Martin Carthy – Page 3 – Topic Records

For more than 30 years Martin Carthy has been the most visible, versatile and, at times, controversial figure in English folk music. Whether in the folk club, on the concert stage or in a TV studio, there are few roles he has not played, from ballad singer to folk-rock guitarist. While his settings of traditional songs with guitar have influenced a generation of performers, he is also an authoritative interpreter of newly composed material.â€¨â€¨
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards’ Singer of the Year in 2002 and 2005

Martin Carthy – Landfall

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Martin Carthy's 1971 solo album tunnels further than its predecessors into contemporary song, coming up with memorable performances of Dave Goulder's January Man John Kirkpatrick's Dust To Dust and David Ackles' His Name is Andrew. Martin Carthy vocals, guitar 1 Here's Adieu [...]

Martin Carthy – Landfalldavid2019-11-08T10:03:59+00:00

Martin Carthy – Because It’s There

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His musical thinking enriched by his experience in folk-rock pioneers Steeleye Span, Martin Carthy approached this 1979 album (produced by Ashley Hutchings) with fresh ideas and collaborators such as trumpeter Howard Evans and John Kirkpatrick on accordion and concertina. Martin Carthy vocals, [...]

Martin Carthy – Because It’s Theredavid2019-11-08T10:09:18+00:00

Martin Carthy – Sweet Wivelsfield

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First released in 1974 and produced by Ashley Hutchings, Sweet Wivelsfield is a classic Martin Carthy album and served as a benchmark recording for many other artists. The ominously chiming guitar chords of Trimdon Grange and the ingeniously borrowed melody of King [...]

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Martin Carthy – Out Of The Cut

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An updated Rigs of the Time and Jack Rowland's long story of magic metamorphosis are among the many arresting moments on this 1982 set, for which Martin Carthy is again joined by John Kirkpatrick and Howard Evans. Richard Thompson plays guitar on [...]

Martin Carthy – Out Of The Cutdavid2019-11-08T10:13:35+00:00

Martin Carthy – Right Of Passage

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On Right Of Passage from 1988, Carthy draws tunes from Quebec, Brittany and Mozart, songs from Leon Rosselson and Mike Waterson and poems from e.e.cummings and an anonymous 17th-century pamphleteer into a surprising but successful union of old and new, traditional and [...]

Martin Carthy – Right Of Passagedavid2019-10-31T09:33:18+00:00

Brass Monkey – The Complete Brass Monkey

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The group's two '80s albums, combined here, are full of fresh arrangements of traditional songs and tunes. 'Brass Monkey was a great idea,' said Martin Carthy. 'A phenomenal experience.' Q called it 'the finest folk group of the 1980s.' It should have [...]

Brass Monkey – The Complete Brass Monkeydavid2019-11-12T14:52:04+00:00

Waterson:Carthy – Waterson:Carthy

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With an eclecticism characteristic of its members, Waterson:Carthy's first album draws upon not only the archives of British folksong but a Morris tune and a Texas waltz. What is transmitted to the listener, however, is not so much the skill of their [...]

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Waterson:Carthy – Common Tongue

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"This is deliberately an album of English music," writes Martin Carthy in his notes. "It is neither possible nor desirable to set up musical border checkpoints anywhere. However, there is that elusive and ever changing thing called identity." Assisted by members of [...]

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Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick – Life and Limb

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Carthy and Swarbrick celebrated their 1990 reunion by adding many new songs and tunes to their repertoire as well as taking a fresh look at old favourites like Sovay and Byker Hill. Martin Carthy vocals, guitar Dave Swarbrick fiddle 1 Sovay 2 [...]

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Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick – Skin & Bone

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This lively collaboration from two master musicians, recorded 1992, features a poignant reading of the ballad Lucy Wan and a long medley of tunes by the Irish harpist O'Carolan. 1 The Sheepstealer 2 The Poacher 3 I Courted a Damsel 4 Lucy [...]

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