mulberrybendmusic

American fiddle player and chanteuse, Susanna Carman, teams up with Irish finger style guitarist and songwriter, Karl Farren, to form Mulberry Bend, an original acoustic duo merging contemporary Australian folk music with 19th century Irish/blues fusion. Mulberry Bend offers audiences a uniquely sensitive interplay between Carman's Celtic fiddle, Appalachian dulcimer and 'flock of melodies,' and Farren's 'back woods soul' approach to old-time, finger style guitar. Combine this with award winning songs, effortless blending of voices and a shared gift for humouruos storytelling, and you have a pair of collaborators who change your mood and mindset the moment they step on stage.

"One of Carman's winning factors is the flock of melodies that rarely sit there waiting for you to like them; they're too busy doing that cartoon birds-around-your-head thing!" 
SMH, Bernard Zuel

"Karl Farren surges, swirls and meanders his way through a richly beautiful musical and emotional terrain." 
Drumbeat