- Martin Carthy( Martin Dominic Forbes Carthy )【 59 songs in total 】
- Martin Carthy MBE (born 21 May 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.
Musical career
He is a solo performer of traditional songs in a very distinctive style, accompanying himself on his Martin 000-18 acoustic guitar; his style is marked by the use of alternative tunings (notably CGCDGA), and a strongly percussive picking style that emphasises the melody.
In 1964 Carthy joined Marian Mackenzie, Ralph Trainer and Leon Rosselson in the group The Three City Four. The group concentrated on contemporary songs, including some of Rosselson's own, and made two albums – the first for Decca and a second, 'Smoke and Dust (Where the Heart Should Have Been)', for CBS. The 1965 eponymous debut The Three City Four featured Carthy singing lead vocals on two tracks – Sydney Carter's 'Telephone Song' and Rosselson's own 'History Lesson'. Roy Bailey would replace Carthy when he later left the group.
Carthy's debut solo album, Martin Carthy, was released in 1965, and also featured Dave Swarbrick playing fiddle on some tracks, although he was not mentioned in the album's sleeve notes. Carthy's arrangement of the traditional ballad 'Scarborough Fair' was adapted, without acknowledgement, by Paul Simon on the Simon and Garfunkel album recording Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme in 1966. This caused a rift between the pair which was not resolved until Simon invited Carthy to sing the song with him on-stage at the Hammersmith Apollo in 2000.
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Lyricist
Composer
Date
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All of a Row
1993
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2
Arthur McBride and the Sergeant
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3
Barbary Ellen
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4
Billy Boy
1993
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5
Broomfield Hill
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6
Byker Hill
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7
Cold Haily Windy Night
1971
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8
Company Policy
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9
Davy Lowstone
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10
Domeama
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11
Dust to Dust
1971
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12
Famous Flower of Serving Men
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13
Georgie
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14
Handsome Polly-o
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15
Heartbreak Hotel
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16
High Germany
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17
Hog-Eye Man
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18
Hong Kong Blues
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19
Jack Rowland
1982
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20
Jim Jones in Botany Bay
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21
John Barleycorn
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22
John Parfit
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23
King Henry
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24
Lord Randall
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25
Lovely Joan
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26
Mary Neal
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27
Old Horse
1982
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28
Our Captain Cried All Hands
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29
Polly on the Shore
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30
Poor Murdered Woman
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31
Prince Heathen
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32
Rigs of the Time
1982
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33
Sailor's Life
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34
Scarborough Fair
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35
Sir Patrick Spens
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36
Skewbald (Live)
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37
Skewbald
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38
Sovay
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39
Springhill Mine Disaster
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40
The Ant and the Grasshopper
1993
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41
The Banks of the Nile
2003
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42
The Bedmaking
2003
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43
The Begging Song
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44
The Bloody Gardener
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45
The Bold Poachers
1971
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46
The Bonny Hind
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47
The Deserter
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48
The Devil and the Feathery Wife
1982
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49
The Dominion of the Sword
2003
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50
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
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51
The Man of Burnham Town
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52
The Queen of Hearts
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53
The Song of the Lower Classes
1982
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54
The Trees They Do Grow High
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55
The Two Magicians
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56
The Wife of Usher's Well
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57
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
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58
William Taylor the Poacher
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59
Work Life Out to Keep Life In