Martin Carthy, Norma Waterson & Chris Parkinson at the Royal Oak, Lewes, March 18th
Martin Carthy is a much loved and enormously influential figure in English folk music
and has been for over 40 years. He has appeared and recorded solo, as a duo with
fiddler Dave Swarbrick, and as part of bands The Watersons, Steeleye Span, Brass
Monkey and Blue Murder. Awarded the MBE in 1998, Martin has been the subject of
various TV documentaries and has received a spectrum of BBC Folk Awards
including Folk Singer of the Year.
Norma Waterson, is one of the countrys finest, most emotive singers with her
wonderfully compassionate voice and another BBC Folk Award recipient. Norma is a
founder member of groundbreaking harmony group ('the Folk Beatles') The
Watersons, and a fellow member of Blue Murder. Norma has also been awarded the
MBE, and was the first folk artist to be nominated for a Mercury Music Prize when
she famously very nearly pipped Pulp to first place.,
Chris Parkinson has played music since the age of 5, starting with the harmonica
and developing into a long career playing in various bands. Other instruments he has
accomplished include the piano, guitar, concertina, tin whistle, melodeon, piano,
accordion and keyboard - and even finds time to play the fiddle. He has worked
with a number of people from the folk scene and beyond, including Ralph
Mactell, Steve Philips and Billy Connelly
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