Tag: Mike Waterson

Martin Carthy: the Mega Interview

Feb 28, 2018

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Jon Wilks

in Folk music writing, Interviews, Writing

I pack the last of the chairs away and crawl out from the cupboard under the Whitchurch Folk Club stage, where Eliza and Martin Carthy have just performed. Eliza has a question regarding getting into London for a meeting the following morning. I see an opportunity. “Don’t drive,” I suggest. “Take the 10:15 into Waterloo.…
Bright Phoebus album: the very definition of a cult classic, reissued at last

May 31, 2017

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Jon Wilks

in Folk music writing, Writing

Most fans assumed it couldn’t happen, but this morning Marry Waterson announced the re-release of a true classic: Bright Phoebus – Songs by Lal and Mike Waterson will see the light of day once again on August 4th (and can be pre-ordered in a variety of packages here).