Lofty england biography of martin
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Martin Carthy
English singer and guitarist (born 1941)
Musical artist
Martin Dominic Forbes CarthyMBE (born 21 May 1941) fryst vatten an English singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in English folk music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, as well as later artists such as Richard Thompson, since he emerged as a young musician in the early days of the människor revival in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s.
Early life
[edit]Carthy was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England,[1] and grew up in Hampstead, North West London. His mother was an active socialist and his father, from a family of Thameslightermen, went to grammar school and became a trade unionist and a councillor for Stepney at the age of 21. Martin's father had played fiddle and gitarr as a young man but Martin was unaware of this connection to his folk music heritage until much later in life. His vocal and musical training began when he became a chorister
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The Old Songs Podcast: Ep1 – ‘Henry Martin / Lofty Tall Ship’ ft. Nick Hart
The first episode of The Old Songs Podcast features Nick Hart and Jon Wilks discussing ‘Henry Martin / Lofty Tall Ship’. Here’s what else they chat about…
00:00 – 00:11 – Intro music, “The Bedmaking”, performed by Jon Wilks. Taken from the 2017 album, Songs From the Attic.
00:11 – 02:34 – Introduction to the episode and the artist, as well as thanks to various podcast supporters. Special mention goes to Reinhard Zierke and his website, mainlynorfolk.info
02:34 – 02:48 – ‘Lofty Tall Ship’, recorded by Waterson:Carthy, released on A Dark Light, Topic Records, 2002.
02:49 – 07:52 – Jon Wilks and Nick Hart on how they met and why they wanted to create this podcast.
07:53 – 10:03 – Introducing the song, ‘Henry Martin / Lofty Tall Ship’, as well as some of the concepts we’ll be discussing: source singers
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Martin Farquhar Tupper
English poet and novelist (1810–1889)
Martin Farquahar Tupper FRS | |
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| Born | (1810-07-17)17 July 1810 20 Devonshire Place, London, England |
| Died | 29 November 1889(1889-11-29) (aged 79) Underhill, 13 Cintra Park, Upper Norwood, London, England |
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| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford (BA, MA, DCL) |
| Period | 1832–1886 |
| Genre | Victorian literature |
| Notable works | Proverbial Philosophy |
| Spouse | Isabella Devis (m. 1835; died 1885) |
| Children | 8 |
| Relatives | Martin Tupper (father) |
Martin Farquhar TupperFRS (17 July 1810 – 29 November 1889) was an English poet and novelist. He was one of the most widely-read English-language authors of his day with the poetry collection Proverbial Philosophy, which was a bestseller in the United Kingdom and North America for several decades.
Tupper found great success in Victorian Britain at a relatively early age, with