Eliza Carthy
Eliza Carthy & the Restitution: Queen of the Whirl review – highlights reel
Eliza Carthy brings both a fresh new spin and timeless quality to 30 years of her best songs, from music hall to rural folk
Neil Spencer
29, Oct, 2022 @3:00 PM
Eliza Carthy: ‘Folk music is sexy and filthy and at the end of the night you fall over. That’s how I live’
She was the pink-haired fiddler who punked up folk, but Covid almost sank her and her famous family. Eliza Carthy talks about going broke, bereavement and the healing power of boozy, bawdy music
Dave Simpson
03, Oct, 2022 @5:00 AM
Norma Waterson was one of folk’s greatest voices – and greatest people
The British folk singer, who has died aged 82, was proud of the music she made – and her warmth as well as her toughness sang loudly in her songs
Jude Rogers
31, Jan, 2022 @3:30 PM
Norma Waterson obituary
Celebrated singer of traditional English folk music whose embrace of other musical styles won her a wide following
Robin Denselow
31, Jan, 2022 @1:55 PM
Norma Waterson, celebrated British folk singer, dies aged 82
Musician acclaimed for work with siblings and husband Martin Carthy in the Watersons had been suffering from pneumonia
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
31, Jan, 2022 @11:58 AM
Carthy folk dynasty appeals for financial support after income ‘dried up’ during pandemic
Eliza Carthy said her parents Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson were ‘struggling to survive’ after Covid-19 left them without revenues from live performances
Laura Snapes
13, Jan, 2022 @4:19 PM
Jack Lear review – Shakespeare, shanties and a raging Barrie Rutter
Dementia drama and Jacobean bloodbath sit uneasily alongside each other in a reworking of King Lear during the fishing industry’s dying days
Mark Fisher
28, Jan, 2019 @9:46 AM
Jack Lear review – Shakespeare gets a gripping sea change
Barrie Rutter revives Ben Benison’s reworking of King Lear set in a 21st-century fishing community with action-packed success
Clare Brennan
27, Jan, 2019 @8:00 AM
Raw, brutal masterpieces: 2018's best folk albums
Lisa O’Neill, Lori Watson, Trembling Bells, Norma Waterson and Eliza Carthy were among the many standout acts in a very distinguished year for the genre
Jude Rogers
14, Dec, 2018 @8:30 AM
Cambridge folk festival review – verve and energy in a female-focused weekend
Rhiannon Giddens, Patti Smith and First Aid Kit kicked up a storm, but with mellower moments from the likes of Eric Bibb and Darlingside this was a wide-ranging and happy festival
Colin Irwin
06, Aug, 2018 @10:40 AM
Folk CD of the month: Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy with the Gift Band: Anchor review
Joy and bruised melancholy combine on this extraordinary release, made after the trials of illness
Jude Rogers
01, Jun, 2018 @7:30 AM
Bright Phoebus Revisited review – Watersons bring a cult classic back to life
A stirring celebration of Mike and Lal Waterson’s great lost folk album gathered daughters, sons, cousins and uncles – plus an Arcade Fire star
Kate Molleson
25, Jan, 2018 @1:05 PM
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