Cármina

Celtic-based band formed in 1987. Guitarist Rob King and vocalist Marland are the core of a band which King always imagined as a "jazz quartet married to a Celtic-based acoustic duo". They are the compositional and inspirational heart of Cármina (which is a Latin word meaning songs or poems), and together with the world-class musicians who have joined the band they have created a sophisticated sound which, based around their strong original material, draws in elements of traditional and contemporary Celtic music, jazz, soul and rock. Cármina have played all over Europe, touring Australia, Spain, Belgium, Ireland and France have been nominated for the Hot Press Best Roots Album and The Irish Rock Music Awards Best Traditional Act Awards, and received a swathe of acclaiming reviews from across Europe. Appearances on TV and radio in both the U.K, Eire, Australia, USA and Spain have helped secure a strong audience base - one of their impromptu live radio slots on G.L.R. (London) radio was voted as one of the top ten broadcast items on that station that year (2000). Carmina perform in all formats from duo to seven-piece.