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Eliza Carthy
Saturday 18 April 7.45pm
Gulbenkian Theatre,
“Eliza Carthy is one
of the figureheads of the English folk revival …
compelling”
Evening Standard.
Eliza Carthy, winner
of two Nationwide Mercury Prize nominations and innumerable other accolades
over a fifteen year career, will be performing on the Gulbenkian stage on
Saturday 18 April.
Eliza has performed
and recorded with a diverse array of artists from Paul
Weller to The Wainwrights,
Accompanied by Willie
Molleson on drums, Emma Smith on double bass and Phil Alexander on keyboards /
piano accordion. Eliza will showcase original material from her new album Dreams of Breathing Underwater.
Powerful, vital and exuberant rhythms, absorbed from her travels around
the globe, characterize this highly
original, self-penned music
Eliza has more than
most, revitalised folk music and captured the most hardened of dissenters with
intelligent, charismatic and boundary-crossing
performance.
Tickets
£17
Booking Office 01227
769075
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Press Contact : Harriet Simms
07958 539951 glassceilingpr_at_btconnect_dot_com
Biography
Twice-nominated
for a prestigious Nationwide Mercury Prize ('Red Rice' Topic/1998 and
'Anglicana'/2003) Eliza is also the winner of more than five BBC Radio 2 Folk
Awards. In 2003 she became the first traditional English musician to be
nominated a BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music (for
'Anglicana').
In
March 2005, Eliza co-presented the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards with Benjamin
Zephaniah - an event that was broadcast on BBC Four. She has been a regular
guest-presenter on the BBC Radio 2 Mark Radcliffe Show and has made several
appearances on BBC TVs 'Later with Jools'. In addition, Eliza has presented her
own four part series on the history of English Folk on BBC Radio 2 and was
recently the subject of an hour long ITV documentary('Heaven & Earth') and
in January 2008 will be the subject of another documentary on Channel 5. Eliza
featured prominently in the acclaimed BBC Four Folk Britannia
season.
From
an early age Eliza was championed by John Peel and Billy Bragg. She's featured
on Billy's Grammy winning album with Wilco, '
Touring
on and off since the age of 14, Eliza has performed and recorded with a
startling array of musical heroes from around the globe including Joan Baez,
Damon Albarn and Paul Weller. She's appeared at a huge number of live events,
benefits and multi-artist concerts including, 'Daughters of Albion' and Patti
Smith's Meltdown and in October 2007, will participate in the BBC Electric Proms
concert celebrating the songs of her aunt, 'A Tribute to Lal
Waterson'.
Yorkshire-born
and now Edinburgh-based, Eliza Carthy grew up immersed in the world of
traditional music. She divides her time between touring and recording with her
legendary parents, Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson (as Waterson;Carthy) and
numerous pioneering solo and band projects. These include collaborations with
The Ratcatchers; with celebrated English musicians John Spiers and Jon Boden;
and Scottish producer/guitarist/viola player Ben Ivitsky.
Describing
herself simply as a 'modern British musician', Eliza Carthy is only just
beginning to reach the height of her musical powers. During a 15-year career she
has become one of the most dazzling and recognised folk musicians of a
generation. She has revitalised and made folk music relevant to new audiences
and has captured the most hardened of dissenters with intelligent, charismatic
and boundary-crossing performance.