Just a few days after Martin Carthy concludes the U.S. tour that will bring him and daughter Eliza Carthy to the Birchmere, the singer-guitarist will turn 84. But this isn’t a farewell visit, says the ...

British folk legends, Martin and Eliza Carthy, will grace the Town Hall Theater Rothrock mainstage on Saturday, May 3 at 7:30pm. The Carthys will perform songs from their first duo album ever -- THE ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Should Carthy claim the prize, he'll be the oldest recipient of the award, which was established in 1992 by Jon Webster and Robert ...

MARTIN CARTHY: There was bombing going on in May 1941 and the hospital was evacuated to a place called Lemsford, near Hatfield. I was born there but I lived in and around Hampstead: Primrose Gardens, ...

When Paul Simon first came to Britain in the mid-1960s, he was still in the early stages of his music career as a songwriter and was in search of inspiration. That’s when he bumped into Martin Carthy, ...

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For such a peaceful, timeless song like "Scarborough Fair", it created a surprisingly deep rift between two folk musicians in ...

Joint San Diego concerts by two generations of English folk-music royalty happen, well, hardly ever. That makes tonight’s April 3 performance here by Martin Carthy and his daughter, Eliza, a unique ...

John Wilson continues with the second series of Mastertapes, in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live ...

Eliza Carthy, the child of a folk dynasty (her father is Martin Carthy and her mother Norma Waterson) is twice Merury Music Prize-nominated and has an MBE for services to folk. For at least a decade ...