Carmina

Saturday 14th September 2024

Minchinhampton Market House at 7:30pm


Carmina

Carmina’s music fuses folk, jazz and Celtic themes in powerful original songs. The band was formed in Bristol in the early 1990s when found-members and award-winning songwriters Rob King (acoustic guitar, mandola, bodhran) and Pippa Marland (vocals, alto and soprano sax, Irish whistles) began writing songs together.

Carmina’s music fuses folk, jazz and Celtic themes in powerful original songs. The band was formed in Bristol in the early 1990s when found-members and award-winning songwriters Rob King (acoustic guitar, mandola, bodhran) and Pippa Marland (vocals, alto and soprano sax, Irish whistles) began writing songs together.

Carmina have toured internationally, including appearances at Cork Jazz Festival, The World Fleadh, Sydney St Patrick’s Day Parade, Glastonbury Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Madrid Folk Festival. They have released six albums, two of them recorded in Dublin and produced by Irish music legend Donal Lunny (Planxty, Moving Hearts).

Over the years, Pippa and Rob have played with a cast of brilliant musicians, often drawn from either the jazz world or Irish traditional music. The current line-up (Carmina 3) features Pippa, Rob and virtuoso singer-guitarist, Paul Bradley.

From the North of Ireland, Paul has been with the band for over 10 years, and the trio is celebrated for Pippa and Paul’s beautiful vocal harmonies, and Paul and Rob’s stunning interplay on acoustic and electric guitars. For this concert, Carmina will be joined by one of Ireland’s foremost uilleann pipers, Diarmaid Moynihan, who has featured on several of their recorded tracks over the years.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLehVuhj9Bw

Tickets £10 can be bought online using the link below

or nearer the event from the

Market Stores, Minchinhampton (cash only)

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