Singer Aoife Doyle is touring with her trio this month and into June.

Think an Irish Silje Nergaard, pianist Johnny Taylor her Tord Gustavsen, Doyle, top, formed the band five years ago drawing on classic jazz and way beyond delving into the interstices that ellide folk into alt country. A former student of the Newpark Music Centre the singer’s performance credits include appearances with Tommy Halferty, Phil Ware, Louis Stewart and a certain Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor.

Besides Taylor in the band, Andrew Csibi is on double bass, and Dominic Mullan, drums. Doyle and her band debuted two years ago with the starkly compelling This Time The Dream’s On Me an album that includes songs by Bob Dylan, Cole Porter and Harold Arlen. SG

‘Farewell Angelina’ from This Time... is above. Doyle’s tour, which visits Wicklow, Dundrum, Belfast, Omagh, Enniskillen, Derry and Carrick-on-Shannon, begins on Friday in Wicklow town, full details: here