![]() Since Doyle left Solas in 2001, he has pursued a number of projects, including collaborations with fiddler Liz Carroll and original Solas vocalist Karan Casey a recent stint leading Joan Baez’s band and two other solo albums, Wayward Son and Evening Comes Early. On tunes that most players would cover with two or three chords, Doyle is all over the neck, substituting chords on the fly so each pass through a tune is a different harmonic journey, with bass runs and countermelodies that make the music jump. Few rhythm guitarists demand the spotlight, but Doyle’s superpowered accompaniment in trad-music settings like Solas is a marvel. This 2011 album is a natural step for the Dublin-raised musician, who first made a splash in Celtic music circles in the ’90s for his kinetic guitar work with the Irish-American group Solas. Shadow and Light is a singer-songwriter album that finds its lyrical power not by pondering personal experience, but by personalizing history. A scan of the liner notes, though, reveals that these sturdy tunes are not “Traditional, arranged by” but Doyle’s new creations-even songs about 19th-century shipwrecks and the travails of Irish soldiers in the Civil War. Spinning the John Doyle album Shadow and Light(Compass), you might easily believe you’re hearing a set of Irish songs and tunes dating back centuries, all sung and played beautifully on acoustic guitar, bouzouki, and other stringed instruments. ![]() Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers MaJohn Doyle Shows You How ![]()
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