Martin Carthy – the "Pete Seeger of England" – and his daughter Eliza are giants of English folk music, both having been honored by the Queen with MBEs in recognition of their cultural contributions.

As young performers, Norma Waterson (Eliza's now deceased mother) and Martin immersed themselves in their native traditional music. They fueled the folk revival, performing at festivals and in folk clubs with relatives of Norma as Waterson/Carthy. A former member of Steeleye Span, Carthy nurtured Bob Dylan and taught Scarborough Fair to Paul Simon. He's a ballad singer, a ground-breaking acoustic and electric guitarist and an authoritative interpreter of song.

Eliza is one of the most recognizable faces in British folk. She has received numerous BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and in 2021 she became President of the English Folk Dance & Song Society.

Launching head-on into the UK folk scene in the early 90s, Eliza quickly became one of its great innovators. From the purest unaccompanied traditional songs to original music incorporating myriad influences, she has moved through English folk music like a force of nature, stirring it up & putting it back on the map. As a member of big groups The Imagined Village and The Wayward Band she has headlined at festivals around the world. In 2022 she celebrated 30 years in the music business with "Queen Of The Whirl", featuring new interpretations of fan-selected favorites from her previous albums, recorded with her band Eliza Carthy & The Restitution.

Concert information: www.valleyfolk.org, call +1-607-962-4461 or email info@valleyfolk.org 

Feel free to bring your unplugged instruments or voices and join our self-running jam/sing, in a separate room beginning 90 minutes before the concert, while we set up.