Maíre Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman

Maíre Ní Chathasaigh on harp and Chris Newman on guitar bring a breathtaking blend of traditional Irish music, hot jazz, bluegrass and baroque, spiced with striking new compositions. The celebrated partnership of "one of the UK's greatest guitarists" (BBC RADIO 2) with "the doyenne of Irish harpers" (SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY) and recipient of Irish music's most prestigious award, Traditional Musician of the Year (Gradam Ceoil TG4), has toured in twenty-three countries on five continents to venues ranging from the tiniest of village halls to palaces in Kyoto and Istanbul, London's Barbican, Sydney Town Hall and Cologne's Philharmonie.