"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Real Live Certified
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Critic Consensus
Based on 11 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Martin Carthy is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths. Martin Carthy concert reviews describe live shows and performances as authentic and lovely.
Martin Carthy (born May 21, 1941) is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and later artists such as Richard Thompson since he emerged as a young musician in the early days of the folk revival.
Has Performed With
Eliza Carthy
Critic Concert Reviews
XS Noize (Northern Ireland)
February 6, 2023
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Eliza & Martin Carthy & The Restitution at Barbican Centre, London
Despite working on nearly 200 LPs between them it's their first as a duo and it's a welcome chance to hear them unfettered by the ugly clamour that a rhythm section can often impose upon their work.
Swarbrick has been described as “the most influential [British] fiddle player bar none” by Ashley Hutchings one of his former colleagues in seminal folk-rock band Fairport Convention.