Chris Newman is one of Britain's leading acoustic guitarists and a prolific composer and arranger. He began to play the guitar at the age of four, spent his childhood playing folk music then dabbled in the jazz scene in his teens (playing with and learning from such luminaries as Stephane Grappelli, Diz Disley and Denny Wright). He spent many years with a variety of acoustic bands, producing a eclectic body of recorded material culminating in the release of two solo albums in the early eighties. He then became sidetracked into the commercial music world - collecting a silver disc for producing The Oldest Swinger in Town. One day in 1985, he decided he'd really rather play interesting music than pursue interesting pay cheques and thereafter became immersed in the traditional music of Ireland and Scotland. In 1988, he started working with Irish harper Maire Ni Chathasaigh, since then they've played in 21 countries on five continents. He guested with the Boys of the Lough on their Day Dawn album in 1994 and toured with them for almost three years.

Pass the Pick * Down the Wind * The Riverside * Fretwork * Hook Olle Storpolska * The Arctic Goose * The Albatross Waltz * Tom McConville's Idea-Arthur's Rover-The Black Cat Reel * The Astronomer's Gaze * Where's the Bar * The Mallard's Minuet * Off the Hook-The Last Resort * Water on the Moon * Tell Her Lies and Feed Her Candy-Old Joe Clark * The Skinner Set * Dance of Dawn * The Last Call