Acushla are:

Emmett Lenaghan - box and bass
Jim Carroll - guitar, pipes, vocals, bouzouki, etc.
Steve Whiteley - tenor banjo, mandolin, guitar, vocals
Patrick Gray - fiddle

Alongside the contact they have had through playing together in bands, the guys have always played together informally at Irish music sessions in the city of Nottingham - especially the long-lived Thursday night session which is currently found at the King William IV on Manvers Street on the edge of Sneinton. This session has had an unbroken run of Thursday nights for over 30 years at a range of venues throughout the city. Is this a record for an Irish music session in England?

The session provided a meeting place and a shared approach and repertoire for ACUSHLA which they have built upon and developed into a rich and exciting blend of tunes and songs from the Celtic traditions and elsewhere.

(Saturday afternoon Coachmakers Arms Garden, Saturday evening Portcullis Club Bar session, Sunday afternoon Corn Exchange Bar)