Martin Carthy

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Martin Carthy

For more than 50 years, Martin Carthy has been one of folk music's greatest and best loved innovators. His skill, stage presence and natural charm have won him many admirers, not only from within the folk scene, but also far beyond it.

Trailblazing musical partnerships with, amongst others, Steeleye Span, Dave Swarbrick and his award-winning wife (Norma Waterson) and daughter Eliza Carthy have resulted in more than 40 albums, but Martin has only recorded 10 solo albums. Whether in the folk clubs, on the concert stage or making TV appearances - there are few roles that Martin Carthy hasn't played.

He's a ballad singer, a ground-breaking acoustic and electric-guitarist, and an authoritative interpreter of newly composed material. Perhaps, most significant of all, are his settings of traditional songs with guitar, which have influenced a generation of artists, including Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, on both sides of the Atlantic.

'Arguably the greatest English folk song performer, writer, collector and editor of them all'
Q Magazine

'Carthy is a master of the ballad of substance, songs that tell stories, whether they are traditional, his own or from contemporary writers.'
The Telegraph

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