| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
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Turpin Hero | Eliza Carthy | 5:45 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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2 |
King James Version | Eliza Carthy | 4:23 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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3 |
Cobbler's Hornpipe | Eliza Carthy | 3:59 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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4 |
Gallant Hussar | Eliza Carthy | 4:47 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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5 |
Upside Down (Double Lead Through / Highland Mary / Dear Tobacco) | Eliza Carthy | 5:03 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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6 |
Mohair | Eliza Carthy | 2:59 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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7 |
The Unfortunate Lass | Eliza Carthy | 6:59 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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8 |
Scan Tester's Country Stepdance / Lemmy Brazil's No. 2 | Eliza Carthy | 3:32 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Maid On the Shore | Eliza Carthy | 3:24 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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10 |
Mr. McCusker & Mr. McGoldrick's English Choice | Eliza Carthy | 4:59 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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11 |
Tom Brown | Eliza Carthy | 4:09 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Songs |
Album Review
Eliza Carthy officially inherits the British folk crown from her parents with the willfully traditional Rough Music. Described in the liner notes as "a form of community punishment practiced all over England" (basically a public beating for a heinous social crime), Rough Music sounds like a lost pre-percussion Steeleye Span record filtered through A.L. Lloyd's whaling collection Leviathan! Carthy's strong fiddling and powerful vocals — she really is beginning to surpass Norma — are ably enhanced by the chiseled performance of her backing band, the Ratcatchers. Together they celebrate longstanding English traditions like public execution ("Turpin Hero"), syphilis ("The Unfortunate Lass"), and alcohol ("Tom Brown") with equal parts reverence, earnestness, and mischief. Primarily arranged for violin, viola, double bass, and melodeon, Rough Music also features lovely a cappella cuts like "Maid on the Shore" and enough fiery instrumentals to keep your feet on the cobblestones during the long walk home from the pub. In fact, there's not a moment on Rough Music that isn't essential listening. Highly recommended.
Customer Reviews
Bold, Brassy, Brilliant
'Anglicana' was excellent, Red/Rice remarkable, but this collaboration between Eliza Carthy, Ben Ivitsky, John Spiers and Jon Boden gives traditional folk real bite. This is folk as it should be - visceral, whole-hearted and a bit ragged round the edges. But don't think this is crude playing: the musicianship is outstanding. Once again, Eliza has come up with something new and brave to revitalise the tradition. A seminal album which I come back to again and again.
Biography
Born: 1975 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Genre: Singer/Songwriter
Years Active: '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs By Eliza Carthy
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
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1 |
Worcester City | Anglicana | 4:48 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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2 |
Poor Wayfaring Stranger | Gift | 6:30 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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3 |
Cobbler's Hornpipe | Rough Music | 3:59 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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4 |
Willow Tree | Anglicana | 4:30 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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5 |
Pretty Ploughboy | Anglicana | 5:21 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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6 |
Limbo | Anglicana | 4:25 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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7 |
Just As the Tide Was Flowing | Anglicana | 8:00 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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8 |
In London So Fair | Anglicana | 8:06 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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9 |
No Man's Jig/Hanoverian Dance/Three Jolly Sheepskins | Anglicana | 4:11 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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10 |
Little Gypsy Girl | Anglicana | 2:11 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
- £7.99
- Genres: Singer/Songwriter, Music, Traditional Folk, Contemporary Folk
- Released: 01 January 2005
- ℗ 2005 Topic
