Maire Ni Chathasaigh And Chris Newman

* * * * * SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY * * * * * FOLK WALES * * * * THE IRISH TIMES

The award-winning virtuoso partnership of “one of the UK’s greatest guitarists” (BBC RADIO 2) with “the doyenne of Irish harpers” (SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY) has presented its unique musical vision in twenty-four countries on five continents to venues ranging from the tiniest of village halls to palaces in Kyoto and Istanbul, London’s Barbican, Cologne´s Philharmonie, and Town Halls from Sydney to Seattle.

Chris Newman is one of the world´s finest flat-picking guitarists and a gifted improviser who has toured and recorded with many luminaries of the folk and jazz worlds, among them Aly Bain, Boys of the Lough, Kathryn Tickell and Stéphane Grappelli. He is an award-winning composer and record producer, receiving a silver disc for producing Fred Wedlock's Top 10 hit “The Oldest Swinger in Town". “Dazzling” ACOUSTIC GUITAR (USA) “His playing boggles my mind” FLATPICKING GUITAR MAGAZINE (USA)

Máire Ní Chathasaigh, steeped in the traditions of her native Co. Cork, is a recipient of traditional Irish music’s most prestigious award, Musician of the Year (Gradam Cheoil TG4 - Ceoltóir na Bliana) and a multiple All-Ireland winner; she developed profoundly influential techniques for harp performance of traditional Irish music, heard on her iconic 1985 solo album, ´The New Strung Harp´ - “a milestone in Irish harp music”. “She is the great innovator of modern Irish harping, a player of outstanding technique and imagination” THE ROUGH GUIDE TO IRISH MUSIC “She is an absolute legend” THE IRISH ECHO (USA)

Their performances are a breathtaking blend of traditional Irish music, hot jazz, bluegrass and baroque, spiced with striking new compositions, dazzling pieces from Chris’ groundbreaking solo album ‘Breaking Bach’ (* * * * * FOLK WALES "Dazzling... utterly breathtaking... a triumph”) - and what THE WEST AUSTRALIAN calls his “delightfully subversive wit”!

More about the artists: www.maireandchris.com