Mire N Chathasaigh & Chris Newman

Mire N Chathasaigh, steeped in the traditions of her native Co. Cork, is a recipient of Irish musics most prestigious award, Traditional Musician of the Year and a multiple All-Ireland winner. She has developed profoundly influential techniques for harp performance of traditional Irish music.
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 and is an award-winning composer and record producer. He was principal guitar and mandolin tutor for Newcastle Universitys Folk B.Mus degree course for twenty-one years, since its inception, and many of his alumni form the new wave of British acoustic guitarists and mandolinists gracing festival stages.
Expect a breathtaking blend of traditional Irish music, hot jazz, bluegrass and baroque, spiced with striking new compositions - and Chris subversive wit! Brilliant, innovative harping and guitar-playing of astonishing virtuosity and versatility.