Note-worthy in Plymouth: The Lindsays

Stephen Lindsay grew up playing guitar and singing traditional Irish songs and ballads in pubs around Dublin. When he moved to Boston, he met Plymouth musician and his wife Susan, who helped him bring his Irish music to Plymouth and beyond.

Now, years later, when The Lindsays perform at local venues, such as , they typically play cover songs from lesser-known Irish songwriters, such as Wally Page and Christy Moore. However, Susan Lindsay said their music also expands beyond this genre.

“The music that you make is a reflection of all the sounds you have heard in your life and all of your tastes,” she said. “We love so many different kinds of music that we just bring that all in.”

In order to give their cover songs what Susan Lindsay describes as a “world music tinge,” the duo integrates a wide variety of instruments, such as the saxophone, flute and Irish whistle, which are all played by the Plymouth native.

As the group’s albums and live performances reflect Irish musical traditions, Stephen Linday said his audiences may be exposed to sounds they are not as familiar with as the crowds he performed for in Dublin.

“It’s kind of engrained into the roots over there,” he said. “It’s on the radio and you hear it from a young age. The audience can relate to it, whereas for a lot of the American audience it’s new.”

However, the duo does not only perform Irish tunes. They also play music that is more well-known, such as songs from Bob Marley and Neil Young.

 This infusion of unique sounds was very important for the duo’s first full-length studio album, “From the Green to the Blue,” which was released in November. Spending about a year recording in a studio in Middleborough, the Lindays brought in 11 other musicians, including vocalists, a trumpet player and percussionists, to add their sounds to the album.

“It was really amazing and in some ways a life-changing process,” Susan Lindsay said.

While the couple said they were satisfied with the way their album turned out, as artists they are more focused on performing live in venues from Boston to Cape Cod.

“We are much more interested in the emotional process and delivering that emotion to the audience,” Susan Lindsay said. “In the studio, you really have to pay attention to every detail.”

This passion for expressing artistic emotion was also expressed in the couple’s first CD, which was recorded live at the . Stephen Lindsay said this experience allowed the musicians to record everything together, as opposed to recording each performer separately in the studio layering process.

In the future, the duo said they would like to record another album in this style.

“We kind of like the live feel,” Stephen Lindsay said. “We feel like it’s warmer.”

Still, regardless of where the group’s future takes them, the couple will continue to enjoy each other’s company and play music in the Plymouth area.

“What is really nice about being a couple playing music together is we can go do it together and nobody is left behind,” Susan Lindsay said. “We are sharing an experience that is really central to who we are.”