The band is Danú, and the lead vocalist is Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, whose name, according to her Wikipedia profile, is pronounced MWI-ren Nick OWL-eve.
Other members of Danú are Tom Doorley on flute; Dónal Clancy (son of Liam Clancy), guitar; Oisin Mc Auley, fiddle; Éamon Doorley, bouzouki and fiddle; Donnchadh Gough, bodhran and uillean pipes; and Benny McCarthy, box accordion.
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh's MySpace page has downloads of "Isle of Malachy" and "Western Highway," plus several in Gaelic. There's a five-minute clip on the Comhaltas wensite that shows her singing "An Spealadóir" (a song from her native West Co. Kerry), and playing flute on two reels, "The Caucus" and "The Wind That Shakes The Barley." She's accompanied by Michelle Mulcahy on accordion and Billy Mc Glynn on bouzouki. Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann describes itself as "a non-profit cultural movement with hundreds of local branches around the world" that promotes "the preservation and promotion of Irish traditional music."
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