Bio
Now a familiar face in the boutique guitar world, Lindsay Straw is a guitarist, singer, and Irish bouzouki player whose work can be seen and heard in videos and podcasts from Carter Vintage Guitars, The North American Guitar, and The Music Emporium. Prior to becoming a resource for guitar players and collectors through her informative videos and interviews with luthiers, she released several traditional folk albums—two solo, and one with her Irish band The Ivy Leaf—and gigged full-time playing for concerts, festivals, and events throughout New England and beyond.
A singer first and foremost, she’s delved heavily into the songs and vocal styles of the Scottish and Irish Traveller communities, taking age-old folk ballads and making them her own with her signature intricate fingerstyle guitar and winding bouzouki arrangements. Her song choices highlight universally shared feelings while often focusing on women’s experiences, and gravitate towards the dark and modal.
Though she grew up in Montana and Wyoming, Lindsay found her musical home within the Celtic and folk scenes of Boston after graduating from Berklee College of Music. Through various collaborations along the Americana to Celtic spectrum, she combines inspiration from her fellow musicians with the influences of her folk revival heroes.