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Martin Carthy is just about the most famous folk singer in Great Britain. His 40 year plus career has brought him just about every plaudit possible to achieve in his chosen filed. He has won the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Singer Of The Year twice (2002 & 2005) and was awarded an M.B.E. for services to folk music in 1998. The list of his achievements is huge, but he remains approachable, unpretentious and thoroughly engaging both as a person and a performer. WAITING FOR ANGELS, Martin's most recent album, was his first solo release in six years. Produced by his daughter Eliza Carthy, it shows the continuing evolution of Martin’s art and includes musical contributions by Eliza and fellow guitarist Martin Simpson. There were a huge number of reviews and general media stories about Martin at the time of release raising his already high profile, and acknowledging his position as the most important folk singer in the country. This long awaited “comeback” album was released in October 2004 to universal critical and public acclaim. Five Star reviews in publications as diverse as The Times and Record Collector show the breadth of his reputation, not just as a folksinger, but as a national icon. This is a must-have album for anyone who cares about music and is now at mid price. Tracks: The Foggy Dew / Bonny Woodhall / James Hatley / Young Morgan / The Royal Lament / A Ship To Old England Came / Waiting For Angels / Bold General Wolfe / Bloody Fields Of Flanders, MacGregor Of Rora / The Harry Lime Theme / Famous Flower Of Serving Men.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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An absolute must for any Carthy fan. There are four brilliant instrumentals with virtuoso guitar throughout.
Famous Flower of Serving Men is an epic highlight but Bonny Woodhall is the show-stopper for me. Plaintive vocals and spare guitar in support create an eery, ethereal atmosphere.
If you are lucky enough to hear Carthy perform this live, wait for the collective in-take of breath and pause from the audience as the song ends, before the applause starts. Truly brilliant.
There's not a duff song on this album (unlike Signs of Life, when for me at least, Heartbreak Hotel didn't really work) - it's brilliant all the way from the stirring A Ship to Old England Came, the quirky Harry Lime Theme and the monster finale.
Buy it and rest assured your money will be well spent.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I was starting to wonder if Carthy had perhaps had a stroke... He's taken the 'spare and lean' thing to a ridiculous extreme. The guitar sounds as though he's only just learnt to play and is still finding it difficult to stretch his fingers round the notes. His voice is mostly a tuneless groan. He takes some truly great songs and mangles them horribly.He even manages to make most of the songs sound the same. Yet I've seen him live recently and know that he is still more than capable of a genius standard of performance. I can only conclude that he's indulging his lifelong tendency to be too damn clever by half. I reckon that the five star reviews given by other reviewers are an example of people falling for the "Emperor's New Clothes' again.
This recording is so bad that I was considering getting rid of it as it 'spoils' my extensive collection of Carthy's great works. I'll keep it as an example of how even the mighty can stumble. I don't think this represents what Carthy is still capable of doing and I feel more than a little treacherous in criticising him so vehemently. I hope that by not drooling over the latest offering from the Master, the Master might try a bit harder to please his public rather than experiment with an unthinking, adoring selection of sycophants!
This recording is so bad that I was considering getting rid of it as it 'spoils' my extensive collection of Carthy's great works. I'll keep it as an example of how even the mighty can stumble. I don't think this represents what Carthy is still capable of doing and I feel more than a little treacherous in criticising him so vehemently. I hope that by not drooling over the latest offering from the Master, the Master might try a bit harder to please his public rather than experiment with an unthinking, adoring selection of sycophants!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A very different take on some of the classic folk songs. This is a different cd than the usual Martin Carthy ones. Don't feel that your collection is complete without this one. A true folk song lovers cd.
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Inventive arrangements and powerful storytelling
I'm very impressed by this latest Martin Carthy solo release. In an age where most artists of his generation are content to re-release compilations of earlier works and bask in... Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2010 by Hal Parfitt-Murray
Pure genius
Ignore a number of the other reviews here.This is 5 star Martin Carthy in excellent voice and with superb guitar playing in his very own unique style. Read more
Published on 22 Aug 2008 by CRB
Such As Never Was Any
I found this album desperately sad. Martin Carthy had the most powerful voice as a younger man, and when this was recorded he sounds as if he has spasmodic dysphonia. Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2008 by The Fat Priest
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