Marrow Bones

A fiddler from Newfoundland, a piper from the Eastern Townships of Quebec, and a strummer from Antigonish, Nova Scotia walk into a wooden hall. What happens next? Maximum Celtic Groove! Marrow Bones is an eclectic roots ensemble composed of best-friends Mary Beth Carty (accordion, guitar, bones, voice, foot-stomp), Colin Carrigan (fiddle, mandolin, bouzouki), and Roy MacLaren (whistles, banjo, pipes). The trio began by hosting an annual spring barn-dance a few years back. Now, they are poised for ceilidh-domination with a fresh mash-up of tune sets, waltzes, and unusual songs.

Mary Beth Carty is winner of the 2024 Canadian Folk Music Award for Traditional Singer of the Year, and recently had a song included on the Putumayo compilation album Celtic Voices. Roy MacLaren has recorded tin-whistle on albums by Joel Plaskett, Buck 65, and Al Tuck. His piping is greatly influenced by Hamish Moore, with whom he will be studying the art of reed-making this August. Colin Carrigan is a trained luthier who plays a fiddle of his own making. Colin has toured with the Ennis Sisters, has composed tunes recorded by the Navigators and other artists, and plays many compositions by the late Newfoundland fiddler Émile Benoît.Together, Marrow Bones are a unique power-trio whose music combines improvisational elements and deep tradition.