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Common Tongue

Waterson:Carthy

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Album Review

Norma Waterson and Martin Carthy's second album, Common Tongue — which, like the first, is recorded with their daughter Eliza — is as graceful and moving as their first collaboration. Waterson:Carthy doesn't depart from traditional English folk, but the depth and skill of all three musicians is so rich that they don't need to depart from the form — they make the music seem vibrant, timeless and vital. All three voices blend together effortlessly, making even murder ballads sound beautiful. Common Tongue is a remarkable record, and it affirms that all three musicians are in the forefront of British folk in the '90s.

Biography

Genre: Singer/Songwriter

Years Active: '90s, '00s

One of Martin Carthy's many side projects, this one is purely a family affair, with wife Norma Waterson, daughter Eliza Carthy on fiddle, and son-in-law Saul Rose on melodeon, comprising this purveyor of traditional British folk music. As a group they are monstrously talented, with exceptional group harmonies, as well as outstanding instrumental prowess. True students of their art, they are...
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