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Waterson : Carthy
For more than three decades Norma Waterson and Martin Carthy have been at the forefront of the English folk scene. Together with their daughter, singer and fiddle player Eliza Carthy, they are one of Britain’s most successful and influential folk families.
Martin Carthy is a much loved and enormously influential figure in English folk music and has been for over 40 years. A tremendous researcher of songs from the English tradition, a world-renowned guitarist, and a former member of Steeleye Span, Martin has been the subject of various TV documentaries and has received a spectrum of BBC Folk Awards including ‘Folk Singer of the Year’. He became a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in 1998.
Norma Waterson is one of Britain’s finest, most emotive singers with her wonderfully compassionate voice, and is another BBC Folk Award recipient. Norma is a founding member of groundbreaking harmony group The Watersons, and has also been awarded the MBE.
Eliza Carthy has been performing live since her early teens and is a double Mercury Prize Award nominee and winner of a numerous BBC Folk Awards . She is steadfastly carrying forward the high standard set by her legendary parents and is a great example of the continuing transmission of traditions to new generations.
The Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival was delighted and proud to add Waterson : Carthy to its 2010 line-up.
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