Martin & Eliza Carthy
Sun 24 Sep 2017
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seated
Price
£16 (£14)*
Time
7.30pm
Sun 24 Sep 2017
Other Information
seated
Price
£16 (£14)*
Time
7.30pm
Martin Carthy and daughter Eliza join forces to perform songs from their first duo album of traditional material.
Martin is a legendary ballad singer and guitarist who has influenced a generations of artists, including Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, while Eliza has been twice-nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and a multiple-award winner at the BBC Radio Two Folk awards.
Eliza Carthy is undoubtedly one of the most impressive and engaging performers of her generation. Twice nominated for the Mercury Prize and winner of innumerable other accolades over a 20 year career, Eliza has performed and recorded with a diverse array of artists including, Paul Weller, Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Patrick Wolf and Bob Neuwirth. More than most, Eliza Carthy has revitalised folk music and captured the most hardened of dissenters with intelligent, charismatic and boundary-crossing performance.
Eliza Carthy was nominated Best Singer in the 2016 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.