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Use dmy dates|date=August 2010BLP sources|date=August 2011Infobox musical artist | name = Eliza Carthy| image = Eliza Carthy Wychwood 2011.jpg| caption = Carthy on stage at the 2011 Wychwood Festival | image_size = | background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1975|8|23|df=y| death_date =| instrument = Human voice|Vocals violin viola Diatonic_button_accordion|melodeon piano guitar tenor guitar ukulele | genre = Folk Music of England|English folk music | occupation = Musician Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1987–present| label = Mrs Casey Records Topic Records Warner Bros. Records Heroes of Edible Music | associated_acts = The Watersons The Waterdaughters Nancy Kerr Waterson:Carthy Blue Murder (folk)|Blue Murder Salsa Celtica The Imagined Village | website = http://www.watersoncarthy.com/ www.watersoncarthy.com| website = http://www.eliza-carthy.com/ www.eliza-carthy.com| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Eliza Carthy (born 23 August 1975) is an England|English folk music|folk musician known for both singing and playing fiddle . She is the daughter of England|English folk music|folk musicians singer/ guitar ist Martin Carthy and singer Norma Waterson .
Life and career
Carthy was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire , England . At the age of thirteen Carthy formed the Waterdaughters with her mother, aunt ( Lal Waterson ) and cousin Maria Gilhooley|Maria Knight . She has subsequently worked with Nancy Kerr , with her parents as Waterson:Carthy , and as part of the "supergroup" Blue Murder (folk)|Blue Murder , in addition to her own solo work. She went to school at Fyling Hall School in North Yorkshire .
Eliza Carthy led the vocals as a member of Blue Murder on the song "I Bid You Goodnight" found on the CD tribute to the music of Joseph Spence & the Pinder family called Out On the Rolling Sea (1994) (Green Linnet). Along with Eliza are Lal Waterson, Norma Waterson, Jim Boyes, Martin Carthy, Barry Coope, Lester Simpson and Mike Waterson.
She has twice been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize for UK album of the year: in 1998 for Red Rice , and again in 2003 for Anglicana . Eliza was a guest on the album Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg and Wilco . Eliza and Billy also recorded together on the song "My Father's Mansions" which appeared on the Pete Seeger tribute album called Where Have All The flowers Gone (1998).
In September 2002 Eliza took part in the Tribute concert for Kirsty MacColl , "The Song's the Thing" along with other artists.
In 2003 Eliza swept the boards at the BBC Radio 2|Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards|Folk Awards , winning Folk Singer of the Year , Best Album (for Anglicana ) and Best Traditional Track (for "Worcester City", on the album Anglicana ). She was also the first traditional English musician to be nominated for a BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music in the same year (for Anglicana).
In 2004 she was part of Oysterband Big Session, a collaboration with numerous folk artists brought together by Oysterband . They produced an album The Big Session Volume One , and the group as a whole were awarded Best Group at the Folk Awards in 2005.
On May 29, 2005, Carthy took part in a tribute to Peggy Seeger at the Queen Elizabeth Hall , London . A double CD Three Score and Ten (2007) contains highlights on the concert.
In 2006 she contributed three songs (one as lead vocalist, two as backing vocalist) to '' Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys , produced by Hal Willner . Performing as a duo with Richard Thompson, she contributed "The Coo Coo Bird" to a boxed set called The Harry Smith Project (2006) also by Hal Willner. As a duo with Bob Neuwirth , she sang "I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground" by Bascom Lamar Lunsford on the same boxed set.
Dreams of Breathing Underwater , Carthy's second collection of self penned songs was released on 23 June 2008. Combining traditional instrumentation with experimental arrangements, and drawing influences from all aspects of her career so far, the album was conceived as the follow-up to 2000's Angels and Cigarettes and has been in the making for the best part of seven years.
Carthy's 2008 tour was cancelled in November, as a cyst on her throat made singing inconsistent and painful. Because of her pregnancy, doctors delayed treatment until spring 2009. http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm? threadid=115899& messages=10 mudcat.org November 2008 tour cancellation
She became a mother to Florence Daisy on 24 December 2008. http://www.eliza-carthy.com/eliza/news.cfm? id=89 Eliza-Carthy.com Birth announcement on her official website
The St George's Day Celebrations in Trafalgar Square on 25 April 2009 were opened by Carthy who performed two songs.
In 2010, Carthy released an album of collaborations with her mother entitled Gift . A BBC reviewer wrote: "The gift in question here, one gathers, is a handing of talent from generation to generation; Norma Waterson and Eliza Carthy are, after all, the sublimely gifted mother and daughter who make up part of British folk’s great dynasty." Commenting on the final song, "Shallow Brown", the reviewer noted: "Backed variously by other family members, including Eliza’s father Martin Carthy on guitar as well as her cousin Oliver Knight on electric guitar, vocals and cello, there is a real sense of congregation and rootedness about this song, and indeed this record as a whole. Long may the dynasty flourish."cite web| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/8qhf| title = Mother and daughter’s first album as a folk duo is a beguiling listen.| author = Barton, Laura| date = 2010-07-21| accessdate = 2010-08-17| publisher = BBC Music
Her second child was born on 26 November 2010, a second daughter called Isabella Mary.,cite web| url = http://www.eliza-carthy.com/newsarchive.cfm? id=196l| title = & #33; New Baby & #33; - Isabella Curran Carthy| author = | date = 26 November 2010| accessdate = 21 August 2011| publisher =Eliza-Carthy.com
In Search of English Folk Song (1997 BBC film directed by Ken Russell )
: Fairport Convention, Donovan, Osibisa, Eliza Carthy, The Albion Band, Waterson:Carthy, Edward II. : Reissued on DVD in 2008, but for Region 1 only
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External links
http://www.eliza-carthy.com/ Official Eliza Carthy Website
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eliza-Carthy/128935407178076/ Eliza Carthy's Facebook
http://www.myspace.com/elizacarthy Eliza Carthy's MySpace
http://www.watersoncarthy.com/ Waterson:Carthy Official Website
http://www.elizanet.org.uk/ Unofficial Eliza Carthy homepage
http://www.itvlocal.com/wales/newsextra/? player=WAL_NewsExtra_15& void=236768/ Interview with Eliza Carthy in September 2008 about her latest work
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/wvmq/ BBC online review of "Dreams Of Breathing Underwater"
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-eliza-carthy-dreams-of-breathing-underwater-topic-851873.html The Independent Newspaper's online review of "Dreams Of Breathing Underwater"
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2286556,00.html The Guardian Newspaper's online review of "Dreams Of Breathing Underwater"
Persondata | NAME =Carthy, Eliza | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = English people|English folk music|folk musician | DATE OF BIRTH =23 August 1975 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Scarborough, North Yorkshire , England | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Carthy, Eliza Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:English female singers Category:English folk singers Category:English folk musicians Category:English fiddlers Category:People from Scarborough, North Yorkshire Category:People educated at Fyling Hall School
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