Na-Mara

Rob and I had a great time in Madrid performing at the 37th Festival Internacional Andrés Segovia on the 20th and 21st October. Our Saturday concert at the Espacio Ronda, alongside Sardinian guitar maestro Simone Onnis, was wonderfully well received - to the extent of us receiving a standing ovation!

It goes without saying that we also witnessed sublime virtuosity from some of the world’s leading classical guitarists at concerts given by Carlos Bonell, Simone Onnis, Ciro Carbone, the Cuarteto de Guitarras Nonius and Ignacio Rodes. Off duty, we also managed to visit some great restaurants, tavernas, museums and galleries with friends and family.

Very many thanks to Artistic Director, Pablo de la Cruz, and his team for both the invitation to perform at the festival and for the hospitality and support for us during our time in Madrid.

Likewise, very many thanks to Amalia Ramirez, Luthier and Director of Guitarras José Ramirez for providing Rob and I two superb examples of José Ramirez guitars to perform with. The loan of these beautiful instruments obviated the need for us to expose our own instruments to the perils of airport baggage systems.

Finally, thanks to our pal, Dave Berry, for his company and for helping and supporting us throughout our time in Madrid.

Here are a few photographs.

Dear friends,

We have returned to the UK from a wonderful and successful trip to Madrid to the sad news that our planned gig at the Lost Horizons Folk and Acoustic Club this coming Saturday, 28th October 2023 has had to be CANCELLED. Many apologies to anyone considering coming along. We are working with club organisers Trish and Paul to try and find a new date in 2024.

Please watch this space for news and photos from our visit to Madrid.

All best wishes

Paul and Rob

Just under a week to go to our gig at the wonderful Lost Horizons Folk and Acoustic Club. Hope to see you there next Saturday evening.

We are utterly dismayed to see yet another great folk programme on BBC local radio has been axed. Genevieve Tudor’s renowned Sunday evening session on BBC Radio Shropshire is the latest casualty.

We would like to thank Genevieve and all the other BBC folk programme producers on local radio who have supported and played our music over the years, and we wish them well with any future folk-related projects they have planned.

We are very excited to be returning after many years to perform at the Lost Horizons Folk and Acoustic Club on the evening of Saturday 28th October (Start time: 8.30pm). For those that already have the date in their diaries, please not the slight change in venue to The Cider House.

We will be supported on the night by the excellent Finnshrimp from Folkestone.

It should be a great evening. Hope to see you there.

We are honoured and excited to be performing at the Festival Internacional de Guitarra Andrés Segovia at the Espacio Ronda (C/Ronda de Segovia No 50) in Madrid on Saturday 21st October 2023 at 12.00. Our concert will be followed at 13.00 by a performance by renowned Italian classical guitarist, Simone Onnis. We can’t wait.

Rob and I had a great time in the studio with Les Ray for his Strummers & Dreamers radio programme on Cambridge 105 on Monday evening. We played live three tracks from our recent EP, Clear Purling Stream, and talked a bit about our future plans, including our forthcoming trip to Madrid. (Watch this space…)

If you didn’t happen to catch Les' show, it will be repeated on Blues and Roots Radio on Monday 2nd October 7-9pm and Wednesday 4th 9-11am UK time: https://www.bluesandrootsradio.com

A podcast of the show will go up on Mixcloud on or around Thursday 5th October:
https://www.mixcloud.com/StrummersandDreamers/

Many thanks for the invite, Les!

Na-Mara – Clear Purling Stream (Album Review) Clear Purling Stream is an album which further enhances Na-Mara’s reputation for composing, interpreting and delivering folk music of the highest standard.

We are very much looking forward to joining the wonderful Les Ray on his Strummers & Dreamers radio show tonight on Cambridge 105 (Show No. 520).

The show covers a wide range of folk music and runs between 7.00pm and 9.00pm. We will be showcasing live three tracks from our recent EP, Clear Purling Stream, in the second half of the programme. Hope you can join us. You can listen live via the website: https://cambridge105.co.uk/

The show will later be repeated on Blues and Roots Radio on Monday 2nd October 7-9pm and Wednesday 4th 9-11am UK time: https://www.bluesandrootsradio.com and the podcast will go up on Mixcloud on or around Thursday 5th https://www.mixcloud.com/StrummersandDreamers/

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Na-Mara is pleased to announce the release of a new four-track EP, called ‘Clear Purling Stream’.

The EP presents three traditional tracks (Nancy from London, When I Was A Fair Maid and The Verdant Braes of Screen) and a new Na-Mara composition (Pirates Dressed in Pinstripes) looking into London’s role in the murky world of money laundering.

Clear Purling Stream can now be found on all the main streaming channels or by going to the Music page on www.na-mara.com .

-Mara,

We’re really looking forward to two upcoming evenings of music. You can find us at Dulwich Folk on Sunday 3rd September, and the Chesham Folk Club on Monday 4th September. The details are below. Very much hope you can make it!

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We are very much looking forward to a couple of gigs in early September 2023. On Sunday 3rd September we are excited to be making our first ever visit to Dulwich Folk. The following evening, September 4th, we will be enjoying seeing old friends again at Chesham Folk Club.

Hope you can make one or other of these performances.

Na-Mara finished its summer mini-tour last night with a great evening amongst friends old and new at the lovely Watford Folk Club.

Many thanks to Pete Nutkins and all at Watford Folk Club for their warm welcome and their tremendous singing throughout the entire evening. Here’s a picture of us in action, courtesy of our pal, Dave Berry.

Na-Mara had a great time performing at the very lovely Rosslyn Court in Margate (www.rosslyncourt.com)last night on the penultimate day of our eight-day tour. Morag Butler and team did a great job with both sound and visuals and a recording of the gig livestream will be available on the Rosslyn Court website in due course. Meanwhile, you can view the event if you go to You Tube, put ‘ Rosslyn Court music ‘ into the search bar and scroll down.

We close our mini-tour tonight with a gig at the wonderful Watford Folk Club (www.watfordfolkclub.co.uk) and are very much looking forward to catching up with lots of our old friends at The Pump House, Watford. WD17 2JP for a right good sing-a-long. Hope you can make it!

Here are a few photos from last night at Rosslyn Court courtesy of Morag Butler and Dave Berry.

After a wonderful night supporting James Fagan and Tin van Eyken, at Ely Folk Club last night, we are off to the lovely Rosslyn Court in Margate this evening (15th June) and then on to see our old friends at Watford Folk Club tomorrow evening (16th). Can't wait. Maybe see you there?

Here's a photo of us at Ely Folk Club courtesy of our pal, Dave Berry. Many thanks to all at Ely Folk Club for their invitation.

After a great evening at Dartford Folk Club yesterday, we are off to Ely Folk Club tonight to support the wonderful Nancy Kerr and James Fagan.

Tomorrow, 15th June, we are in Margate at Morag Butler's Rosslyn Court before finishing our summer mini-tour on Friday, 16th June at Watford Folk Club.

Many thanks to Dave Berry for the attached photo taken last night. It was great to see our friends Joe Whittaker, Doug Welch and Dave Artus again at Dartford.

After a great series of gigs at Cambridge Folk Club, Redcatch Club, (Bristol) and Dreamers Folk Club (Redruth), we will be performing this evening (13th June) at Dartford Folk Club (www.dartfordfolk.org.uk), supporting Nancy Kerr and James Fagan at Ely Folk Club (www.elyfolkclub.co.uk) on the 14th June and on Thursday 15th June we can be seen at Morag Butler's Rosslyn Court in Margate.

We will then conclude our summer mini-tour on Friday 16th June at Watford Folk Club.



Here is some Vimeo film from our last visit to Rosslyn Court.

https://vimeo.com/397233162

If I Had But One True Love - Na-Mara with Titles This is "If I Had But One True Love - Na-Mara with Titles" by Gig Film on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Following gigs in Cambridge, Bristol and Redruth over the coming weekend, you can catch Na-Mara performing in Dartford, Ely (support), Margate and Watford over the following week. Really hope you can make it.

Na-Mara's summer tour is fast approaching. Seven dates across eight days. We begin the tour with seeing old friends in Cambridge on June 9th. After that we travel west, hoping to make new friends in Bristol and Redruth on June 10th and 11th respectively. Watch this space for details of performances in Dartford, Ely (support), Margate and Watford.

We are really looking forward to our first ever visit to the renowned Wurzel Bush Folk Club in Rugby.

We are very much looking forward to making our return to the wonderful Loughton Folk Club on Thursday May 25th. Hope to see you there!

Na-Mara will begin their summer tour on May25th with a gig at the wonderful Loughton Folk Club. Following that, we will be catching up with some old pals and making some new friends along the way as we travel to seven more folk clubs.

We will publish more information on each gig nearer the relevant dates but if you’d like more details now, please visit our website www.na-mara.com.

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After two very enjoyable gigs at Brunel University (Lunchtime Concert Series) and at Grimsby Folk Club, our attention is now turning to performing again at the lovely Redbourn Folk Club on Wednesday 5th October. The evening starts at 8.00pm. It would great to see you there.

We are very much looking forward to returning to three of our favourite venues in the coming week. We have a concert in the Brunel University lunchtime concert series on Friday followed by performances at the wonderful Grimsby and Redbourn Folk Clubs next Sunday and Wednesday respectively. Details are given below.