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Martin Carthy - 100% match to Dave Swarbrick

21 May 1941, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. Carthy began his career as an actor but in 1959 became a skiffle guitarist and singer with the Thameside Four. He made his first solo recording on the 1963 Decca Records collection Hootenanny In London, singing ‘Your Baby ’As Gone Down The Plug Hole’, later revived by Cream. By now, Carthy was recognized as a virt Read more

The Albion Band - 72% match to Dave Swarbrick

Waterson:Carthy - 69% match to Dave Swarbrick

This family project was formed in the early 90s by two of England’s greatest traditional folk artists, guitarist Martin Carthy (21 May 1941, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England) and his vocalist wife Norma Waterson (b. Norma Christine Waterson, 15 August 1939, Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding, Yorkshire, England). Joining Carthy and Waterson was their fiddle-playing daughte Read more

Ashley Hutchings - 64% match to Dave Swarbrick

26 January 1945, Southgate, Middlesex, England. ‘Tyger’ Hutchings long and distinguished musical career includes being a founding member of three of the UK’s most influential folk acts. Hutchings first played with guitarist Simon Nicol in the Ethnic Shuffle Orchestra before, in 1967, the duo formed Fairport Convention with Richard Thompson, Iain Matthews, Mart Read more

Silly Sisters - 60% match to Dave Swarbrick

During the lull which followed the recording of Steeleye Span’s All Around My Hat, vocalist Maddy Prior (14 August 1947, Blackpool, Lancashire, England) performed an abrupt volte-face and plunged back into pure folk song recording with a traditional album recorded with June Tabor (b. 31 December 1947, Warwick, England), a librarian in Swindon, England. Despite its ‘ Read more

The Watersons - 56% match to Dave Swarbrick

This British band is regarded as one of the most important and influential of the UK folk revival outfits, and have been cited by numerous artists, such as Anne Briggs, as being responsible for the development of unaccompanied harmony singing. They were originally called the Mariners, then the Folksons, before using their family name. The essential group, with occasional later Read more

Nic Jones - 51% match to Dave Swarbrick

Nicholas Paul Jones, 9 January 1947, Orpington, Kent, England. The earlier work of this highly respected guitarist and fiddle player showed great promise, but a tragic accident interrupted his career. Initially inspired by Hank Marvin, Jones gradually drifted into folk music thanks to the influence of leading guitarists Bert Jansch and Davey Graham. In 1967 Jones played guit Read more

Norma Waterson - 51% match to Dave Swarbrick

Norma Christine Waterson, 15 August 1939, Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding, Yorkshire, England. Both sides of Waterson’s family were musical, her father playing guitar and piano, her mother the piano. Almost all of her extended family were accomplished musicians on one instrument or another. However, she was orphaned at an early age and raised, alongside her sister Elain Read more

Eliza Carthy - 47% match to Dave Swarbrick

23 August 1975, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. The daughter of Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson (the Watersons), Eliza Carthy could hardly escape the music of her parents. Her earliest memory is of falling asleep in the kitchen to the strains of a Watersons’ practice session. As she grew older she was quickly inducted into the Watersons’ ranks, but chose fi Read more

Fotheringay - 46% match to Dave Swarbrick

The folk rock group Fotheringay was formed in 1970 by singer Sandy Denny (Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny, 6 January 1947, Wimbledon, London, England, d. 21 April 1978, London, England) upon her departure from Fairport Convention, and drew its name from one of her compositions for that outfit. Two former members of Eclection, Trevor Lucas (b. 25 December 1943, Bungaree, Victor Read more

A.L. Lloyd - 44% match to Dave Swarbrick

Albert Lancaster Lloyd, 29 February 1908, London, England, d. 29 September 1982, Greenwich, London, England. Bert Lloyd was one of the prime movers of the 50s folk song revival in Britain. After spending time in Australia as a teenager, where his interest in folk song developed, he returned to England and pursued his passion. He had collected some 500 songs by 1935 and was d Read more

Ewan MacColl - 42% match to Dave Swarbrick

James Henry Miller, 25 January 1915, Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, England, d. 22 October 1989, England. The singing talents of his Scottish parents enabled MacColl to learn many of their songs while he was still young. He subsequently wrote many classic and regularly covered songs of his own, including ‘Dirty Old Town’, which was inspired by his home town of Sal Read more

Anne Briggs - 39% match to Dave Swarbrick

29 September 1944, Toton, Nottinghamshire, England. Briggs started singing publicly in 1962 as part of the Centre 42 organization, a package show organized by the Trades Union Congress to bring culture to the provinces. The 17-year-old singer was signed up by musical director Ewan MacColl, leaving her home to tour with the movement. She squatted in London with a young Bert J Read more

June Tabor - 39% match to Dave Swarbrick

31 December 1947, Warwick, England. Possessing one of folk music’s greatest voices, Tabor is a fine interpreter of both contemporary and traditional songs. She first came to notice in the early 70s, working on albums by Rosie Hardman and Peter Bellamy while still employed as a librarian. Her acclaimed 1976 debut for Topic Records, Airs And Graces, made an immediate impa Read more

Brass Monkey - 38% match to Dave Swarbrick

This folk band was formed in 1981 by John Kirkpatrick (8 August 1947, Chiswick, London, England; anglo-concertina, melodeon, accordion, vocals), Roger Williams (b. 30 July 1954, Cottingham, Yorkshire, England; trombone), Howard Evans (b. 29 February 1944, Chard, Somerset, England; trumpet, flügelhorn), Martin Brinsford (b. 17 August 1944, Gloucester, England; saxophone, Read more