbeat, 1988
– Van Morrison & The Chieftains “Irish Heartbeat” (Morrison) Irish Heartbeat, 1988
– Lankum “What We Do When We Have No More Money” Between Earth and Sky 2017
– The Waterboys “Fisherman Blues, Fisherman Blues 1988
Sean-nós and Overalls
– Liam Ó Maonlaí “Sadhbh ni Bhruinneallaigh”, 2012
– The Hothouse Flowers “Don’t Go”, People 1988
– Bing Crosby “Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder” | see original back story by Dai Bando
– Altan “Donal agus Morag” Harvest Storm 1992
– Dervish “Peigin Mo Chroi” Playing with Fire, 1992
2 BOBBY O’DYLAN SONGS
– Sinead Lohan “To Ramona” A Woman’s Heart
– Luka Bloom “Make Me Feel Your Love” Amsterdam
“Séamus Begley’s whose two great loves were music and driving tractors, breathed new life into traditional music” – The Irish Times
MISSING YOU
– Séamus Begley “Women of Ireland”
– Clancy & Makem “Ar Eirinn ni Neosainn” Clancy & Makem In Concert
– Sinead O’Connor “This Is To Mother You” Gospel Oak, 1997
– Sinead & The Chieftains “The Foggy Dew” (traditional)
– Muireann Bradley “These Days” (J Browne) 2025 single
– Christy Moore “Missing You” Live At the Point,
– Sinead O’Connor & the Chieftains “Foggy Dew” (traditional)
– Sinead O’Connor “This Is to Mother You” Gospel Oak
– John Prine & Dolores Keane “Cheatin’ Situation” (Throckmorton/ Putmam) In Spite of Ourselves, 1999
– Dolores Keane “Galway Bay” (Colahan) Dolores Keane, 1983
– The Cranberries “Dream” Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? 1992
– Lisa O’Neil “Goodnight World”
❀ ❀ ❀ CONCERT NOTES ❀ ❀ ❀
Ye Van: the band heading for San Francisco
• Ye Vagabonds performed Feb 1st at Middle East in Boston, MA, next play Feb 13 at the Brick and Mortar in San Francisco (be sure to wear a flower in your hair)
• Solas will perform at the Groton Hill Music Center in Groton, MA, March 1, 2026, at 7 PM.
• Lúnasa Feb 22 show at Blackstone River Theater in Cumberland, RI now listed as SOLD OUT
• Dervish will appear at The Jane Pickens Theater in Newport, RI Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 7:00
• Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman are in concert he Burren, Somerville, MA