"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
It is pleasing to report that, as we enter the new year, Rob and I have now successfully recorded the first series of six podcasts in our NAMARA MUSIC CAST venture. Friends have been listening to the drafts and providing us with excellent feedback. The new podcasts will give additional detail about the origin of our songs and tunes, how we've arranged them and how audiences have reacted to them.
With a few tweaks and some further consideration of our promotion and placement strategy for them, the podcasts should be ready for broadcast… more