Renowned singer Norma Waterson - matriarch of the "royal family of British folk music" - has died. Norma, brother Mike, sister Lal formed The Watersons in the 1960s, achieving critical acclaim for ...

The room that is now Dalston’s EartH Theatre first opened as a cinema in 1936, five years before the birth of Martin Carthy.

This first outing as a duo from English folk royalty Norma Waterson and Eliza Carthy, mother and daughter, is unexpectedly American in feel. It is still a family affair, with Martin Carthy popping up ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. For more than half a century, the Waterson family have been singing and making records in the North-East of England — ...

Folk guitarist Martin Carthy has happy memories of the recording sessions for Bright Phoebus – Mike and Lal Waterson’s only album of original songs. Sadly the initial commercial reaction didn’t match ...

Gigs rarely start out with such emotive charge, but that is precisely what this mother-and-daughter combo achieve on their opening number "Dreaming". The elder Norma Waterson imbues the wistful, ...

Great names of folk, Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson, are the special guests at a celebration of English traditional music near Lambourn on Sunday. The arts organisation Springline Arts has ...

NORMA Waterson will return to the concert platform next month for Two Nights At The Coliseum, Whitby, performing alongside daughter Eliza Carthy, husband Martin Carthy and special guests. Norma's ...

You get more than a concert with Norma Waterson and her daughter, Eliza Carthy. Along with the songs and fiddle tunes on which their reputation rests comes something akin to a social history lesson as ...

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Eliza and Martin Carthy talk to John Wilson and an audience about her celebrated 2002 folk album, 'Anglicana'. From 2013. Show more Eliza and Martin Carthy talk about their critically celebrated 2002 ...

This album is the first which mother (Norma) and daughter (Eliza) have released as a duo. They have already recorded many albums independently, and as part of other ‘collectives’ including the ...