Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson: Gift | CD review

(Topic)The daughter-and-mother team of Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson have sung and recorded before, often with the family group Waterson:Carthy, but this is the first time that these award-winning pioneers of the folk revival have released an album together as a duo, and the result is both bravely straightforward and powerfully emotional. Produced by Carthy and her cousin Oliver Knight (who also adds the occasional cello, electric guitar or vocals), this is a freewheeling, varied set that also...

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