"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
As you can imagine, this keystone event in our musical journey was a long time in the planning, the idea being to host an event which combined both a gig and a celebration of 18 years of music making. With reagard to the latter aspect, Rob and I had opened up our equivalent of Tutankhamun’s tomb (namely, our “memorabilia box”) where souvenirs from concerts and festivals over many years in the UK and elsewhere had casually been stuffed, selecting a wide range of items to display on the night.
Added to this we created a map, studded with twinkling red diamante dots to show all… more