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Baldock and Letchworth Folk Club, 3rd March 2010

This was our third 'full spot' of the year, very kindly offered to us by Alan and Sue Hewson at the Baldock and Letchworth Folk Club.

This folk club has been something of a home from home for Rob and I over the past few years, so it is always nice to return there and meet old friends. This was our first time to their new venue at The White Horse in Baldock - a more spacious room for playing in.

Working on new material

The search for new material never stops. Interestingly, as we reach the conclusion of the current CD and are playing a lot of this music at our current programme of concerts, our attention is turning towards new material.

New dates, including a return to the Cambridge Folk Festival

We are extremely pleased to say that St Neot's Folk Club have extended an invitation to us to represent them in the Cambridge Folk Festival Club Tent at this years Cambridge Folk Festival, on Saturday 31st July. Many thanks to Patti and Roger for honouring us in this way. We enjotyed representing the Cambridge Folk Club at last year's festival and are thrilled to be going back there.

Overdubs and mixing - back to Blue Moon, February 21st and March 5th

We are now moving into the final phase of our new CD, which is to be called The Bite. The first round of hard work was done before Christmas when all the original recording was completed. Now we are doing some limited overdubbing and the final editing and mixing.

4th February 2010: Stortfolk

It was an intimate gathering at the Bishop's Stortford Folk Club for na-mara's second full outing of the year. A number of the regulars are in amateur dramatics and were away perfoming a strangely late version of A Christmas Carol and were unable to attend. Very kindly, Jon McNamara, who is a central figure for the club was able to make our second half.

Rob and I are now fully into our new repetoire and, from the lovely feedback we received from those there, it seems clear that we performed well.

This is a friendly and welcoming club and we enjoyed ourselves very much.

na-mara at the Imperial War Museum

On Saturday 13th March, at 11.00 AM, na-mara will be performing at the Imperial War Museum (London), as part of the celebration for the International Brigades who fought during the Spanish Civil War, and to commemorate the Labour politician, and International Brigader, Jack Jones.

For more information visit http://www.iwm.org.uk

15th January 2010 – a return to Cambridge Folk Club

Two full spots in one week, fantastic fun! As at St Neots on the previous Tuesday, we were invited to headline for the evening at Cambridge Folk Club. Cambridge FC has always been incredibly welcoming and supportive of what we do, and so it is always a real pleasure to return.

12th January 2010 at The St. Neots Folk Club

Following an extensive period of rehearsals following our time in the studio, Rob and I were raring to go. As such, it was with great concern that we watched the snow pile up, the roads become more difficult and the ice and slush get worse. Thankfully, the weather eased to make it certain that we could get on the road and start what looks to be a busy and exciting 2010 for us.

Into the studio, mid-December 2009

The main reason why we have been relatively quiet over the final quarter of 2009 is that we have been preparing to go into the recording studio and record our current repertoire. Some might wonder why it has taken us so long to do this. We are passionate about our music and our ‘project’ and devote a lot of our free time to it. However, both of us have full-on, full-time, work and family commitments. As such, we are ‘time poor’ and finding the requisite amount of time to go into a studio and do things properly is very hard to do.