Artist: Waterson:Carthy

Folk Families: The Waterson/Carthy Clan (Waterson:Carthy, Martin and Eliza Carthy, Lal Waterson covers & more!)

Oct 2, 2010, 10:24pm Cover Lay Down

Long before there was such thing as an American folk movement, the tradtunes and folk hymns of Britain, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales - including the 305 songs and variants which would eventually become known as the Child Ballads, after to their late nineteenth century collector Francis James Child - came to our shores singly, one or two at a time, in the hands and voices of several successive centuries of migrant generations. There, they found listeners longing for the sounds and stories of their ancestral homes, who took the songs, made them theirs, and turned them outwards to [...]

• Billy Bragg and Eliza Carthy - My Father's Mansions (Pete Seeger cover)
• Bob Neuwith and Eliza Carthy - I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground (trad.)
• Eliza Carthy - Rolling Sea (trad.)
• Eliza Carthy - Wildwood (Paul Weller cover)
• Helen Watson - Shine (Lal Waterson cover)
• James Yorkston - atfirstjames.mp3
• James Yorkston - Midnight Feast (Lal Waterson cover)
• Maddy Prior, Martin Carthy - The Great Valerio (Richard Thompson cover)
• Martin Carthy - Lord Randall (trad.)
• Norma Waterson - Black Muddy Water (Grateful Dead cover)
• Norma Waterson - God Loves A Drunk (Richard Thompson cover)
• Teddy & Linda Thompson - Evona Darling (Lal Waterson cover)
• The Unthanks - atfirstvash.mp3
• Vashti Bunyan - migbird.mp3
• Waterson Carthy - Norwegian Wood (Beatles cover)

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Artist:	Billy Bragg and Eliza Carthy
Title:	My Father's Mansions (Pete Seeger cover)
Link Text:	Billy Bragg w/ Eliza Carthy: My Fathers Mansions
File Name:	mansion.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	1998

Artist:	Bob Neuwith and Eliza Carthy
Title:	I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground (trad.)
Link Text:	Bob Neuwith  Eliza Carthy: Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground
File Name:	mole.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps

Artist:	Eliza Carthy
Title:	Rolling Sea (trad.)
Link Text:	Eliza Carthy: Rolling Sea
File Name:	rsea.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	Eliza Carthy
Title:	Wildwood (Paul Weller cover)
Link Text:	Eliza Carthy: Wildwood
File Name:	wwood.mp3
Bitrate:	256 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Helen Watson
Title:	Shine (Lal Waterson cover)
Link Text:	Helen Watson and Heather Greenbank: Shine
File Name:	shinel.mp3
Bitrate:	211 kbps
Year:	2002

Artist:	James Yorkston
Link Text:	James Yorkston: At First She Starts
File Name:	atfirstjames.mp3
Year:	2007

Artist:	James Yorkston
Title:	Midnight Feast (Lal Waterson cover)
Link Text:	James Yorkston: Midnight Feast
File Name:	midfeast.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Maddy Prior, Martin Carthy
Title:	The Great Valerio (Richard Thompson cover)
Link Text:	Maddy Prior  Martin Carthy: The Great Valerio
File Name:	valerio.mp3
Bitrate:	232 kbps
Year:	1994

Artist:	Martin Carthy
Title:	Lord Randall (trad.)
Link Text:	Martin Carthy: Lord Randall
File Name:	lrand.mp3
Bitrate:	233 kbps

Artist:	Norma Waterson
Title:	Black Muddy Water (Grateful Dead cover)
Link Text:	Norma Waterson: Black Muddy River
File Name:	muddy.mp3
Bitrate:	256 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	Norma Waterson
Title:	God Loves A Drunk (Richard Thompson cover)
Link Text:	Norma Waterson: God Loves A Drunk
File Name:	gloves.mp3
Bitrate:	256 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	Teddy & Linda Thompson
Title:	Evona Darling (Lal Waterson cover)
Link Text:	Teddy  Linda Thompson: Evona Darling
File Name:	evona.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2002

Artist:	The Unthanks
Link Text:	The Unthanks: At First She Starts
File Name:	atfirstvash.mp3
Year:	2010

Artist:	Vashti Bunyan
Link Text:	Vashti Bunyan: Migrating Bird
File Name:	migbird.mp3
Year:	2007

Artist:	Waterson Carthy
Title:	Norwegian Wood (Beatles cover)
Link Text:	Waterson:Carthy: Norwegian Wood
File Name:	norwood.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2005

Norma Waterson and Eliza Carthy – Gift

Jul 14, 2010, 6:00am The Line Of Best Fit

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 similarly named Waterson:Carthy, which also includes husband/dad Pete Carthy and melodeon player Seth Rose. This one breaks new ground, combining the extensive talents of these two accomplished singers, and although a good number of other great musicians provide accompaniment on the tracks, the central feature is the song and the singer, not the instruments. The album opens with 'Poor Wayfaring Stranger' – which will be [...]

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nativity

Dec 25, 2009, 2:11am Spinning in Air

Séamus Ennis - A Warm Drink for the BabyWaterson:Carthy - Diadem* Photo from folkdevils.co.uk

• Seamus Ennis - A Warm Drink for the Baby
• Waterson : Carthy - Diadem

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Artist:	Seamus Ennis
Title:	A Warm Drink for the Baby
Link Text:	A Warm Drink for the Baby
File Name:	09_A_Warm_Drink_for_the_Baby_1 964_Ireland_Seamus_Ennis.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1940

Artist:	Waterson : Carthy
Title:	Diadem
Link Text:	Diadem
File Name:	Waterson_Carthy_Holy_Heathens_ And_The_Old_Green_Man_15_Diade m.mp3
Bitrate:	179 kbps
Year:	2006

New Year Carol-Residue: Waterson: Carthy

Dec 31, 2008, 10:10am Keep the Coffee Coming

MP3 File yousendit

• Waterson: Carthy - New Year Carol-Residue

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Artist:	Waterson: Carthy
Title:	New Year Carol-Residue
Link Text:	MP3 File
File Name:	P8a0487b9333ee3833b1a93d2fa072 af7ZV54QlRAYWNz.mp3
Bitrate:	32 kbps
Year:	2007

These memories lose their meaning

Oct 8, 2007, 10:55pm Lessons From Things

"When I think of love as something new." The Donnas ~ Drive My Car performed by The Donnas from This Bird Has Flown Rosanne Cash ~ I'm Only Sleeping from Retrospective by Rosanne Cash [...]

• I'll Be Back
• Boyskout - Track 12
• Cara Dillon & Sam Lakeman - Wait
• June Tabor - In My Life
• Kristin Hersh - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
• Marianne Faithfull - Working Class Hero
• Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - And Your Bird Can Sing
• Nancy Sinatra - Run for Your Life
• Rosanne Cash - I'm Only Sleeping
• Sam Phillips - Gimme Some Truth
• The Breeders - Happiness Is A Warm Gun
• The Donnas - Drive My Car
• The Pretenders - file.mp3
• Waterson Carthy - Norwegian Wood

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Title:	I'll Be Back
Link Text:	Liv Cummins ~ I'll Be Back
File Name:	file.mp3

Artist:	Boyskout
Title:	Track 12
Link Text:	Boyskout ~ Track 12
File Name:	file.mp3
Year:	2006

Artist:	Cara Dillon & Sam Lakeman
Title:	Wait
Link Text:	Cara Dillon ~ Wait
File Name:	file.mp3

Artist:	June Tabor
Title:	In My Life
Link Text:	June Tabor ~ In My Life
File Name:	file.mp3

Artist:	Kristin Hersh
Title:	Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
Link Text:	Kristin Hersh ~ Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey
File Name:	file.mp3
Year:	1999

Artist:	Marianne Faithfull
Title:	Working Class Hero
Link Text:	Marianne Faithfull ~ Working Class Hero
File Name:	file.mp3
Year:	1979

Artist:	Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
Title:	And Your Bird Can Sing
Link Text:	Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs ~ And Your Bird Can Sing
File Name:	file.mp3

Artist:	Nancy Sinatra
Title:	Run for Your Life
Link Text:	Nancy Sinatra ~ Run For Your Life
File Name:	file.mp3
Year:	1966

Artist:	Rosanne Cash
Title:	I'm Only Sleeping
Link Text:	Rosanne Cash ~ I'm Only Sleeping
File Name:	file.mp3

Artist:	Sam Phillips
Title:	Gimme Some Truth
Link Text:	Sam Phillips ~ Gimme Some Truth
File Name:	file.mp3

Artist:	The Breeders
Title:	Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Link Text:	The Breeders ~ Happiness Is A Warm Gun
File Name:	file.mp3

Artist:	The Donnas
Title:	Drive My Car
Link Text:	The Donnas ~ Drive My Car
File Name:	file.mp3

Artist:	The Pretenders
Link Text:	The Pretenders ~ Not A Second Time
File Name:	file.mp3

Artist:	Waterson Carthy
Title:	Norwegian Wood
Link Text:	Waterson Carthy ~ Norwegian Wood
File Name:	file.mp3