na-mara are a St Albans (UK) based folk duo - Paul McNamara (Guitar and vocals) and Rob Garcia (Guitar, mandolin and mandola). Their repertoire is varied and ranges across the Celtic diaspora. It includes music from the British Isles, Brittany, Asturias and Galicia, and songs from the British Isles, Brittany and northern France for voice, guitars, mandola and mandolin. na-mara are increasingly including their own songs and music in their shows. The duo have been playing around the folk clubs in Herts, Beds, Bucks, Cambs but are increasingly being invited to play at venues further afield. In August 2008, amongst other performances, they supported Cara Dillon at the main marquee at the Broadstairs Folk Week. Early that summer they played on two separate occasions in central London for gatherings to celebrate the Spanish Republic of the 1930s, and to remember the commitment of British fighters to the International Brigade in that conflict. They have performed at the Cambridge Folk Festival, and at the St Albans Folk @ The Festival. Their new album 'The Bite' will be released in the Autumn of 2010.
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