Maggie Boyle
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Maggie Boyle is a London-born Irish singer-songwriter.

As a youngster she joined the Fulham branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann is the primary Irish organisation dedicated to the promotion of the music, song, dance and the language of Ireland. The name of the organisation is often abbreviated to Comhaltas or CCÉ...

. Later she became an events organiser. She was a member of John Renbourn
John Renbourn
John Renbourn is an English guitarist and songwriter. He is possibly best known for his collaboration with guitarist Bert Jansch as well as his work with the folk group Pentangle, although he maintained a solo career before, during and after that band's existence .While most commonly labelled a...

's group "Ship of Fools" (1988), which released one album on the "Run River" label, owned and operated by her husband and fellow group member Steve Tilston
Steve Tilston
Steve Tilston is an English singer-songwriter.-Early years:Steve Tilston was born in Liverpool and raised in Leicestershire. Tilston was a graphic designer before taking up music in 1971, living in Bristol at the time, where he recorded his first album "An Acoustic Confusion". In the early...

.

Christopher Bruce
Christopher Bruce
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's ballet "Sergeant Early's Dream" was made in 1984. Six musicians performed English Irish and Americam folk songs at the back of the stage while a dancer interprets them at the front. The 1994 CD version had the group Incantation
Incantation (musical group)
Incantation are a musical group playing traditional tribal and other South American music. The band started in 1981 from a pool of musicians who were, at the time, playing all kinds of different types of music for the Ballet Rambert, based in London...

 plus the "Sergeant Early Band", including Maggie Boyle and Steve Tilston.

She also performed most of the music used in the movie Patriot Games
Patriot Games (film)
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, based on Tom Clancy
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's novel of the same name. She is mother to Joe Tilston, guitarist of the band Random Hand
Random Hand
Random Hand is a British ska band, formed in Keighley in 2002. Their sound fuses influences from many genres, including ska, reggae, punk rock, metal, hip hop and dub. The band is typically associated with the punk subculture, due to its ethics and lyrical content...

.

Much of the Boyle family continue to make music today, including Ms Boyle's brother Kevin, who recently released his second CD since "Bon Cabbage", to which Maggie contributed, in the summer of 2009. Kevin also continues to tour and record with his band "Le Cheile".

Discography

Solo albums
  • Reaching Out (1987)
  • Gweebarra (1998)


Duck Baker, Maggie Boyle and Ben Paley
  • The Expatriate Game (2005)


Grace Notes (incl Maggie Boyle).
  • Down Falls the Day (1993)
  • Red Wine and Promises (1998)
  • Anchored to the Time (2001)
  • Northern Tide (2008)


John Renbourne's Ship of Fools (incl Maggie Boyle)
  • Ship of Fools (1988)


Incantation (with Maggie Boyle)
  • Sergeant Early's Dream/ Ghost Dance (1994)


Soundtracks
  • Patriot Games (1992)
  • Legends of the Fall (1994)


Albums - with Steve Tilston
  • Silently the Snow Falls (1988)
  • Swans at Coole (1990)
  • Of Moor and Mesa (1992)
  • All Under the Sun (1996)
  • And So It Goes (1996)


Albums (unknown dates)
  • When the Circus Comes to Town (with Bert Jansch) (1995)
  • Between our Hearts (with John McCormick)
  • A Festival of Folk (Various Artists)
  • A Distance from the Town (with Gordon Tyrrall) (1998)
  • Michael is Leaving Las Vegas (with John Drury)
  • Trawlertown (with John Conolly Pete Summer) (1998)
  • Wake the Vaulted Echoes (with Peter Bellamy) (1999)
  • At Long Last (with Mike Deavin)
  • The Surprise (with Pauline Cato and Tom McConville)
  • Bon Cabbage (The Movies CB)
  • The Furrowed Field (with Damien Barber) (2000)
  • Soldiers Three (with Peter Bellamy) (1990)

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