Song List
This list is not exhaustive! These songs are hand-picked from years of gigs for working well in wedding and other happy event settings. Included are beautiful ceremony-appropriate Celtic and classical instrumentals, pop and folk hits from the 1950s-present, beloved Irish-American classics, and Americana/country songs.
Solo bookings can include any of the songs listed below.
Band bookings with The New Grown-Ups (Americana/country/bluegrass) can include many additional unlisted fiddle tunes and songs lead by my bandmates. Playlist here.
Band bookings with The Ivy Leaf (Irish/Celtic) will include many unlisted instrumental dance tunes (jigs, reels, hornpipes, etc.) and songs lead by my bandmates.
Originals
The Cardinal’s Path Instrumental
Flowers of Roslindale Instrumental
Our Girl Sasha Instrumental
Pearl & Fog Instrumental
Trail End Instrumental
The What Was & the What If Instrumental
Wind in the Evergreens Instrumental
Winter Island Instrumental
Wrenley’s Waltz Instrumental
Celtic
Most of my Celtic repertoire is instrumental or instrumental adaptable. Songs with lyrics are wedding-friendly (i.e. no murder ballads featured!)
Ae Fond Kiss - Robert Burns
As I Roved Out - Traditional Instrumental Available
Be Thou My Vision - Traditional
Blackest Crow - Traditional
Blarney Pilgrim - Traditional Instrumental
Bonny Light Horseman - Traditional
Bunyan’s Hymn - Trad arr. John Renbourn Instrumental
Byrn's March - Traditional Instrumental
Cunla - Trad arr. Pierre Bensusan Instrumental
Danny Boy - Frederic Weatherly/Trad.
The Eagle’s Whistle - Traditional Instrumental
Eleanor Plunkett - O’Carolan Instrumental
Far Over the Forth - Traditional Scottish
Farewell, Farewell - Richard Thompson/Trad
Flower of Magherally - Traditional Instrumental available
Follow the Heron - Karine Polwart
(My Own Dear) Galway Bay - Francis Fahy
Geordie - Traditional
Give Me Your Hand (Tabhair Dom do Lámh) - Ruaidri Dáll Ó Catháin
The Harp & Shamrock - Traditional Irish Instrumental
High On A Hill - Kate Rusby
Humours of Glynn (waltz) - Traditional Irish Instrumental
I Saw Three Ships - Traditional Instrumental
The Island of Woods - Liz Carroll Instrumental
Jigs: Humours of Glynn / Jackie Small’s / The Rolling Wave - Traditional Instrumental
Lakes of Pontchartrain - Traditional
Laureen’s Tune - Shooglenifty Instrumental
Lindsay - Archie Fisher Instrumental
Lovely Molly - Traditional
Mingulay Boat Song - Sir Hugh S. Roberton/Trad
The Old Waltz Instrumental
On Raglan Road - Trad/Patrick Kavanagh Instrumental Available
Planxty Davis - Thomas O'Connellan Instrumental
The Parting Glass - Traditional Instrumental Available
The Poorest Company - Kris Drever Instrumental Available
Red Is the Rose - Traditional Instrumental available
She Moved Through the Fair - Traditional
Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór [Sheebeg and Sheemore] - O’Carolan Instrumental
Skye Boat Song - William Ross (from Outlander)
Slip Jigs: Dirty Linen / Na Ceannabhain Bhana / Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight Instrumental
The South Wind - Traditional Instrumental
Spancil Hill - Mike Considine
Star of the County Down - Traditional
Tramps & Hawkers - Traditional Instrumental
Twisting of the Rope [Casadh An tSúgáin] Instrumental
The Water is Wide Instrumental available
What a Voice - Traditional Instrumental
What Will We Do (When We Have No Money) - Traditional Irish
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling - Olcott/Ball
Whiskey, You’re the Devil - Traditional
Wild Mountain Thyme - Traditional Scottish
Americana
Angel From Montgomery - John Prine
Blue Mountain - Fred Keller
Foreign Lander - Traditional
Hills of Isle Au Haut - Gordon Bok
I’d Jump the Mississippi - George Jones
If I Lose - Stanley Brothers
I’ll Be Here in the Morning - Townes Van Zandt
Last of My Kind - Paul Burch
Look at Miss Ohio - Gillian Welch
Natural Thing to Do - Larry Sparks
No One Needs to Know Right Now - Shania Twain
Nothing’s Fifty-Fifty - Bryan Rahija Instrumental
Paper Wings - Gillian Welch
Queen of the Silver Dollar - Emmylou Harris
Same Little Heart - Reeb Willms & Caleb Klauder
Tennessee Waltz - Stewart/King
Wealth of Sorrow - Cahalen Morrison
White Freightliner - Townes Van Zandt
Winter’s Come & Gone - Gillian Welch
You Are My Sunshine - Davis/Mitchell
Acoustic Covers
Most of my covers repertoire features vocals. Instrumental versions noted as available.
Across the Universe - The Beatles
All I Have To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers
All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
And So It Goes - Billy Joel
Angel From Montgomery - John Prine
Annie’s Song - John Denver
At Last - Etta James
Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen
Better Together - Jack Johnson
Black Muddy River - The Grateful Dead
Blackbird - The Beatles Instrumental available
The Bones - Maren Morris
Book of Love - Peter Gabriel Instrumental available
Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Buckets of Rain - Bob Dylan Instrumental available
Cannot Change It All - Pharis & Jason Romero
Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley Instrumental available
Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor
Cowboy Take Me Away - The Chicks
Crowded Table - The Highwomen
Crazy Love - Van Morrison
Danny’s Song- Loggins & Messina
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind - Dolly Parton
Don’t Think Twice - Bob Dylan
Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard/Swell Season Instrumental available
Fields of Gold - Sting
First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes
Galway Girl - Steve Earle
Give Yourself to Love - Kate Wolf
Go Places - The New Pornographers
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
Good Enough - Sarah McLachlan
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles Instrumental available
Here, There and Everywhere - The Beatles
Ho Hey - The Lumineers Instrumental available
Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
House at Pooh Corner - Kenny Loggins
I Choose You - Sara Bareilles
I Hope You Dance - LeAnn Womack
I Shall Be Released - Bob Dylan
If I Needed You - Townes Van Zandt
If We Were Vampires - Jason Isbell Instrumental available
I’ll Be Here in the Morning - Townes Van Zandt
In My Life - The Beatles
Kathy’s Song - Simon & Garfunkel
La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
Leather & Lace - Stevie Nicks Instrumental available
Let Your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers
Look at Miss Ohio - Gillian Welch
Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan Instrumental available
The Man in Me - Bob Dylan
My Church - Maren Morris
No One Needs to Know - Shania Twain
Ophelia - The Band
Over the Rainbow - Arlen/Harburg Instrumental available
Paper Wings - Gillian Welch Instrumental Available
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
The Promise - Tracy Chapman
Rainbow Connection - Jim Henson
Ripple - Grateful Dead
The Scientist - Colplay
Sea of Love - Phil Philips/Cat Power Instrumental available
Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder
(I’m Gonna Get Over This) Someday - Logan Ledger
Songbird - Fleetwood Mac
The Stable Song - Gregory Alan Isakov
Stand by Me - Ben E. King
Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
Sweet Sir Galahad - Joan Baez
Tennessee Waltz - Stewart/King
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri Instrumental available
Top of the World - The Carpenters
Turn, Turn, Turn - Pete Seeger
Two of Us - The Beatles
Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker/Old Crow Medicine Show
The Wedding Song - Peter, Paul & Mary
The Weight - The Band
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
When You Say Nothing At All - Alison Krauss
White Freightliner - Townes Van Zandt
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wildflowers - Tom Petty
The Wind - Cat Stevens
Winter’s Come & Gone - Gillian Welch
Yellow - Coldplay
You Can Close Your Eyes - James Taylor
You Were Meant For Me - Jewel
Your Song - Elton JohnInstrumental available
Classical
Canon in D - Pachelbel Instrumental
Here Comes the Bride - Wagner Instrumental
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring - Bach Instrumental
Prelude in C Major - Bach Instrumental