Landslide
Irish Instrumental - Si Bheag Si Mhor
Here Comes the Sun
Country - No One Needs to Know
Emerald Rae & Lindsay Straw
Caprio Captured Photography
Arielle Unger Photography
The New Grown-Ups / Andy Cambria Photography
Fair Liberty's Call - 18th Century Traditional Music
Accardi, Frankowicz & Straw - Irish Music
Joni Lohr Photography
Performing a mix of evocative Celtic songs, rootsy Americana/folk, and popular covers, Lindsay Straw has performed throughout the US and Ireland, playing everything from folk festivals and house concerts to weddings and farmers markets. Accompanying her voice with intricate guitar and Irish bouzouki, she is a Berklee-trained performer with over a decade's experience playing solo and with a variety of bands.
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Write a reviewPrice range: $175 – $1,500 per event
Languages: English, French
Gig length: 30 - 240 minutes
Insurance: $1,000,000 - Event liability with Insurance Canopy
Music:
- I play a wide mix of music under the "folk" umbrella, everything from traditional Celtic/Irish folk to Americana, country and bluegrass, to classic and modern cover songs - something for just about every acoustic music lover!
- When booked for public performances, I typically do a mix of everything I play, leaning more into covers in bar and restaurant settings, more into Celtic in Irish pubs or for St. Patrick's Day events, or more into Americana and country when the crowd is into it.
- For private events, I work directly with the couple or client to settle on the perfect folky playlist for their vision.
- I often perform solo but can also coordinate some of my musical partners for a duo, trio, or band performance.
- I am happy to learn new songs for weddings or other special events.
Logistics:
- I provide my own sound systems, accommodating events of up to 200 people.
- I am open to gigs all over New England and potentially beyond.
- I have event liability insurance and can provide a COI if required by the venue.
Lindsay Straw is a genre-hopping singer, acoustic guitarist and Irish bouzouki player. Born and raised in Montana, she was drawn to Boston by Berklee College of Music. She found her way in music initially through the vibrant New England Celtic folk scene, putting her spin on age-old British ballads and songs and accompanying Irish melody players in sessions and bands. This immersion has left an indelible stamp on her style. Listeners often pick up on Celtic phrasing and melodic runs even when she’s singing country or contemporary music, which these days she performs in equal measure. Ultimately she just loves a good song, no matter the genre.
Lindsay’s work as a soloist has received accolades from folk publications, fans, and clients alike. Her two albums of traditional Celtic ballads have been described as hearkening back to the greats of the folk revival and “bringing the songs to life with delicacy, yet energy and verve” (Celtic Radio). As a working musician in New England and beyond, she’s taken on a wide variety of gigs, from festivals, coffeehouses and listening rooms to private parties, corporate events and markets, receiving praise for her beautiful voice and guitar playing as well as for her professionalism.
As a collaborator, Lindsay splits her time evenly across many forms of music that fall under the “folk” umbrella:
With Emerald Rae (Scottish, Irish, Old-Time, Folk)
With Andy Cambria (Americana, Folk)
Fair Liberty’s Call with Larry Young (18th Century Traditional)
The New Grown-Ups (Americana, Old-time, Bluegrass, Folk)
Accardi, Frankowicz & Straw (Traditional Irish)
Recent live highlights include Ossipee Valley Music Festival, Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival, Crooked River Gathering, Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, Maine Celtic Celebration, and Passim’s Down Home Up Here Festival and BCMFest. In 2024 she was part of the Midwinter Revels band for “The Selkie Girl & The Seal Woman,” and in 2025 she presented guitars built by Kathy Wingert and Noemi Schembri at the Artisan Guitar Show in Pennsylvania.
No special requirements! I can accommodate many different settings, events, and spaces.
Covers with Vocals:
All I Have To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers
All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
Annie’s Song - John Denver
Angel From Montgomery - John Prine
At Last - Etta James (Eva Cassidy version)
Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen
Better Together - Jack Johnson
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
Black Muddy River - The Grateful Dead
Blackbird - The Beatles
The Bones - Maren Morris
Book of Love - Peter Gabriel
Boston - Stella Lefty
Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Buckets of Rain - Bob Dylan
Building a Mystery - Sarah McLachlan
Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor
Choosin’ Texas - Ella Langley
Come and Get Your Love - Redbone
Country Roads - John Denver
Cowboy Take Me Away - The Chicks
Crazy - Patsy Cline
Crowded Table - The Highwomen
Crazy Love - Van Morrison
Danny’s Song- Loggins & Messina
Dead Flowers - The Rolling Stones
Everywhere, Everything - Noah Kahan
Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard/Swell Season
Fields of Gold - Sting
First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes
Galway Girl - Steve Earle
Give Yourself to Love - Kate Wolf
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
Good Enough - Sarah McLachlan
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
Here, There and Everywhere - The Beatles
Ho Hey - The Lumineers
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
I’ll Be Here in the Morning - Townes Van Zandt
Imagine - John Lennon
In My Life - The Beatles
Kathy’s Song - Simon & Garfunkel
La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
Leather & Lace - Stevie Nicks
Let Your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers
Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
Look at Miss Ohio - Gillian Welch
Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan
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
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
The Promise - Tracy Chapman
Rainbow Connection - Jim Henson
Ripple - Grateful Dead
Sea of Love - Phil Philips/Cat Power
Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Songbird - Fleetwood Mac
The Stable Song - Gregory Alan Isakov
Stand by Me - Ben E. King
Stick Season - Noah Kahan
Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
Sweet Sir Galahad - Joan Baez
Take It Easy - The Eagles
Tennessee Waltz - Stewart/King
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper (Eva Cassidy version)
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
White Freightliner - Townes Van Zandt
When You Say Nothing At All - Alison Krauss
Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under - Shania Twain
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wildflowers - Tom Petty
The Wind - Cat Stevens
Yellow - Coldplay
You Are My Sunshine - Davis/Mitchell
You Can Close Your Eyes - James Taylor
You Were Meant For Me - Jewel
Your Song - Elton John
You’re So Vain - Carly Simon
You’ve Got a Friend In Me - Randy Newman
Celtic (Irish/Scottish):
Ae Fond Kiss - Robert Burns
As I Roved Out - Traditional
Be Thou My Vision - Traditional
Black Velvet Band - Traditional
Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond - Traditional
Bonny Light Horseman - Traditional
Craigie Hill - Traditional
Danny Boy - Frederic Weatherly/Trad.
Far Over the Forth - Traditional Scottish
Fields of Athenry - Pete St. John
Follow the Heron - Karine Polwart
(My Own Dear) Galway Bay - Francis Fahy
Galway Girl - Steve Earle
Geordie - Traditional
High On A Hill - Kate Rusby
Homes of Donegal - Sean McBride
Jock Stewart (A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day) - Traditional
Lakes of Pontchartrain - Traditional
Lovely Molly - Traditional
Mingulay Boat Song - Sir Hugh S. Roberton/Trad
On Raglan Road - Trad/Patrick Kavanagh
The Parting Glass - Traditional
Red Is the Rose - Traditional
She Moved Through the Fair - Traditional
Skye Boat Song - William Ross (from Outlander)
Spancil Hill - Mike Considine
Star of the County Down - Traditional
The Water is Wide - Traditional
What Will We Do (When We Have No Money) - Traditional Irish
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling - Olcott/Ball
Whiskey in the Jar - Traditional
Whiskey, You’re the Devil - Traditional
Wild Mountain Thyme - Traditional Scottish
Willy O’Winsbury - Traditional
Instrumentals (Celtic, Classical):
Blarney Pilgrim - Traditional***
Bunyan’s Hymn - Trad arr. John Renbourn
Byrn's March - Traditional
The Eagle’s Whistle - Traditional***
Eleanor Plunkett - O’Carolan
Flower of Magherally - Traditional
Give Me Your Hand (Tabhair Dom do Lámh) - Ruaidri Dáll Ó Catháin***
The Harp & Shamrock - Traditional Irish
I Saw Three Ships - Traditional***
The Island of Woods - Liz Carroll
Jigs: Humours of Glynn / Jackie Small’s / The Rolling Wave - Traditional***
Laureen’s Tune - Shooglenifty
Lindsay - Archie Fisher
The Old Waltz - Traditional
On Raglan Road - Patrick Kavanagh/Trad
The Parting Glass - Traditional
Planxty Davis - Thomas O'Connellan
Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór [Sheebeg and Sheemore] - O’Carolan
Slip Jigs: Dirty Linen / Na Ceannabhain Bhana / Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight - Traditional***
The South Wind - Traditional
Tramps & Hawkers - Traditional
Twisting of the Rope [Casadh An tSúgáin] - Traditional
What a Voice - Traditional
Wild Mountain Thyme - Traditional
Canon in D - Pachelbel
Here Comes the Bride - Wagner
Linda Ronstadt, Sarah McLachlan, June Tabor, The Beatles, Andy Irvine & Paul Brady, Jewel, Maren Morris, Dolly Parton, Davy Graham, John Renbourn
Sound gear (I provide my own)
Singing Guitarist