Eliza Carthy

vocal, fiddle, violin, performer, arranger, piano, organ, alto violin, strings, guitar, viola, keyboard, bells, mandolin, accordion

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Ben Ivitsky producer, recording, vocal, acoustic guitar, guitar, hurdy gurdy, low whistle, trombone, viola Acres of Ground, Cobbler's Hornpipe, Gallant Hussar, Just as the Tide Was Flowing, King James Version, Limbo, Maid on the Shore, Mr McCusker and Mr McGoldrick's English Choice, No Man's Jig / Hanoverian Dance / Three Jolly Sheepskins, Scan Tester's Country Stepdance / Lemmy Brazil's No. 2, The Unfortunate Lass, Tom Brown, Turpin Hero, Upside Down: Double Lead Through / Highland Mary / Dear Tobacco, Willow Tree
John Spiers vocal, bandoneón, button accordion, diatonic accordion / melodeon Cobbler's Hornpipe, Gallant Hussar, King James Version, Maid on the Shore, Mohair, Mr McCusker and Mr McGoldrick's English Choice, No Man's Jig / Hanoverian Dance / Three Jolly Sheepskins, Pretty Ploughboy, Scan Tester's Country Stepdance / Lemmy Brazil's No. 2, The Unfortunate Lass, Tom Brown, Turpin Hero, Upside Down: Double Lead Through / Highland Mary / Dear Tobacco, Worcester City
Barnaby Stradling Moog, acoustic bass guitar, bass guitar, electric bass guitar, percussion, piano 10,000 Miles, Accordion Song (Accidental Saturday Night Kitchen Mix), Adieu, Adieu, Billy Boy / The Widow's Wedding, Child Among the Weeds, Greenwood Laddie / Mrs Capron's Reel / Tune, Pretty Ploughboy, Russia (Call Waiting), Stingo / The Stacking Reel, Stumbling On, Time in the Son, Walk Away, Willow Tree, Worcester City
Jon Boden vocal, concertina, double bass, fiddle, guitar, tambourine Cobbler's Hornpipe, Gallant Hussar, Maid on the Shore, Mohair, Mr McCusker and Mr McGoldrick's English Choice, No Man's Jig / Hanoverian Dance / Three Jolly Sheepskins, Pretty Ploughboy, Scan Tester's Country Stepdance / Lemmy Brazil's No. 2, The Unfortunate Lass, Tom Brown, Turpin Hero, Upside Down: Double Lead Through / Highland Mary / Dear Tobacco, Worcester City
Martin Green (accordionist) programming, keyboard, piano, piano accordion 10,000 Miles, Accordion Song (Accidental Saturday Night Kitchen Mix), Adieu, Adieu, Billy Boy / The Widow's Wedding, Child Among the Weeds, Greenwood Laddie / Mrs Capron's Reel / Tune, Russia (Call Waiting), Stingo / The Stacking Reel, Stumbling On, Time in the Son, Walk Away, Willow Tree

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Ben Ivitsky producer, recording, vocal, acoustic guitar, guitar, hurdy gurdy, low whistle, trombone, viola Acres of Ground, Cobbler's Hornpipe, Gallant Hussar, Just as the Tide Was Flowing, King James Version, Limbo, Maid on the Shore, Mr McCusker and Mr McGoldrick's English Choice, No Man's Jig / Hanoverian Dance / Three Jolly Sheepskins, Scan Tester's Country Stepdance / Lemmy Brazil's No. 2, The Unfortunate Lass, Tom Brown, Turpin Hero, Upside Down: Double Lead Through / Highland Mary / Dear Tobacco, Willow Tree
John Spiers vocal, bandoneón, button accordion, diatonic accordion / melodeon Cobbler's Hornpipe, Gallant Hussar, King James Version, Maid on the Shore, Mohair, Mr McCusker and Mr McGoldrick's English Choice, No Man's Jig / Hanoverian Dance / Three Jolly Sheepskins, Pretty Ploughboy, Scan Tester's Country Stepdance / Lemmy Brazil's No. 2, The Unfortunate Lass, Tom Brown, Turpin Hero, Upside Down: Double Lead Through / Highland Mary / Dear Tobacco, Worcester City
Barnaby Stradling Moog, acoustic bass guitar, bass guitar, electric bass guitar, percussion, piano 10,000 Miles, Accordion Song (Accidental Saturday Night Kitchen Mix), Adieu, Adieu, Billy Boy / The Widow's Wedding, Child Among the Weeds, Greenwood Laddie / Mrs Capron's Reel / Tune, Pretty Ploughboy, Russia (Call Waiting), Stingo / The Stacking Reel, Stumbling On, Time in the Son, Walk Away, Willow Tree, Worcester City
Jon Boden vocal, concertina, double bass, fiddle, guitar, tambourine Cobbler's Hornpipe, Gallant Hussar, Maid on the Shore, Mohair, Mr McCusker and Mr McGoldrick's English Choice, No Man's Jig / Hanoverian Dance / Three Jolly Sheepskins, Pretty Ploughboy, Scan Tester's Country Stepdance / Lemmy Brazil's No. 2, The Unfortunate Lass, Tom Brown, Turpin Hero, Upside Down: Double Lead Through / Highland Mary / Dear Tobacco, Worcester City
Martin Green (accordionist) programming, keyboard, piano, piano accordion 10,000 Miles, Accordion Song (Accidental Saturday Night Kitchen Mix), Adieu, Adieu, Billy Boy / The Widow's Wedding, Child Among the Weeds, Greenwood Laddie / Mrs Capron's Reel / Tune, Russia (Call Waiting), Stingo / The Stacking Reel, Stumbling On, Time in the Son, Walk Away, Willow Tree
Sam Thomas (UK drummer) Moog, djembe, drums, percussion 10,000 Miles, Accordion Song (Accidental Saturday Night Kitchen Mix), Adieu, Adieu, Billy Boy / The Widow's Wedding, Child Among the Weeds, Greenwood Laddie / Mrs Capron's Reel / Tune, Russia (Call Waiting), Stingo / The Stacking Reel, Stumbling On, Time in the Son, Walk Away
Oliver Knight electric guitar 10,000 Miles, Billy Boy / The Widow's Wedding, Greenwood Laddie / Mrs Capron's Reel / Tune, Stumbling On, Time in the Son
Ed Boyd acoustic guitar 10,000 Miles, Adieu, Adieu, Billy Boy / The Widow's Wedding, Greenwood Laddie / Mrs Capron's Reel / Tune, Russia (Call Waiting), Walk Away
Tim van Eyken vocal, accordion, diatonic accordion / melodeon, guitar, harmonica Bold Privateer, Just as the Tide Was Flowing, No Man's Jig / Hanoverian Dance / Three Jolly Sheepskins, Rolling Sea
Norma Waterson vocal Little Gypsy Girl, Thirty-Foot Trailer
Donald Hay drums, percussion Pretty Ploughboy, Willow Tree, Worcester City
BJ Cole pedal steel guitar Perfect, Poor Little Me, Whole
Heather Macleod vocal King James Version, Maid on the Shore, Willow Tree
Lucy Adams vocal 10,000 Miles, Billy Boy / The Widow's Wedding, Child Among the Weeds
Martin Carthy guitar Dr MCMBE, Thirty-Foot Trailer
Marry Waterson vocal Little Gypsy Girl, Thirty-Foot Trailer
Niall Macauley programming, acoustic guitar Greenwood Laddie / Mrs Capron's Reel / Tune, Russia (Call Waiting)
Lorna MacDonald bass trombone Mr McCusker and Mr McGoldrick's English Choice, Tom Brown
Shack & Paul programming Red Rice, Russia (Call Waiting)
John McCusker violin Fisher Boy, Little Bear / Wobbly Cat / Upton Stick Dance
Tom Salter electric guitar Acres of Ground, No Man's Jig / Hanoverian Dance / Three Jolly Sheepskins
Calum MacColl producer, hammered dulcimer Thirty-Foot Trailer
Cameron Malcolm engineer Thirty-Foot Trailer
Conrad Ivitsky double bass Bonaparte's Retreat
Dan Quinn diatonic accordion / melodeon Little Gypsy Girl
Donald MacDougal guitar Worcester City
Doug Duncan trumpet Willow Tree
Ed Harcourt vocal Rolling Sea
Fay Hield vocal Gallant Hussar
Greg Ivitsky alto saxophone Willow Tree
Johnny Kalsi dhol, shakers, tabla Acres of Ground
Karine Polwart vocal Thirty-Foot Trailer
Kate St John accordion, oboe Rolling Sea
Leo Abrahams vocal, guitar Rolling Sea
Maclaine Colston snare drum Bonaparte's Retreat
Martin Brumbach mix Rolling Sea
Ali Friend double bass Acres of Ground
Andy Newmark vocal, drums Rolling Sea
Martin Russell recording Acres of Ground
Martyn Barker vocal, percussion Rolling Sea
Mary Hampton vocal Maid on the Shore
Mary MacMaster vocal Willow Tree
Mass (Simon Massey) mix, recording Acres of Ground
Mattie Foulds snare drum Gallant Hussar
Neill MacColl producer, mandolin Thirty-Foot Trailer
Andy Thorburn keyboard Greenwood Laddie / Mrs Capron's Reel / Tune
Rachel Unthank vocal Thirty-Foot Trailer
Ralph Steadman vocal Rolling Sea
Robyn Hitchcock vocal Rolling Sea
Rory McFarlane vocal, bass Rolling Sea
Rory McLeod (British folk singer-songwriter) harmonica Red Rice
Simon Emmerson producer, electric guitar Acres of Ground
Tim Roe engineer Rolling Sea
Barney M Brown cello Acres of Ground
Tom Hough engineer Rolling Sea
Becky Unthank vocal Thirty-Foot Trailer
Van Dyke Parks performer Fuse
Warren Ellis vocal, strings Rolling Sea
Will Duke concertina Little Gypsy Girl
Willy Molleson vocal Tom Brown

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Joint Movement Project vocal, alto violin, bells, fiddle, mandolin, organ, piano, viola Bonaparte’s Lament, Bunch of Thyme, Little Grey Hawk, Poor Wayfaring Stranger, Prairie Lullaby, Psalm of Life, Shallow Brown, The Nightingale / For Kate, The Rose and the Lily, Ukelele Lady / (If Paradise Is) Half as Nice
Les Carle vocal, violin All Comes Back to You, Day Dreamin', Day Dreamin' (dub mix), Free Spirit, Indian Summer, Shame on You, Stop the Clock, Strong, This Is the Life, Too Far From Home
Oliver Knight vocal Go From My Window
Norma Waterson violin Moving on Song, Song for Thirza
Fritz Weiss violin California Stars, Joe DiMaggio Done It Again, Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key
The Imagined Village performer Acres of Ground (Beats Mix), Cold, Haily, Rainy Night (It's Turned Out Nice remix by Stabilizer), England Half English meets John Barleycorn
Weapon of the Masses vocal Better Home, Chickens in the Garden, June Is the Coldest Month of the Year
Spiers & Boden vocal, fiddle Bold Sir Rylas, Haul Away, The Birth of Robin Hood
Fabrizio Volponi vocal God Only Knows
Paula Barbosa vocal, fiddle Tam Lyn Retold
Pekka Nissilä arranger, vocal, fiddle John Barleycorn
Buffi performer Sweet If You Like
Jonas Herpichböhms Ohropack vocal, violin If I Had a Hammer
LFO vs. Fuse violin My Father’s Mansions
Tiger Moth arranger, fiddle Sloe on the Uptake
Billy Bragg vocal, violin All Fall Down
Yasmim Manaia arranger, vocal, fiddle Cold Haily Rainy Night
Yiorgos Yevyelis vocal John Ball
Martin Carthy & The UK Group vocal The Mermaid
Jim Moray violin William Taylor