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May 26, 2021 · On passing common entrance (or 11-plus as it became later) Martin followed in his father’s footsteps to St Olave’s grammar school for boys, which at that time was on Tooley Street, near London Bridge. The school provided choristers for both Southwark Cathedral and the Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy.
Although his father wanted him to go to university to study classics, Carthy left school at 17 and worked behind the scenes as a prompter at the open-air theatre in Regent's Park, then as an assistant stage manager (ASM) on a tour of The Merry Widow, and then at Theatre in the Round in Scarborough. [ 4 ]
Feb 28, 2018 · Martin Carthy discusses a life in music: his early albums, his time with The Watersons, Dave Swarbrick, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, and more.
May 6, 2011 · One of Britain’s most esteemed and influential folk artists, Martin Carthy (b 1941) celebrates his 70th birthday on 21 May. The occasion is being marked by the release of a two-disc career overview, Martin Carthy Essential, and next weekend's celebratory concert at the Southbank Centre, London.
Sep 24, 2023 · Ahead of Martin Carthy’s ‘Remember Me to One Who Lives There’ tour, a selection of celebrity folk fans, family, and former collaborators put questions to the great man himself. Scroll down for minor interrogations from Paul Simon, Billy Bragg, Richard Thompson, Martin Simpson, Angeline Morrison, Eliza Carthy, Anaïs Mitchell, Stewart Lee ...
Apr 4, 2015 · Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Joan Baez—the King, the Crown Prince and Time Magazine’s Queen of Folk Music in 1963—they all had a ghost in the attic—and his name was Martin Carthy, England’s master folk singer and inventor of what is now called British fingerstyle guitar—born just three days before Dylan on May 21, 1941.
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In 1972, he married vocalist Norma Waterson. Having departed Steeleye Span by that point, he joined The Watersons, his wife’s renowned family folk singing ensemble.
