From: jason robbins [tofutastic_at_hotmail_dot_co_dot_uk]
Sent: 05 March 2009 21:53
Subject: Martin Carthy tickets....

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Hi people,
before I vanish to the depths of Dorset for a planned week in a cottage away from it all, with the promise of a JETHRO TULL tribute band gig to lift my spirits, its worth saying that tickets for the MARTIN CARTHY gig in November are already selling well..they are available for £10 in advance from ORANGE STREET MUSIC CLUB (01227 760801), or from the record stall at Canterbury Indoor market (01227 470328 ), or can be reserved via me-drop me an email.
Hope some of you caught SWARB last night at Faversham, he still puts most musicians half his age to shame...keep safe Dave.

Best wishes,
Jason.

TWILIGHT FOLK CLUB PRESENTS…

MARTIN CARTHY

+THE OWL SERVICE

Live at Orange Street Music Club, Canterbury, on Sat 21st November, at 7.30 pm
tickets-£12/£10 in advance
Tel: 01227 760801

MARTIN CARTHY

`Arguably the greatest English folk song performer, writer, collector and editor of them all' Q Magazine
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.  Trailblazing musical partnerships with, amongst others, Steeleye Span, Dave Swarbrick and his award-winning wife (Norma Waterson) and daughter Eliza Carthy have resulted in more than 40 albums, but Martin has only recorded 10 solo albums, of which the much anticipated Waiting for Angels (Topic TSCD527) is the latest.  
Whether in the folk clubs (which he continues to champion), on the concert stage or making TV appearances (he was the subject of the acclaimed `Originals' music documentary strand on BBC 2) - there are few roles that Martin Carthy hasn't played. He's a ballad singer, a ground-breaking acoustic & electric guitarist and an authoritative interpreter of newly composed material. He always prefers to follow an insatiable musical curiosity rather than cash in on his unrivalled position. 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.
In June 1998 he was appointed an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours. He was named Folk Singer of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2002, and again in 2005 when he also won the award for Best Traditional Track for 'amous Flower of Serving Men. In the 2007 Folk Awards Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick won Best Duo.  In 2008 he won the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Best Traditional Track for Cold Haily Rainy Night alongside Eliza Carthy and Chris Wood as part of The Imagined Village project

http://www.watersoncarthy.com

THE OWL SERVICE
"...combines the best parts of the British folk-rock boom with a sense of occult psychedelia that's never overbearing" Uncut magazine
"Icy female vocals and crystalline electric guitars thread through sinister traditional tunes, recalling Trees' 1970 classic 'On the Shore' and Fairport Convention's 'Liege & Lief'" Stewart Lee, Sunday Times
"British spooky/avant folksters whose muse is slightly more medieval than post-modern, but recalls Black Mountain and Lightning Dust as well as Vashti Bunyan and Steeleye Span" Time Out
"...we highly recommend checking out the finest “traditional folk” album we’ve heard all year" Foxy Digitalis
"...the result sounds like a lost album of '70s UK folk ...female singers who have that quality to provoke a world of a cultivated sensitivity ...all tracks flow beautifully from one perfect mood to the next" Psyche Homestead
www.myspace.com/theowlservice 


TWILIGHT FOLK CLUB PRESENTS

APRIL-Weds 22nd
THE SONS OF NOEL AND ADRIAN + SHORELINE
“ acoustic music  that falls loosely into the progressive folk niche….”
May-Monday 4th
LES DERNIERS TROUVERES
“Be transported through time by the medieval sounds of the arch viola, the mandola, the bagpipe, the harp and beautiful voices carrying profound words..”
MAY-Weds 20th
 KIM THOMPSETT BAND + Support
“drawing on Celtic, medieval and English folk and identity.“
JUNE-Weds 24TH 
THE KITTIWAKES + Support
“delicious, intriguing and evocative music, beautifully played and sung by this talented trio. Recommended to twitchers and lovers of folk music alike'“-
NOVEMBER-Sat 21st
MARTIN CARTHY
+THE OWL SERVICE
“For four decades, Martin Carthy's work has immeasurably enriched the British folk heritage. He is regarded as one of the finest singers and interpreters of traditional music of the British Isles, as well as a highly influential and much-imitated guitarist. Awarded the MBE for services to English folk music in 1998, his drive and enthusiasm are undiminished and he continues to be one of folk music's great innovators.”

WWW.MYSPACE.COM/TWILIGHTFOLKCLUB

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