Gift is an album by Eliza Carthy, released in 2010. The album is a folk CD. - W/NORMA WATERSON
Norma Waterson and her daughter Eliza Carthy have formidable international reputations and have recorded independently and together on many occasions over the years with combined record sales of over 250,000. Their first release specifically as a duo, Gift is the album that their fans have been waiting for. Combining their rich, distinctive and authentic voices, mother and daughter effortlessly and instinctively compliment and enhance each other's performances. The album features an intriguing and powerful mix of traditional and contemporary songs bringing them to life with great musicality and their wonderfully compassionate voices. Featuring Danny Thompson - double bass, Martin Simpson - banjo & Martin Carthy - guitar.
The young gunslingers who’ve performed such a vibrant restoration job on the image of folk music in recent years have employed endless initiatives i...
Laura Barton - 21/Jul/2010
The gift in question here, one gathers, is a handing of talent from generation to generation; Norma Waterson and Eliza Carthy are, after all, the subl...
Andy Gill - 16/Jul/2010
The cover photo – of mother's and daughter's bangled hands clasped together – tells its own story, of folk and family traditions passed along the li...