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This year's Mercury Prize nominees include two past winners as well as the oldest nominee ever
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September 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This year's Mercury Prize nominees include two past winners as well as the oldest nominee ever
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His wife, the great Norma Waterson, was also shortlisted for the Mercury Prize as he just has been. She is part of this, and him, even now. I listen to them singing all the time and if I'm lucky enough to die singing, as Blake did, it will probably be one of the songs I learned from them.
September 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
His wife, the great Norma Waterson, was also shortlisted for the Mercury Prize as he just has been. She is part of this, and him, even now. I listen to them singing all the time and if I'm lucky enough to die singing, as Blake did, it will probably be one of the songs I learned from them.
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May have accidentally done the artwork for a Mercury Prize nominated album...
September 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
May have accidentally done the artwork for a Mercury Prize nominated album...
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Excellent that Martin Carthy’s “Transform Me Then Into A Fish” is shortlisted for the Mercury Prize. His fascinating book,written with Stephen Sedley, ‘Who Killed Cock Robin?: British Folk Songs of Crime and Punishment’ is in paperback from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social. (I helped publish it, btw).
September 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Excellent that Martin Carthy’s “Transform Me Then Into A Fish” is shortlisted for the Mercury Prize. His fascinating book,written with Stephen Sedley, ‘Who Killed Cock Robin?: British Folk Songs of Crime and Punishment’ is in paperback from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social. (I helped publish it, btw).
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Nice for Martin Carthy to be nominated for the Mercury Prize. (He should win it, obvs). To celebrate, here's my epic @theartsdesk.bsky.social Q&A with the great man, back when he was a mere stripling of 70...
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theartsdesk Q&A: Musician Martin Carthy
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, M...
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September 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Nice for Martin Carthy to be nominated for the Mercury Prize. (He should win it, obvs). To celebrate, here's my epic @theartsdesk.bsky.social Q&A with the great man, back when he was a mere stripling of 70...
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Huge congratulations to Martin Carthy for being nominated for the Mercury Music Prize!
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Martin Carthy’s “Transform Me Then Into A Fish” is shortlisted for the Mercury Prize 2025
In a pleasantly surprising turn of events, the Mercury Prize has included folk legend Martin Carthy’s latest album, “Transform Me Then Into A Fish,” on its 2025 shortlist, making the 84-year-old music...
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September 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Huge congratulations to Martin Carthy for being nominated for the Mercury Music Prize!
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I cannot tell you how joyous it would be if Martin Carthy won the Mercury Prize. I love his latest home-made album so much. So old and worn, so fresh and new. 👑
September 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I cannot tell you how joyous it would be if Martin Carthy won the Mercury Prize. I love his latest home-made album so much. So old and worn, so fresh and new. 👑
New post: Martin Carthy Album Launch Concert with photographs by Phil Carter.
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June 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
New post: Martin Carthy Album Launch Concert with photographs by Phil Carter.
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June 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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A quick summary of recent announcements and media activity.
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Recap: May / June 2025 and beyond…
Posted by Kevin Boyd, 6 June 2025 There has been a lot of activity since the release of Martin’s new album in May, so I though a recap of recent media appearances and a reminder of upcoming events …
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June 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A quick summary of recent announcements and media activity.
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The new Martin Carthy album is almost upon us. It’s not the first time he’s revisited songs from his past. Check out my Spotify playlist - different VERSIONS of the same, similar or related songs from Martin’s solo, duo and band recordings.
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Martin Carthy: Versions
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May 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The new Martin Carthy album is almost upon us. It’s not the first time he’s revisited songs from his past. Check out my Spotify playlist - different VERSIONS of the same, similar or related songs from Martin’s solo, duo and band recordings.
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@jimwirth.bsky.social review of #TransformMeThenIntoAFish is in the current edition of Mojo Magazine.
May 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
@jimwirth.bsky.social review of #TransformMeThenIntoAFish is in the current edition of Mojo Magazine.
My feature / review of Martin’s ‘new old’ album is now on the Afterword website…
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“COME SING AGAIN: Exploring Martin Carthy’s ‘new old’ album”
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May 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
My feature / review of Martin’s ‘new old’ album is now on the Afterword website…
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COME SING AGAIN…
Ahead of its release next week, here's a history of the various versions, revisions and variations of the songs that appear on the new Martin Carthy album.
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Ahead of its release next week, here's a history of the various versions, revisions and variations of the songs that appear on the new Martin Carthy album.
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#TransformMeThenIntoAFish
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COME SING AGAIN: Exploring Martin Carthy’s ‘new old’ album
Posted by Kevin Boyd, 15 April 2025. Martin Carthy’s first entirely solo album in 21 years will be released this year on his 84th birthday. A key feature of Martin’s recent live shows has been his …
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May 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
COME SING AGAIN…
Ahead of its release next week, here's a history of the various versions, revisions and variations of the songs that appear on the new Martin Carthy album.
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#TransformMeThenIntoAFish
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Ahead of its release next week, here's a history of the various versions, revisions and variations of the songs that appear on the new Martin Carthy album.
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#TransformMeThenIntoAFish
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Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick: The Bonny Black Hare
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May 14, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Last night…
Martin & Eliza Carthy — Live at Old Songs
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May 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Last night…
I had a version of #ComeSingItPlain for around eight years before 2009, but it really took off when I moved to the @wordpress.org platform.
Happy Birthday to me/us/it !!
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Happy Birthday to me/us/it !!
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April 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I had a version of #ComeSingItPlain for around eight years before 2009, but it really took off when I moved to the @wordpress.org platform.
Happy Birthday to me/us/it !!
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Happy Birthday to me/us/it !!
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Breaking News - Martin's new album set for compact cassette and 8-track cartridge release. No news on the wax cylinder (yet!)
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March 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Breaking News - Martin's new album set for compact cassette and 8-track cartridge release. No news on the wax cylinder (yet!)
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Sam Hindley played a couple of tracks from the forthcoming Martin Carthy album on this morning’s Thank Goodness It’s Folk on Sheffield Live. Click to listen to the show.
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Thank Goodness its Folk
Thank Goodness its Folk Presented Sam Hindley and James Fagan. Traditional folk music from the British Isles.
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March 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Sam Hindley played a couple of tracks from the forthcoming Martin Carthy album on this morning’s Thank Goodness It’s Folk on Sheffield Live. Click to listen to the show.
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Martin Carthy - Six Jovial Welshmen
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March 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM