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Marie NiChathasaigh & Chris Newman. Since its début on Cambridge Folk Festival’s main stage in 1987, the world-renowned partnership of “one of the UK’s finest and most influential acoustic guitarists”  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 has toured and recorded with many luminaries of the folk and jazz worlds, among them Boys of the Lough, Aly Bain, Diz Disley and Stéphane Grappelli, and is an award-winning composer and record producer, receiving a silver disc for producing “The Oldest Swinger in Town”, a Top 10 hit for comedian Fred Wedlock.Máire Ní Chathasaigh (pronounced Moira Nee Ha-ha-sig), steeped in the traditions of her native Co. Cork, is a recipient of Irish music’s most prestigious award, Traditional 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” – which was re-mastered and reissued in 2023. “She is the great innovator of modern Irish harping, a player of outstanding technique and imagination” THE ROUGH GUIDE TO IRISH MUSIC “Máire 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, pieces from Chris’ groundbreaking new solo album ‘Breaking Bach’ (“Dazzling… utterly breathtaking… a triumph” * * * * * FOLK WALES “A magnificent tour-de-force” THE LIVING TRADITION) – and what THE WEST AUSTRALIAN calls his “delightfully subversive wit”!