Performing with The Imagined Village at Camp Bestival, July 2008
Background information
Birth name
Martin Dominic Forbes Carthy
Born
(1941-05-21) 21 May 1941 (age 83) Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
Origin
London, England
Genres
English folk
folk baroque
British folk rock
Occupation(s)
Singer
musician
songwriter
record producer
Instrument(s)
Vocals
guitar
mandolin
banjo
dulcimer
organ
Years active
1960–present
Labels
Topic
Fontana
Philips
Deram
B&C
Spouse
Norma Waterson
(m. 1972; died 2022)
Children
Eliza Carthy
Relatives
Mike Waterson (brother-in-law)
Lal Waterson (sister-in-law)
Musical artist
Martin Dominic Forbes Carthy MBE (born 21 May 1941) is an English singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in English folk music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon,[1] and later artists such as Richard Thompson, since he emerged as a young musician in the early days of the folk revival in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Martin Dominic Forbes Carthy MBE (born 21 May 1941) is an English singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in English...
fiddle. She is the daughter of English folk musicians MartinCarthy and Norma Waterson. Carthy was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. She...
scene to electrify the violin. MartinCarthy later recalled that Swarbrick had been indecisive about joining, telling Carthy: "I just played with this guy...
John Harrison and, in later incarnations of the group, her husband MartinCarthy. Waterson was known as the "matriarch of the royal family of British...
Carthy is a surname, and may refer to: Brian Carthy, Gaelic games correspondent and commentator Deborah Carthy-Deu (born 1966), Puerto Rican actress Eliza...
stages of his relationship with Lal Waterson's sister Norma. (Notably, MartinCarthy and Norma Waterson, who perform "Red Wine & Promises" together on the...
John Bowlin, neither of whom is proven to have been a real person. MartinCarthy gave Hart the idea to name the band after the song character. When the...
Norma Waterson and Mike Waterson, the aunt of Eliza Carthy and the sister-in-law of MartinCarthy. She was married to George Knight and had two children...
folksinger MartinCarthy. "I ran into some people in England who really knew those [traditional English] songs," Dylan recalled in 1984. "MartinCarthy, another...
Martyn, Steve Earle, The Dubliners, MartinCarthy, Billy Bragg, Shirley Collins, Kate Rusby, Cara Dillon, Eliza Carthy, Bellowhead, June Tabor, Oysterband...
Span comes from a character in the traditional song "Horkstow Grange." MartinCarthy gave Hart the idea to name the band after the song character. When the...
Morris Dance Tunes from the Cotswolds by John Kirkpatrick, MartinCarthy, Sue Harris, Martin Brinsford, Fi Fraser on The Session". 30 January 2014 – via...
November 2007. The original lineup consisted of Billy Bragg, MartinCarthy, Eliza Carthy, Sheila Chandra, Chris Wood and The Young Coppers, backed by...
fingerstyle acoustic guitar such as Bert Jansch, Wizz Jones, John Renbourn, MartinCarthy, John Martyn, Paul Simon and Jimmy Page, who based his solo "White Summer"...
Bluebell Folk Club. Vickers was replaced the same year by Norma's husband, MartinCarthy. This line-up recorded For Pence and Spicy Ale (1975), Sound, Sound...
2006) MartinCarthy (Fontana, 1965) MartinCarthy, This is ... MartinCarthy: The Bonny Black Hare and Other Songs (Philips, 1971) MartinCarthy, The Carthy...
by MartinCarthy, released in 1974. It was re-issued by Topic Records on LP in 1981 and on CD in 1996. It is the first of a trilogy of MartinCarthy albums...
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