Mara Carlyle has been played on NTS in shows including Phil's Jazz Dis-Junction, featured first on 10 May 2015. Songs played include Weird Girl and King.

Mara Carlyle is a London, UK singer-songwriter, who plays musical saw and the guitar. Her recording début was providing vocals for three tracks on Plaid's "Not For Threes" (Oct 1997, Warp), her own début album was "The Lovely" (Jun 2004, Accidental Records) and the latest is "Floreat" (Jul 2011, Ancient & Modern).

She is the child of musicians and was raised in Shropshire, England.

Lovely by name, lovely by nature? Well, yes and no. The music certainly sounds lovely, so lovely…