From: F.Moran [F_dot_Moran_at_kent_dot_ac_dot_uk]
Sent: 02 April 2009 12:49
Subject: Eliza Carthy - Gulbenkian

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Eliza Carthy

 

Saturday 18 April 7.45pm

Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury

 

“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, Nick Cave to Joan Baez.

 

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

www.eliza-carthy.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, 'Mermaid Avenue'. In 2006, she appeared on 'Rogues Gallery' an album created by Hal Wilner and Johnny Depp, also featuring Nick Cave, Bryan Ferry and Richard Thompson and in 2007, made a significant contribution to another collaborative project, 'Imagined Villlage' (Realworld).

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.

 
 
 
 
Frances Moran
Marketing Manager
Gulbenkian Theatre
University of Kent
Canterbury
CT2 7NB
 
01227 827956
www.gulbenkiantheatre.co.uk