Angels And Cigarettes - Eliza Carthy

She's no Angel (856 words)
by Bryn Pearson - written on 23/01/02, updated on 23/01/02 (Very useful, 212 readings)
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you should give it a chance. If you haven't heard any E Eliza Carthy don't start with this album, it'll give you a very odd impression. Try 'Red Rice' or 'Heat Light and Sound' instead, especially if you are looking for something folky. I honestly don't know what music genre this album would fit in - it doesn't have a readily definable sound, but it is intruiging and lyrically it's very good. My only complaint is there really isn't very much of her wonderful fiddle playing, which is a shame. ...

Heat Light And Sound - Eliza Carthy

What a beau your Granny is! (709 words)
by Bryn Pearson - written on 16/08/01, updated on 16/08/01 (Very useful, 53 readings)
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Eliza Carthy is (and this may be a blessing or a curse to her) still best known for being the daughter of living folk legends Martin Carthy and Norma Watersone. However, that's all i'm going to say about her parents, because I think its far more fair to judge the lass on ehr own merits. Heat Light and Sound is Eliza's first solo album (although I suspect not her first forray into a recording studio). It's largely traditional - only one song of hers on this one - and may therfore be surprising to those who have only encountered her later and better known work on Red Rice. The whole sound to this album is very traditional, and uses traditional ...

Red Rice - Eliza Carthy

Two albums! (168 words)
by Bryn Pearson - written on 04/05/01, updated on 04/05/01 (Useful, 33 readings)
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a lot of Eliza Carthy's own material on it, including The Piano Accordian Song - which is excellent, and a very surprising piece at the end which sounds more like a dance track than folk, and uses the violin to great effect. This is a very lively, energetic album. Rice is a far more traditional album with tracks like ...