Martin Carthy

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. His settings of traditional songs with guitar have influenced a generation of artists, including Bob Dylan and Paul Simon. “Arguably the greatest English folk song performer, writer, collector and editor of them all” Q Magazine