"Na-Mara remain one of the most prominent duos on the domestic-recorded folk scene."
David Pratt, FATEA, November, 2025
"One of today's leading folk ballad duos on the
British Folk Scene."
Michael Moll, Folk World, 2019
Na-Mara are Rob Garcia (mandolin, mandola, classical guitar and vocals) and Paul McNamara (guitars, vocals). They are based in St. Albans and continue to work on new material.
Na-Mara have retired from live performance having performed since 2006 across the UK and in France, Germany, Spain and, in 2019, China. You can see a clip from their last ever gig here.
"One of life's certainties, thus far, is that any music produced by Na-Mara, be it live or recorded, will be of the highest quality and guaranteed to involve subjects and themes of compelling interest."
David Pratt, FATEA, April 2019
Latest Blog Post
Rob and I have now finished recording and editing our first series of six podcasts examining the background to some of our songs and tune sets. Six episodes of the podcast, which is to be called NAMARAMUSICAST have been scheduled for release on Spotify and will cover the full range of our music from self-penned songs in traditional style, traditional songs from the British isles and France, and tunes from Asturias, Galicia and elsewhere.
The first episode, which gives… more