Start 8pm - Doors 7:15pm
The Lawns Hotel
High Street
Chellaston
Chellaston
Derby
DE73 6TB
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Full price £12, Student £10 
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Village Folk Presents: Folk Legend Martin Carthy
Live folk and traditional music.
'Arguably, the greatest English folk song performer, writer, collector and editor of them all' - Q Magazine
The word 'legend' gets bandied around rather too casually these days, but Martin Carthy is a true legend of British folk music.
Not only a master guitarist, singer and interpreter of folk songs for the past 50 years, but an endless inspiration to us all!
At seventy-five years old, with a seminal career to date and still going strong, Martin just picks up his guitar, gets on the train and travels all around the country (and beyond) sharing his passion and endless curiosity for traditional music - in folk clubs, arts centres, major concert halls and festivals alike.
*Lifetime Achievement Award – BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014*
For more than 40 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.
Trailblazing musical partnerships with, amongst others, Steeleye Span, Dave Swarbrick and his award-winning wife (Norma Waterson) and daughter Eliza Carthy have resulted in more than 40 albums, but Martin has only recorded 10 solo albums, of which the much anticipated Waiting for Angels (Topic TSCD527) was the latest. Whether in the folk clubs (which he continues to champion), on the concert stage or making TV appearances (he was the subject of the acclaimed `Originals’ music documentary strand on BBC 2) – there are few roles that Martin Carthy hasn’t played.
He’s a ballad singer, a ground-breaking acoustic and electric-guitarist and an authoritative interpreter of newly composed material. He always prefers to follow an insatiable musical curiosity rather than cash in on his unrivalled position. Perhaps, most significant of all, are his settings of traditional songs with guitar, which have influenced a generation of artists, including Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, on both sides of the Atlantic.
‘Carthy is a master of the ballad of substance, songs that tell stories, whether they are traditional, his own or from contemporary writers.’ - The Telegraph
For more information about this event, please visit our website... www.villagefolk.org
The word 'legend' gets bandied around rather too casually these days, but Martin Carthy is a true legend of British folk music.
Not only a master guitarist, singer and interpreter of folk songs for the past 50 years, but an endless inspiration to us all!
At seventy-five years old, with a seminal career to date and still going strong, Martin just picks up his guitar, gets on the train and travels all around the country (and beyond) sharing his passion and endless curiosity for traditional music - in folk clubs, arts centres, major concert halls and festivals alike.
*Lifetime Achievement Award – BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014*
For more than 40 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.
Trailblazing musical partnerships with, amongst others, Steeleye Span, Dave Swarbrick and his award-winning wife (Norma Waterson) and daughter Eliza Carthy have resulted in more than 40 albums, but Martin has only recorded 10 solo albums, of which the much anticipated Waiting for Angels (Topic TSCD527) was the latest. Whether in the folk clubs (which he continues to champion), on the concert stage or making TV appearances (he was the subject of the acclaimed `Originals’ music documentary strand on BBC 2) – there are few roles that Martin Carthy hasn’t played.
He’s a ballad singer, a ground-breaking acoustic and electric-guitarist and an authoritative interpreter of newly composed material. He always prefers to follow an insatiable musical curiosity rather than cash in on his unrivalled position. Perhaps, most significant of all, are his settings of traditional songs with guitar, which have influenced a generation of artists, including Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, on both sides of the Atlantic.
‘Carthy is a master of the ballad of substance, songs that tell stories, whether they are traditional, his own or from contemporary writers.’ - The Telegraph
For more information about this event, please visit our website... www.villagefolk.org
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