Martin Carthy, Matt Cranitch & Jackie Daly: : Cork Folk Festival 2023

Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin St.

Sat 04 Oct 2025 (note: this event has already taken place)
8pm
€10/€5 members



Martin Carthy MBE (born 21 May 1941) is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British Traditional Music , inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and later artists such as Richard Thompson , since he emerged as a young musician in the early days of the folk revival in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s.

Martin is a mostly solo performer of traditional songs in a very distinctive style, accompanying himself on his Martin 000-18 acoustic guitar; his style is marked by the use of alternative tunings (notably CGCDGA), and a strongly percussive picking style that emphasises the melody.

He has also been involved with many musical collaborations. He has sung with The Watersons since 1972; was twice a member of the group Steeleye Span and was also a member of The Imagined Village for all three of their albums (2007–2012).

For many years Carthy enjoyed a creative partnership with fiddle player Dave Swarbrick ; more recently, Waterson:Carthy has provided the forum for

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Venue Info


Triskel Arts Centre

Tobin Street, Cork (off South Main Street)
+353 (021) 4272022

www.triskelartscentre.ie

    



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