Martin Carthy

Oh no, I don’t recall, I can’t remember anything at all – Jon Aird’s 2025 year in review

December 12, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

What a year 2025 has been, musically speaking. There’s been a lot outside of music that has been…hmm, disappointing – one way or another. No one was really expecting the dawn of a new socialist utopia, […]

Live Review: The Life & Songs of Martin Carthy, EartH (Theatre), London – 27th September 2025

October 8, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

A first visit to EartH, the Hackney multi-venue performance space – and specifically a gig in the EartH Theatre venue, which is a converted and restored Art Deco cinema space. This celebration of the life and […]

Artwork for reissue of Martin Carthy album "Martin Carthy"

Re-release Review: Martin Carthy “Martin Carthy”

February 29, 2024 Peter Thompson 2

Vinyl reissue of classic, traditional English folk album from one of the genre’s most influential musicians. This is a vinyl reissue of Martin Carthy’s debut eponymous album. The reissue is one of British folk music label […]

Dream Team Double Header – Martin Carthy and… Toyah? It’s a Mystery.

May 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

What? Really, Songkick, what? Martin Carthy… on tour with Toyah? How could that be? The very definition of the folk singer a lifetime deep in the music and one of the contenders for a pixie-princess of […]

Angeline Morrison “The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs Of Black British Experience”

September 30, 2022 Paul Kerr 2

An important, essential folk album which casts light on the hidden history of black people in these sceptred /blighted isles. On the face of it, ‘The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs Of Black British Experience’ is an […]