John Francis Flynn is a singer and multi-instrumentalist whose work centres around traditional and folk material from Ireland. He is a founding member of the band Skipper’s Alley, with whom he has toured extensively throughout Europe and America. While supporting Lankum on their 2019 UK tour he caught the eye of Rough Trade imprint label, River Lea. In 2021 they released the debut album ‘I Would Not Live Always’ of this enormous Irish folk talent.