Carthy, Eliza

One of the UK's finest singers and songwriters and a member of a great musical dynasty, Eliza Carthy is a peerless and pioneering talent. She is the winner of 2 Mercury Prize nominations, several BBC Radio Folk Awards and innumerable other accolades. During her career she has performed and recorded with a dazzlingly diverse array of artists including Billy Bragg, Paul Weller, The Wainwrights, Richard Thompson, Bryan Ferry, Nick Cave and Joan Baez. 'Wayward Daughter' is a career-spanning best of double album, with 31 tracks drawn from her diverse and award-winning back-catalogue including traditional and self-penned material. There are also a couple of live tracks, samples of a few of her many collaborations with other artists - and previously unreleased material too.

On Rice Eliza Carthy looks afresh at British - and other - traditional musics.'If this is the future of British folk music, it is in good hands.' - Mojo 'Audaciously Brilliant.' - The Observer

'Anglicana' is a sensational album of traditional songs refracted through the sensibilities of an extraordinary young twenty first century musician. Eliza Carthy, daughter of Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson, is the most impressive and engaging performer of her generation. Not only an inventive, innovative singer and fiddle-player, she is a musical conceptualist who treats the bequest of the folk tradition with respect and knowledge and, sometimes, with refreshing irreverence.The splendid 'Anglicana' stands as her finest recorded work to date and received the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Best Album winner in 2003, as well as being short listed for the Mercury Award

Carthy, Eliza: Rough Music [CD]