- Martin Carthy( Martin Dominic Forbes Carthy )【 8 albums 59 lyrics 】
- Martin Carthy MBE (born 21 May 1941) is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and later artists such as Richard Thompson since he emerged as a young musician in the early days of the folk revival.
Musical career
He is a solo performer of traditional songs in a very distinctive style, accompanying himself on his Martin 000-18 acoustic guitar; his style is marked by the use of alternative tunings (notably CGCDGA), and a strongly percussive picking style that emphasises the melody.
In 1964 Carthy joined Marian Mackenzie, Ralph Trainer and Leon Rosselson in the group The Three City Four. The group concentrated on contemporary songs, including some of Rosselson's own, and made two albums – the first for Decca and a second, 'Smoke and Dust (Where the Heart Should Have Been)', for CBS. The 1965 eponymous debut The Three City Four featured Carthy singing lead vocals on two tracks – Sydney Carter's 'Telephone Song' and Rosselson's own 'History Lesson'. Roy Bailey would replace Carthy when he later left the group.
Carthy's debut solo album, Martin Carthy, was released in 1965, and also featured Dave Swarbrick playing fiddle on some tracks, although he was not mentioned in the album's sleeve notes. Carthy's arrangement of the traditional ballad 'Scarborough Fair' was adapted, without acknowledgement, by Paul Simon on the Simon and Garfunkel album recording Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme in 1966. This caused a rift between the pair which was not resolved until Simon invited Carthy to sing the song with him on-stage at the Hammersmith Apollo in 2000. - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
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The Definitive Collection
2003
1.The Banks of the Nile
2.The Dominion of the Sword3.The Bedmaking -
Rigs of the Time
1993
1.The Ant and the Grasshopper
2.Billy Boy3.All of a Row -
Out of the Cut
1982
1.The Devil and the Feathery Wife
2.The Song of the Lower Classes
3.Rigs of the Time4.Jack Rowland
5.Old Horse -
Landfall
1971
1.Cold Haily Windy Night
2.The Bold Poachers3.Dust to Dust -
Signs of Life
1.Georgie
2.Prince Heathen
3.The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
4.Hong Kong Blues
5.Barbary Ellen
6.John Parfit7.The Wife of Usher's Well
8.The Bonny Hind
9.Heartbreak Hotel
10.The Deserter
11.Sir Patrick Spens
12.Jim Jones in Botany Bay -
Shearwater
1.Handsome Polly-o
2.Lord Randall3.Famous Flower of Serving Men -
Martin Carthy
1.High Germany
2.The Wind That Shakes the Barley
3.Lovely Joan
4.Scarborough Fair
5.Springhill Mine Disaster6.Broomfield Hill
7.The Queen of Hearts
8.Sovay
9.The Trees They Do Grow High
10.The Two Magicians -
Miscellaneous
1.Hog-Eye Man
2.Work Life Out to Keep Life In
3.William Taylor the Poacher
4.Byker Hill
5.King Henry
6.Skewbald
7.Company Policy
8.John Barleycorn
9.The Bloody Gardener
10.Davy Lowstone11.Mary Neal
12.Skewbald (Live)
13.The Man of Burnham Town
14.Domeama
15.Our Captain Cried All Hands
16.Arthur McBride and the Sergeant
17.Polly on the Shore
18.Poor Murdered Woman
19.Sailor's Life
20.The Begging Song
【Correction of errors in the album information】