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4th May 2011
BRIDPORT: Folk’s finest in BridportDESCENDANT of the UK’s folk royal family, Eliza Carthy is one of the country’s pre-eminent modern musicians. She will be appearing at Bridport Arts Centre on Friday, May 13th, with her band, as part of their latest tour.
Promoting the just released album, Neptune, the five-piece band performs a new style of modern British music, full of wit and surrealism mixing the light-hearted with the melancholic. With drums, bass, Hammond, accordion, fiddle, guitar, cello and piano, it’s emotional, exciting and full-on. Describing herself simply as a ‘modern English musician’ Eliza Carthy, at 35, is only now beginning to reach the height of her musical powers. During a 20-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 canny, charismatic and boundary-crossing performance. Twice-nominated for a prestigious Nationwide Mercury Music Prize with 1998’s Red Rice and 2003’s Anglicana, Eliza is also the winner of more than five BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, and has presented awards for MOJO magazine and been invited to judge at both the Q Awards and the Ivor Novello Awards. In 2003 she became the first English traditional musician to be nominated for a BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music. Tickets are available online at www.bridport-arts.com or from the Bridport Arts Centre box office on 01308 424204, priced £15 for standing and £17 for balcony seats (discounts for Arts Centre members and concessions). For more information, visit www.eliza-carthy.com CommentsThere are no comments yet. Be the first to add one below. Add new commentReturn to news headlines | ||||||||||||||
 
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