“Virtuosic, fascinating, dramatic, original, inspired, gloriously adventurous, dazzling, brilliant, stunning, impassioned, electrifying, bewitching, moving, achingly beautiful, influential, revered, unique...”
THE TIMES, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, THE GUARDIAN, THE IRISH TIMES, THE SCOTSMAN, fROOTS...

Chris and Máire's performances are rooted but eclectic, emotional but adventurous: a breathtaking blend of traditional Irish music, swing jazz and bluegrass, coupled with striking new compositions

"The audience were charmed and dazzled by the speed, the deftness, the emotional range of their playing... Máire's clear, warm and expressive voice... Their stagecraft was masterly and their introductions informative and funny." CHRISTCHURCH PRESS (NZ)

"Fine work by this celebrated duo: Newman led us on death-defying sprints while Máire confirmed her status as one of the world’s greatest harpists.” EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS

"Technical brilliance and beauty that brings tears to the eyes” IRISH MUSIC MAGAZINE

"Their virtuosity leads them on. Máire chomps on the bit of the harp’s respectability with storming jigs and reels... Her technique is fascinating: furious melody picking, a judicious layering of counterpoint, then a dramatic embrace of the strings. Newman glories in the possibilities of his guitar; pushing a Scottish reel for all it’s worth, it begins to sound like bluegrass, the harp like an outsize mandolin..." THE IRISH TIMES

On stage at the Bruecknerhaus, Linz, Austria