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Martin Carthy
When: Thursday 9th August 2007 - 8.00 pm
Where: Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Harbour Drive, Cardiff Bay CF10 4PA
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For more than 40 years Martin Carthy has been one of folk music's greatest innovators, one of its best loved, most enthusiastic and, at times, most quietly controversial of figures. His skill, stage presence and natural charm have won him many admirers, not only from within the folk scene, but also far beyond it.
Whether in the folk clubs, on the concert stage or making TV appearances there are few roles that he hasn't played. He's a ballad singer, a groundbreaking guitarist and an authoritative interpreter of newly composed material. Perhaps, most significant of all, are his settings of traditional songs with guitar, which have influenced a generation of artists, (including Bob Dylan and Paul Simon), on both sides of the Atlantic.