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Eliza Carthy Born 23 August 1975 In Scarborough North Yorkshire Is An English Folk Musician Known For Both Singing And Playing Fiddle. She Is The Daughter Of English Folk Musicians Singer/guitarist Martin Carthy And Singer Norma Waterson. At The Age Of Thirteen She Formed The Waterdaughters With Her Mother Aunt Lal Waterson And Cousin Maria Knight. She Has Subsequently Worked With Nancy Kerr With Her Parents As Waterson Carthy And As Part Of The "supergroup" Blue Murder In Addition To Her Own Solo Work. She Went To School At Fyling Hall School In North Yorkshire. Eliza Carthy Led The Vocals As A Member Of Blue Murder On The Song "I Bid You Goodnight" Found On The CD Tribute To The Music Of Joseph Spence & The Pinder Family Called Out On The Rolling Sea 1994 Green Linnet . Along With Eliza Are Lal Waterson Norma Waterson Jim Boyes Martin Carthy Barry Coope Lester Simpson And Mike Waterson. She Has Twice Been Nominated For The Mercury Music Prize For UK Album Of The Year In 1998 For Red Rice And Again In 2003 For Anglicana. Eliza Was A Guest On The Album Mermaid Avenue By Billy Bragg And Wilco. Eliza And Billy Also Recorded Together On The Song "My Father's Mansions" Which Appeared On The Pete Seeger Tribute Album Called Where Have All The Flowers Gone 1998 . In September 2002 Eliza Took Part In The Tribute Concert For Kirsty MacColl "The Song's The Thing" Along With Other Artists. In 2003 Eliza Swept The Boards At The Radio 2 Folk Awards Winning Folk Singer Of The Year Best Album For Anglicana And Best Traditional Track For "Worcester City" On The Album Anglicana . She Was Also The First Traditional English Musician To Be Nominated For A BBC Radio 3 Award For World Music In The Same Year For Anglicana . In 2004 She Was Part Of Oysterband Big Session A Collaboration With Numerous Folk Artists Brought Together By Oysterband. They Produced An Album The Big Session Volume One And The Group As A Whole Were Awarded Best Group At The Folk Awards In 2005. On May 29 2005 Eliza Took Part In A Tribute To Peggy Seeger At The Queen Elizabeth Hall London. A Double CD Three Score And Ten 2007 Contains Highlights On The Concert. In 2006 She Contributed Three Songs One As Lead Localist Two As Backing Vocalist To Rogue's Gallery Pirate Ballads Sea Songs And Chanteys Produced By Hal Willner. Performing As A Duo With Richard Thompson She Contributed "The Coo Coo Bird" To A Boxed Set Called The Harry Smith Project 2006 Also By Hal Willner. As A Duo With Bob Neuwirth She Sang "I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground" By Bascom Lamar Lunsford On The Same Boxed Set. Dreams Of Breathing Underwater Eliza's Second Collection Of Self Penned Songs Was Released On 23 June 2008. Combining Traditional Instrumentation With Experimental Arrangements And Drawing Influences From All Aspects Of Her Career So Far The Album Was Conceived As The Follow-Up To 2000's Angels And Cigarettes And Has Been In The Making For The Best Part Of Seven Years. Carthy's 2008 Tour Was Cancelled In November As A Cyst On Her Throat Made Singing Inconsistent And Painful. Because Of Her Pregnancy Doctors Delayed Treatment Until Spring 2009. 1 She Became A Mother To Florence Daisy On 24 December 2008. 2 The St George's Day Celebrations In Trafalgar Square On April 25 2009 Were Opened By Carthy Who Performed Two Songs. In 2010 Eliza Carthy Released An Album Of Collaborations With Her Mother Entitled Gift. A BBC Reviewer Wrote "The Gift In Question Here One Gathers Is A Handing Of Talent From Generation To Generation Norma Waterson And Eliza Carthy Are After All The Sublimely Gifted Mother And Daughter Who Make Up Part Of British Folk’s Great Dynasty." Commenting On The Final Song "Shallow Brown" The Reviewer Noted "Backed Variously By Other Family Members Including Eliza’s Father Martin Carthy On Guitar As Well As Her Cousin Oliver Knight On Electric Guitar Vocals And Cello There Is A Real Sense Of Congregation And Rootedness About This Song And Indeed This Record As A Whole. Long May The Dynasty Flourish." 3 Edit Discography With Nancy Kerr * Eliza Carthy & Nancy Kerr 1993 * Shape Of Scrape 1995 * On Reflection Compilation 2002 Solo * Heat Light & Sound 1996 * Eliza Carthy & The Kings Of Calicutt 1997 * Red Rice Originally Sold As A 2 CD Set. Now Available As 2 Separate CDs Red And Rice 1998 * Angels & Cigarettes 2000 * Anglicana 2002 * The Definitive Collection Compilation 2003 * Rough Music 2004 * Dreams Of Breathing Underwater 2008 With The Waterson Family * Waterson Carthy Waterson Carthy 1994 * Waterson Carthy Common Tongue 1996 * Waterson Carthy Broken Ground 1999 * Blue Murder No One Stands Alone 2002 * Various Artists Shining Bright - The Songs Of Lal & Mike Waterson 2002 * Waterson Carthy A Dark Light 2002 * The Watersons The Definitive Collection Compilation 2003 * The Watersons Mighty River Of Song 4 CD & 1 DVD Compilation 2004 * Waterson Carthy Fishes And Fine Yellow Sand 2004 * Waterson Carthy The Definitive Collection Compilation 2005 * Waterson Carthy Holy Heathens And The Old Green Man 2006 * Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson Gift 2010 Collaborations And Guest Appearances * Norma Waterson Norma Waterson 1996 * Chipolata 5 'Skinless' 1996 * Tim Winton Various Artists 'Music From The Novel 'Dirt Music' One Track With Tristan Chipolata And Jock Tyldesley 1996 * Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue 1998 * Lal & Norma Waterson A True Hearted Girl The Waterdaughters Sing One Track On The CD Reissue 1999 * Norma Waterson The Very Thought Of You 1999 * Various Artists A Tribute To Pete Seeger Two Tracks With Billy Bragg 199? * Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue Vol. II 2000 * Norma Waterson Bright Shiny Morning 2000 * Roger McGuinn Treasures From The Folk Den 2001 * Oliver Knight Mysterious Day 2002 * Jools Holland & Friends Jack O The Green One Track * The Big Session Vol. 1 2004 * Martin Carthy Waiting For Angels 2004 * Paul Weller Studio 150 Two Tracks 2004 * Salsa Celtica El Camino 2006 * Rogue's Gallery Pirate Ballads Sea Songs & Shanteys 2006 * Rubber Folk 2006 * The Harry Smith Project Anthology Of American Folk Music Revisited 2006 * The Imagined Village 2007 * Patrick Wolf The Bachelor 2009 With Martin Green * Dinner 2001 DVD * In Search Of English Folk Song 1997 BBC Film Directed By Ken Russell Fairport Convention Donovan Osibisa Eliza Carthy The Albion Band Waterson Carthy Edward II. Reissued On DVD In 2008 But For Region 1 Only References 1. Mudcat.Org November 2008 Tour Cancellation 2. Eliza-Carthy.Com Birth Announcement On Her Official Website 3. Barton Laura 2010-07-21 . "Mother And Daughter’s First Album As A Folk Duo Is A Beguiling Listen.". BBC Music. Http //www.Bbc.Co.Uk/music/reviews/8qhf. Retrieved 2010-08-17. read less