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Martin Dominic Forbes Carthy MBE (born 21 May 1941) is an English singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in English folk music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, as well as later artists such as Richard Thompson, since he emerged as a young musician in the early days of the folk ...
May 26, 2021 · When we spoke to Martin Carthy as he approached his 80th birthday on 21 May 2021, he was celebrating a successful 60-year career in music. “I’ve done all right really,” he says modestly, adding with a laugh: “I’ve been on a zero-hours contract in the gig economy!”
Nov 8, 2023 · Though he’s one of the most influential and important figures in the history of British traditional music, there’s such a sense of wonderment to his tone – as well as a gleeful propensity for expletives – when he talks about other musicians that he might easily be mistaken simply for a fan.
Martin Carthy has progressed over more than half a century from being the ‘crown prince’ of British traditional music to its ‘godfather’. Simon Joseph Jones played it by ear at his home in Robin Hood Bay on 28 May 2013.
Feb 28, 2018 · Martin Carthy discusses a life in music: his early albums, his time with The Watersons, Dave Swarbrick, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, and more.
For more than 50 years Martin Carthy has been one of folk music’s greatest innovators, one of its best loved, most enthusiastic and, at times, most quietly controversial of figures. His skill, stage presence and natural charm have won him many admirers, not only from within the folk scene, but also far beyond it.
Oct 13, 2015 · We catch up with the legendary folk singer and guitarist Martin Carthy at Wickham Festival and, in an in-depth interview, he shares his thoughts on folk songs and the singers from whom they were…
