we're the malvinas.

That's T-for-Texas, Québec-as-in-Canada and Louisiana, y'all, a feminist folk trio with a seriously original sound created by three of the most temperamental, romantic, down-to-earth, tolerant, funky, maternal, independent, impassioned, politically opinionated, completely-unlike-one-another, singer-songwriter-instrumentalists you've ever had the good fortune to know. Lisa Markley, Gina Forsyth and Beth Cahill are hard workin' girls, too, on guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, killer harmonies, and a veritable smörgasbord of original compositions that will have you coming back for more.

Et en français (Merci Jan!! - Jan est notre traductrice)

malvinas– Louisiane/Texas/Québec – Acoustique et racines
Avec des racines ancrées un peu partout en Amérique du Nord - The Malvinas, trio féminin formé Lisa Markley, Gina Forsyth et Beth Cahill, possède un son sérieusement originel. Capricieuses, romantiques, terre-à-terre, tolérante, géniales, maternelles, indépendantes, passionnées, politiquement opiniâtres, et complètement différentes chacune des autres, elles travaillent dur:guitares, mandoline, violon, banjo, harmonies éblouissantes, et toute une gamme de compositions incluant : du blues du Sud profond, les saveurs épicées de la musique louisianaise, la musique celtique et la tradition des auteurs-compositeurs-interprètes.

If you're a fan, you'll probably want to head for our music page where you can hear samples of our latest release, Love, Hope and Transportation (and other stuff too). And be sure to visit the playpen to get your own one-of-a-kind, custom-designed, Malvinas wallpaper for your computer. You can also check out our myspace page.

If you're a presenter or media type our handy toolkit has all the bio info, PDF presskit, stageplot, promo photos and other useful items you might need.

If you're a regular person who just stumbled upon The Malvinas' website while googling around, we hope you'll explore our site, listen to some songs and then either become a fan or hire us for a gig.

Please enjoy your visit. If you like, you can sign up for our mailing list. We guarantee that we won't be sending you any spam – just a wee bit of veggie pâté from time to time.

grow your own

See our roadmap for upcoming gigs. In addition, we love absolutely love to play house concerts. So if we are in your area and you think you might like to have The Malvinas in your living room - by all means drop us an email!

and we're sort of famous

Check out our full-page, four-color appearance in the Winter 2004-2005 issue of Subaru's Drive Magazine!