. After recording Flesh and Blood with Prior in 1997, Donockley also became co-producer of her next four solo albums. Nightwish Donockley's first appearance with Nightwish was on their 2007 release, Dark Passion Play, as a guest musician, providing some whistles and pipes to the songs "The Islander", "Last of the Wilds", and "Meadows of Heaven". He also joined them on select shows of the subsequent tour and appeared in the music video for "The Islander". In 2011, Donockley appeared as a guest on Imaginaerum, providing whistles, pipes, and vocals. He joined Nightwish again on the Imaginaerum World Tour, and also appeared on the band's concert DVD 'Showtime, Storytime'. He also appears in the Imaginaerum film from 2012 as a stage illusionist. Following the conclusion of the Imaginaerum World Tour, Donockley was made a full-time member of Nightwish in October 2013. He plays various instruments within the band, including the pipes and whistles, as well as bouzouki and electric and acoustic guitars. He provides the main vocals for Nightwish's single ‘Harvest’, released in 2020, one of only two songs on the album not to feature frontwoman Floor Jansen on lead vocals. Session work Donockley has recorded as a session musician with Roy Harper, Midge Ure, Del Amitri, Alan Stivell, Status Quo, and Leah. Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys has used him. Eight studio albums by prog-rockers Mostly Autumn feature him, as do Welsh prog group Magenta on two albums. He also performed on Etarlis, a 2007 release by Mermaid Kiss. He can be heard on recent movie soundtracks Robin Hood (Ridley Scott, 2010) and Ironclad (Jonathan English, 2011). Notably, he also performed at the Scottish leg of Live 8 with Midge Ure. Classical work Donockley has composed music for choir and orchestra. He has gone to great lengths to find the right kind of studio production. The Unseen Stream (1998) and The Pursuit of Illusion (2003) put the uilleann pipes in a sound mix that had never been heard before. His latest classical work is The Madness of Crowds (2009). Personal life Donockley lives with his wife Terri and daughter Mia in North Yorkshire, England. He is a vegan. Discography Studio albums: The Unseen Stream (1998) The Pursuit of Illusion (2003) The Madness of Crowds (2009) Nightwish Studio albums: Dark Passion Play (2007) Imaginaerum (2011) Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015) Human. :II: Nature. (2020) Live albums: Vehicle of Spirit