Come Sing It Plain: a Martin Carthy fansite

Mercury Prize media roundup Posted by Kevin Boyd, 9 October 2025 You’ll no doubt be aware by now that Martin Carthy was nominated for the Mercury Prize on Wednesday 10 September for his latest album Transform Me Then Into A F…

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This year's Mercury Prize nominees include two past winners as well as the oldest nominee ever

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His wife, the great Norma Waterson, was also shortlisted for the Mercury Prize as he just has been. She is part of this, and him, even now. I listen to them singing all the time and if I'm lucky enough to die singing, as Blake did, it will probably be one of the songs I learned from them.

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'A trustworthy, authoritative, edifying and highly enjoyable read.' PEGGY SEEGER Who Killed Cock Robin?: British Folk Songs of Crime and Punishment Stephen Sedley & Martin Carthy

Excellent that Martin Carthy’s “Transform Me Then Into A Fish” is shortlisted for the Mercury Prize. His fascinating book,written with Stephen Sedley, ‘Who Killed Cock Robin?: British Folk Songs of Crime and Punishment’ is in paperback from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social. (I helped publish it, btw).

theartsdesk Q&A: Musician Martin Carthy One of Britain’s most esteemed and influential folk artists, Martin Carthy (b 1941) celebrates his 70th birthday on 21 May. The occasion is being marked by the release of a two-disc career overview, M...

Nice for Martin Carthy to be nominated for the Mercury Prize. (He should win it, obvs). To celebrate, here's my epic @theartsdesk.bsky.social Q&A with the great man, back when he was a mere stripling of 70...
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Martin Carthy’s “Transform Me Then Into A Fish” is shortlisted for the Mercury Prize 2025 In a pleasantly surprising turn of events, the Mercury Prize has included folk legend Martin Carthy’s latest album, “Transform Me Then Into A Fish,” on its 2025 shortlist, making the 84-year-old music...

Huge congratulations to Martin Carthy for being nominated for the Mercury Music Prize!

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I cannot tell you how joyous it would be if Martin Carthy won the Mercury Prize. I love his latest home-made album so much. So old and worn, so fresh and new. 👑

New post: Martin Carthy Album Launch Concert with photographs by Phil Carter.
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Recap: May / June 2025 and beyond… Posted by Kevin Boyd, 6 June 2025 There has been a lot of activity since the release of Martin’s new album in May, so I though a recap of recent media appearances and a reminder of upcoming events …

A quick summary of recent announcements and media activity.
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The new Martin Carthy album is almost upon us. It’s not the first time he’s revisited songs from his past. Check out my Spotify playlist - different VERSIONS of the same, similar or related songs from Martin’s solo, duo and band recordings.
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@jimwirth.bsky.social review of #TransformMeThenIntoAFish is in the current edition of Mojo Magazine.

COME SING AGAIN: Exploring Martin Carthy’s ‘new old’ album Posted by Kevin Boyd, 15 April 2025. Martin Carthy’s first entirely solo album in 21 years will be released this year on his 84th birthday. A key feature of Martin’s recent live shows has been his …

You can also read it on ‘Come Sing It Plain… Martin Carthy fansite’
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My feature / review of Martin’s ‘new old’ album is now on the Afterword website…

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COME SING AGAIN: Exploring Martin Carthy’s ‘new old’ album Posted by Kevin Boyd, 15 April 2025. Martin Carthy’s first entirely solo album in 21 years will be released this year on his 84th birthday. A key feature of Martin’s recent live shows has been his …

COME SING AGAIN…
Ahead of its release next week, here's a history of the various versions, revisions and variations of the songs that appear on the new Martin Carthy album.

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Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick: The Bonny Black Hare YouTube video by Kevin Boyd

Happy Bonny Black Hare Day.
May your ram rod never go limp!

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Martin & Eliza Carthy — Live at Old Songs YouTube video by Old Songs — Music with Roots

Last night…

May Song YouTube video by Martin Carthy - Topic

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I had a version of #ComeSingItPlain for around eight years before 2009, but it really took off when I moved to the @wordpress.org platform.
Happy Birthday to me/us/it !!
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Breaking News - Martin's new album set for compact cassette and 8-track cartridge release. No news on the wax cylinder (yet!)

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Thank Goodness its Folk Thank Goodness its Folk Presented Sam Hindley and James Fagan. Traditional folk music from the British Isles.

Sam Hindley played a couple of tracks from the forthcoming Martin Carthy album on this morning’s Thank Goodness It’s Folk on Sheffield Live. Click to listen to the show.
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New Martin Carthy solo album Posted by Kevin Boyd, 5 February 2025 Eliza Carthy announced late yesterday that she and Martin are in the process of recording Martin’s new solo album. Five songs have been recorded to date and it…

New Martin Carthy solo album alert!!

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Martin Carthy - Six Jovial Welshmen YouTube video by parkwoodmusic

Happy St David’s Day
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What a great shot 🌻

Christmas swag!!
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This is Eliza Carthy and not Dave Swarbrick. Several of Martin's tracks on streaming platforms cite Dave Swarbrick in error (some include Eliza on fiddle and others have no fiddle at all!!). Still great though 👍