25th June 2023
Eliza Carthy MBE is undoubtedly one of the most impressive and engaging performers of her generation. Twice nominated for the Mercury Prize and winner of innumerable other accolades over a 30-year career, Eliza has performed and recorded with a diverse array of artists including Paul Weller, Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Nick Cave, Patrick Wolf and Bob Neuwirth.
More than most, Eliza Carthy has revitalised folk music and captured the most hardened of dissenters with intelligent, charismatic and boundary-crossing performance. Her wide innovative repertoire ranges from the purest unaccompanied traditional songs to original music incorporating myriad influences.
Eliza grew up immersed in the world of traditional music dividing her time between touring and recording with her legendary parents, Martin Carthy and the late Norma Waterson as well as engaging in numerous pioneering solo and band projects.
In what has become something of a parallel career, Eliza has co-presented the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards, been a regular guest-presenter on the BBC Radio 2 Mark Radcliffe Show and has made many appearances on BBC TVs 'Later with Jools'. Eliza became President of the English Folk Dance and Song Society in 2021, having been Vice-President since 2008.
She has also branched out into theatre, composing for acclaimed British director Barrie Rutter OBE at Shakespeare’s Globe and Hull Truck Theatre, and into film work, both on-set and off.
Saul Rose grew up in Watford where he played in local morris dance groups and dance bands in his teens before launching into a high profile musical career, playing in numerous bands. He has played on numerous albums as a guest and the soundtrack for the films Morris - A Life With Bells On and Far From The Madding Crowd.
David Delarre is a musician, composer and music educator. Originally from Essex, and an early New Roots finalist with his brother James in the band Mawkin, he studied music at the University of Hertfordshire. He has performed at a number of high profile venues in the UK and Europe and has recorded sessions for BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4, as well as performing on BBC1 for Jools Holland and BBC1 Breakfast TV.
After appearing as a finalist in 2018’s New Roots competition Lizzy Hardingham has gone from strength, making her name locally and then nationally on the folk club and festival scene for her singing and songwriting. Her album ‘How did we get here?’ with songs on mental health issues, released in 2022, has won her enthusiastic reviews.
In the open air at:
The Roman Theatre of Verulamium
Bluehouse Hill, St Albans AL3 6AE
Ticket prices
£20 / £18 (under 18s)
Season ticket - £90 / £60 Under 18s
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