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Martin Carthy

January 2022

  • Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson,2015

    Norma Waterson was one of folk’s greatest voices – and greatest people

    Jude Rogers
  • ‘Where would we be without these two?’ … Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson.

    Carthy folk dynasty appeals for financial support after income ‘dried up’ during pandemic

September 2021

  • Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs and Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols

    Jailhouse rock: how history’s crimes live on in music

    From Maggie May to Ronnie Kray, crooks have long inspired songs, as a new book proves

September 2018

  • Paul Weller

    Paul Weller: True Meanings review – a gently introspective set

    (Parlophone)

January 2018

  • Marry Waterson and Eliza Carthy perform Bright Phoebus Revisited at Celtic Connections.

    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

March 2017

  • Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge, Britain - 01 Aug 2010<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Geoffrey Robinson / Rex Features ( 1214117af ) The Imagined Village - Chris Wood Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge, Britain - 01 Aug 2010

    English folk music helps us fathom our heritage of struggle

    Nicola Kearey and Ian Carter
  • Ian Carter and Martin Carthy

    From Here: English Folk Field Recordings review – 17 intimate performances

February 2016

  • Willie Nelson opening the July 4th Picnic music festival in 1974.

    Not talkin' bout a revolution: where are all the protest songs?

  • Martin Carthy And John Kirkpatrick Perform In London<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 17: John Kirkpatrick and Martin Carthy perform at Cecil Sharp House on February 17, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Maria Jefferis/Redferns)

    Martin Carthy and John Kirkpatrick review – folk titans join forces

November 2015

  • Ewan MacColl

    Blood and Roses: The Songs of Ewan MacColl review – loving tribute to a legend

    The Unthanks and Seth Lakeman join a stellar lineup to mark the centenary of one of folk’s most celebrated – and controversial – heroes

October 2015

  • ewan maccoll peggy seeger

    Various Artists: Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl review – an engrossing portrait

    This centenary collection of Ewan MacColl covers serves brilliantly to show off his songwriting skills

January 2015

  • Bob Copper

    Ten Thousand Times Adieu review – beautiful old songs sung with love

  • Ewan MacColl, feature

    Ewan MacColl: the godfather of folk who was adored – and feared

August 2014

  • Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson towersey festival

    Topic Records at 75 review – passion and enthusiasm shine through

  • Van Morrison performs on stage at the 2014 Cambridge folk festival

    Cambridge folk festival review - celebrating 50 years

June 2014

  • Martin Carthy and Eliza Carthy

    Martin and Eliza Carthy review – folk music at its best

    The folk father and daughter's first outing as a duo counterpoints their voices, guitar and fiddle to enthralling effect, writes John Lewis

May 2014

  • Martin Carthy & daughter Eliza Carthy

    Martin & Eliza Carthy: The Moral of the Elephant review – folk duo work together with ease and delight

    The father-and-daughter folk stars' first album as a duo is a brave and anything but predictable, writes Robin Denselow

March 2014

  • ewan maccoll peggy seeger 1962

    Singing from the Floor review – a story of British folk with nowt taken out

    JP Bean's bumper oral history of British folk clubs needed a stronger curator, says Jude Rogers

February 2014

  • Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin, folk awards 2014

    Music blog
    Folk is growing up but it still has a lot to learn

    Colin Irwin
    The times they are a-changin for the genre – evident at a star-studded awards show at the Royal Albert Hall – but there's still room for the scruffy outsider to grow, writes Colin Irwin• News: Bella Hardy wins folk singer of the year

January 2014

  • Pete Seeger sings as he sits on the bank of the Hudson River on May 3, 1996.

    Music blog
    'Without Pete Seeger, the UK folk scene wouldn't exist' – Martin Carthy

    The English folk star pays tribute to the man who inspired not just him but scores of other UK musicians

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