A gorgeous folk trio that formed in 2018, Bonny Light Horseman is Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson and Josh Kaufman. Their third and most recent album was inspired by time spent recording in County Cork, Ireland, and what they call their “messy and tangled up pile of life”, which infuses their music with wisdom, humour and depth. Theirs is the stuff that defines folk music as a genre: love and loss, hope and sorrow, community and family, change and time. Mitchell is a celebrated solo artist, as well as the playwright and songwriter behind the hit Broadway musical Hadestown. Johnson is best known as the mind behind beloved indie mainstays Fruit Bats, and Kaufman has recorded and performed with artists ranging from Bob Weir to The War on Drugs to Taylor Swift. Bonny Light Horseman’s debut album received a 2020 Grammy Award nomination for Best Folk Album.