Martin Carthy

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Remember Me to One Who Lives: There: Martin Carthy – A Special Evening of Song & Conversation with Jon Wilks. Touring 20 Oct – December 2023.

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We are delighted to be able to offer an extra-special chance to hear master craftsman Martin Carthy perform and reminisce on his illustrious career in folk song to date, with musical interludes and conversation with his talented friend, musician and journalist, Jon Wilks (Tradfolk). Martin has an insatiable musical curiosity…and a lifetime of wonderful stories and songs to share. There will also be a chance for audiences to ask freely questions of this mighty oak of the English folk tradition. Expect frank and fascinating insights into all manner of subjects…from Scarborough Fair to the Beastie Boys!

Lifetime Achievement Award – BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014

For more than 50 years Martin Carthy has been one of folk music’s greatest innovators, one of its best loved, most enthusiastic and, at times, most quietly controversial of figures. 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, of which the much anticipated Waiting for Angels (Topic TSCD527) was the latest. Whether in the folk clubs (which he continues to champion), on the concert stage or making TV appearances (he was the subject of the acclaimed `Originals’ music documentary strand on BBC 2) – 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. He always prefers to follow an insatiable musical curiosity rather than cash in on his unrivalled position. 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

Tour Dates

29/09/2023Cork Folk FestivalCORK (Ireland)
20/10/2023Manchester Folk Festival (In Conversation)MANCHESTER
21/10/2023Pocklington Arts (In Conversation)POCKLINGTON
22/10/2023Musicport (In Conversation)WHITBY
27/10/2023The Haymarket (In Conversation)BASINGSTOKE
28/10/2023Malvern Cube (In Conversation)MALVERN
29/10/2023Guildhall (In Conversation)PORTSMOUTH
03/11/2023MAC (In Conversation)BIRMINGHAM
04/11/2023Square Chapel (In Conversation)HALIFAX
05/10/2023Plowright Theatre (In Conversation)SCUNTHORPE
12/11/2023Lewes Con ClubLEWES
14/11/2023TemperanceLEAMINGTON SPA
19/11/2023Halton Mill (In Conversation)LANCASTER
20/11/2023Liverpool Phil (In Conversation)LIVERPOOL
21/11/2023Stamford Arts (In Conversation)STAMFORD