One of the giants of British Folk Music, Martin Carthy, turns 79 years old today (The Watersons, Waterson–Carthy, Blue Murder, The Watersons, Steeleye Span, Albion Band, Brass Monkey, The Imagined Village, Dave Swarbrick)
One of the giants of British Folk Music, Martin Carthy, turns 79 years old today (The Watersons, Waterson–Carthy, Blue Murder, The Watersons, Steeleye Span, Albion Band, Brass Monkey, The Imagined Village, Dave Swarbrick)
Martin Carthy forgot more about playing the guitar than 99% of musicians ever knew. Too bad he’s never gotten the airplay and exposure on this side of the Atlantic that he has always deserved. Happy birthday to one of the – indeed – giants of folk.