For decades, Martin Carthy stood at the heart of the English folk revival, passing down songs that had survived centuries. Now Alzheimer’s has ended his performing life, but the tradition he preserved ...

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 ...

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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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 ...

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 ...