Dr. John Harding plays the trumpet and bodhran. John is a professional trumpet player who enjoys playing the bodhran. He has taught at UNC Charlotte, UNC Chapel Hill, The University of Miami, New Mexico State University, and at the American College in Cairo, Egypt. John has performed as a principal trumpet with several symphony orchestras, and as a lead trumpet with a number of big bands.

Troy Conn is a versatile guitarist and musician with a variety of styles under his belt. He received his Bachelors of Music Performance at UNC Charlotte, where he studied classical guitar and performed with the Guitar Ensemble, Big Band, Jazz Combo and orchestra. Troy has played in local and regional rock bands, jazz combos and is currently enjoying his role in Anam Cara. He is also the guitar instructor at LA Guitar Factory in Charlotte.

Taylor Caton is Anam Cara's doumbek player. One hundred years ago Taylor would have jumped freight trains or stowed away on tramp steamers. He would have written novels in the manner of Jack London, painted portraits of exotic womanhood as did Paul Gauguin, and he would have been a guide through steaming jungles in the furthest outposts of civilization. In these days of the jet plane, Taylor uses the doumbek to express his deepest desires. Taylor has enough energy to power a small fleet of motor vehicles. It's a fuel that burns full-throttle, ignited by the heat of his soulful rhythms and the power and passion of his performance.

Kelly Harding plays the fiddle and mandolin and sings vocals. She took up the viola many years ago in California when there were no flutes left to give out and the viola was the one remaining instrument left in the instrument room. After moving to Atlanta, her mother dragged her to a yard sale and found a violin glued to a picture frame with the asking price of two dollars. Her mother bought it, had fun cleaning it up, and presented it to her daughter, and Kelly has been playing it ever since.