I have provided music to numerous wedding ceremonies and parties as well as birthday and anniversary events, both as a solo guitarist performing Irish, folk & classical music as well as with her traditional Irish band, The Ivy Leaf. I am presently booking gigs throughout the Eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Southern Maine and New Hampshire, and Eastern Connecticut areas.

As a player of traditional finger-style guitar, I can provide a beautiful backdrop for your wedding, party or event  In addition to my repertoire of traditional folk and finger-style pieces and Irish & Scottish ballads and songs, I play steel-string renditions of some of the classical wedding standards and some contempoary folk and soft-rock songs.  Please see below for a song list.  You can listen to samples on my website at http://www.lindsaystraw.com.

I am available solo (with or without vocals), as a duo with a violinist, or with my traditional Irish band, The Ivy Leaf.  (Note:  All songs on the list below are available if you hire me solo or as a duo; the Irish band cannot cover the classical or contemporary material.)

If you have questions about availability or would like a quote, please email lstraw.music@gmail.com.

If you're looking for a fun, lively band for your wedding reception, perhaps you might consider my traditional Irish band, The Ivy Leaf!  We play a wide repertoire of traditional Irish dance tunes, ballads, classic songs and newer arrangements featuring fiddles, flute, whistle, concertina, guitar, bouzouki and vocals.  If you want Irish music but can't afford the whole band, you can also hire two or three members for your event.  For more information, check out our site at http://www.ivyleafmusic.com.  You can also email ivyleafmusic@gmail.com with questions or requests.

Repertoire list:

Classical (Instrumental)

Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Prelude in C Major (Ave Maria) (Bach)
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)
Air on the G String (Bach)
Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
Bridal March (Here Comes The Bride) (Wagner)
Wedding March (Mendelssohn)

Irish & Scottish (Instrumental)

The South Wind (Traditional)
Twisting of the Rope (Traditional)
The Old Waltz (Traditional)
Laureen's Tune (Shooglenifty)
Merrily Kissed The Quaker's Wife (Traditional)
The Eagle's Whistle (Traditional)
Fisherman's Lilt (Traditional)
Planxy Irwin (O'Carolan)
Sheebeg and Sheemore (O'Carolan)
I Saw Three Ships (Traditional)
Bunyan's Hymn (Traditional)
Tramps & Hawkers (Traditional)
Black Janet & Lindsay (Traditional)
Inion Ni Scannlain (Lunasa)

Irish & Scottish Songs (Vocals)

On Raglan Road (Traditional/Luke Kelly)
The Month of January (Traditional)
The Low Lands of Holland (Traditional) 
The Bonny Light Horseman (Traditiona)
The Night Visiting Song (Traditional/Luke Kelly)
As I Roved Out (Traditional)
Farewell, Farewell (Richard Thompson/Trad.)
Craigie Hill (Traditional)
Follow The Heron (Karine Polwart)
Billy Taylor (Karine Polwart/Trad.)
Bring Me A Boat (Kate Rusby)
Auld Lang Syne (Robert Burns)
Ae Fond Kiss (Robert Burns)
Danny Boy (Frederic Weatherly/Traditional)
Wild Rover (Traditional)
Down By Salley Gardens (W.B. Yeats)
Wild Mountain Thyme/Blooming Heather
Green Grows The Laurel (Traditional)
The Last Trip Home (The Battlefield Band)

Folk Rock, Soft-Rock and Contemporary (Vocals)

Here Comes the Sun* (The Beatles)
Two Of Us* (The Beatles)
All You Need Is Love* (The Beatles)
I Melt With You* (Modern English)
Kathy's Song (Simon & Garfunkel)
April Come She Will (Simon & Garfunkel)
Sweet Sir Galahad (Joan Baez)
You Can Close Your Eyes (James Taylor)
You've Got A Friend (James Taylor/Carole King)
Fields of Gold (Sting/Eva Cassidy)
Songbird (Fleetwood Mac)
Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
Buckets of Rain (Bob Dylan)
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Bob Dylan/The Byrds)
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (Carole King)
No Expectations (Rolling Stones)
Wild Horses (Rolling Stones)
Falling Slowly (Glen Hansard, from the movie "Once")
Northern Sky (Nick Drake)
Stand By Me (John Lennon, Otis Redding, etc)
If I Lose (Ralph Stanley)
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (Dolly Parton)
The Promise (Tracy Chapman)
Look At Miss Ohio (Gillian Welch)
Winter's Come and Gone (Gillian Welch)

* Solo guitar instrumental (non-vocal) version also available.  All vocal songs can be performed instrumental if you elect to hire the guitar & fiddle duo.

As of February 2012, due to an increasingly busy schedule with my Irish & folk projects, I can no longer take pop, soft-rock or classical requests from new inquiries, though I can still consider requests for Irish, Scottish and folk pieces I don’t currently play for no additional charge.  When contacting me, please let me know what potential musical selections you might have (they can be changed later) and remember that my background is primarily folk and traditional Irish music.  I do not play jazz, R&B or most pop and cannot accommodate any requests in those genres.