Eliza Carthy (b 1975)
English vocalist , singing traditional and contemporary songs. Some albums
are rock-oriented.
(Eliza Carthy also recorded with Nancy Kerr, Blue Murder, The Kings of Callicutt and Waterson:Carthy)
(Tim van Eyken has recorded solo)
(John Spiers and Jon Boden have recorded as a duo)
(Eliza Carthy is the daughter or Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson)
Albums.
| Title. | Year. | Label. | No.
|
|---|
| Heat Light and Sound | 1996 |
Topic | TSCD482
|
| Red Rice | 1998 |
Topic | TSCD2001 |
| Red (*) | 1998 | Topic | TSCD493
|
| Rice (*) | 1998 | Topic | TSCD494
|
| Angels And Cigarettes | 2000 |
Warner | 9362476982
|
| Anglicana | 2002 | Topic | TSCD539
|
| Rough Music (**) | 2005 |
Topic | TSCD544 |
| Dreams of Breathing Underwater |
2008 | Topic | TSCD571 |
(*) These two albums were originally packaged together as "Red
Rice", but re-released separately later the same year.
(** Eliza Carthy and the Ratcatchers)
Collaboration -Martin Green and Eliza Carthy
| Title. | year. | Label. | No.
|
|---|
| Dinner | 2002 |
Heroes of Edible Music | no number
|
Collaboration - Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| Gift | 2010 | Topic |
TSCD579 |
Collaboration - David Rotheray (guitar) with various vocalists: Eliza Carthy
(2 tracks), Alasdair Roberts (1 track), Jim Causley (3 tracks), Bella
Hardy (3 tracks) et al
| Title. | year. | Label. | No.
|
|---|
| The Life of Birds | 2010 |
Proper | ? |
Compilations.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| The Definitive Collection
| 2003 | Highpoint | HPO 6005
|
Anthologies
| Title. | year. | Label. | No.
|
|---|
| Stepping Up (*) | 2004 | Topic | TSCD752
|
| Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys (**) | 2006 | Anti- | G817-2
|
| Where Have all the Flowers Gone? (Pete Seeger Tribute)(***) |
1998 | Appleseed |
1024 |
| The Imagined Village (****) | 2007 | Real World | ?
|
(*) one track only - No Man's Jig/ Hanoverian Dance/ Three Jolly Sheepskins
(from Anglicana).
(**) one track only - Rolling Sea
(***) one track only, with Billy Bragg
(****) with Martin Carthy, Paul Weller, Chris Wood, Billy Bragg, Simon Emmerson and Benjamin Zephaniah
Anthology - Eliza Carthy, Norma Waterson, June Tabor, Fairport Convention et
al
| Title. | year. | Label. | No.
|
|---|
| Mr Straw's Hallway | 2000 |
Terra Nova | CD019/020
|
Anthology - Altan, Kate Rusby, Beth Orton, Martin Simpson, Eliza Carthy,
Joan Baez et al.
| Album title.
| year
| Label.
| Number.
|
| Cool as Folk: Cambridge Folk Festival (live) | 2007
| Gott Disks | GOTTCD070 |
Anthology, Various artists - The Morris On Band, Chris Parkinson, John
Kirkpatrick, Chris Leslie, Ric Sanders Group, Jim Moray, Ric Sanders Group, Ken
Nicol, Eliza Carthy and Saul Rose, Jim Causley, Show Of Hands, Fairport Convention, et al.
| Title. | year. | Label. | No.
|
|---|
| Mother of All Morris | 2007 |
? |
|
Best Albums(*).
| Title. | year. |
|---|
| Anglicana |
2002 |
| Red Rice | 1998 |
|
Angels and Cigarettes | 2000 |
(*) Based on critical opinion.
Popular downloads.
| Title. |
|---|
| Rolling Sea |
|
Follow The Dollar |
|
10,000 Miles |
|
Two Tears |
| Limbo |
|
Walk Away |
|
Pretty Ploughboy |
Session recordings.
| Performer. | Title | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| Billy Bragg and Wilco | Mermaid Avenue | ? | |
|
Hit albums.
| Title. | year. | highest position. |
|---|
| Dreams of
Breathing Underwater | 2008 |
87 |
Album tracks.
The Definitive Collection. Recorded 1995 - 2002. Issued on CD in 2003.
Running time 68 minutes 18 seconds. Tracks taken from "Waterson:Carthy"
(Waterson:Carthy 1995), "Red" (Eliza Carthy 1998, three tracks),
"And the Kings of Calicut" (Eliza Carthy 1997, two tracks),
"Heat, Light and Sound" (Eliza Carthy 1996), "Common Tongue"
(Waterson:Carthy 1997), "Red" (Eliza Carthy, 1998), "A Dark
Light" (Waterson: Carthy 2003), "Mysterious Day" (Oliver Knight
2002) and "Shining Bright - The Songs of Lal and Mike Waterson".
| Title. | Author.
|
|---|
| 1. The Light Dragoon | Trad
|
| 2. Greenwood Laddie (song)/ Mrs Capron's Reel (instr)/ Tune (instr) | Trad
|
| 3. Mother, Go Make My Bed/ Flower of Swiss Cottage | Trad
|
| 4. Cold, Wet and Rainy Night (song)/ The Grand Hornpipe (instr) | Trad
|
| 5. Fisher Boy | Trad
|
| 6. Billy Boy (song)/ The Widdow's Wedding (instr) | Trad
|
| 7. French Stroller | Trad
|
| 8. Stumbling On | E Waterson and O Knight
|
| 9. Blow the Winds/ The Game of Draughts | Trad
|
| 10. Mons Meg | Trad
|
| 11. Diego's Bold Shore | Trad
|
| 12. Go From My Window | Trad
|
| 13. Child Among the Weeds | E Waterson
|
Website
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Last updated on 25/12/2010