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Martin Carthy and Eliza Carthy interview

An hour of the best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond. With Martin and Eliza Carthy in conversation.

An hour of the best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

This week, Mark speaks to Martin and Eliza Carthy about their new work as duo. The pair - Martin a legend of English folk and Eliza one of its brightest stars for more than two decades - are releasing an album called The Moral of the Elephant on Topic Records.

Plus a chance to hear Sam Lee singing with a real nightingale in a Sussex thicket, new music from Blair Dunlop, a track from Show of Hands' new WWI centenary collaboration with actors Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton. There's also music from The Chair and Aoife O'Donovan as we look forward to meeting them at the Orkney Folk Festival next week.

57 minutes

Last on

Wed 21 May 2014 19:00

Music Played

  • The Chair

    The Road to Hammer Junkie

  • Blair Dunlop

    45s (c. 69)

  • Sam Lee, Fiona Curzon & Francesca Terberg

    The Tan Yard Side

  • Martin & Eliza Carthy

    Queen Caraboo

  • Martin & Eliza Carthy

    Happiness

  • Martin & Eliza Carthy

    Died For Love

  • Jackie McAuley

    Country Joe

  • Aoife O’Donovan

    Briar Rose

  • Show of Hands

    The Lads In Their Hundreds

Broadcast

  • Wed 21 May 2014 19:00