Event 6: Light Night: Late Night Folk

Chris Newman (guitar) Máire Ní Chathasaigh (Irish Harp)

The celebrated virtuoso partnership of Máire Ní Chathasaigh, “the doyenne of Irish harpers” (SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY) and Chris Newman, “one of the UK’s most staggering and influential acoustic guitarists” (fROOTS), has presented its unique musical vision in twenty-two countries on five continents – at venues from tiny historic churches and splendid palaces in Kyoto and Istanbul, to London’s Barbican, Sydney’s Town Hall and Cologne’s Philharmonie.

Chris and Máire’s performances are rooted but eclectic, emotional but adventurous: a breathtaking blend of traditional Irish music, hot jazz, bluegrass and baroque, coupled with evocative songs, striking new compositions and Chris’s delightfully subversive wit.