{"title":"Eliza Carthy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEliza Carthy MBE is a British modern folk performer and composer. Born on 23 August 1975 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK, she comes from a family of folk performers. Carthy records and performs solo as well as with her family. She has gained recognition for her extensive performances across the festival circuit and international tours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2014, Eliza Carthy was awarded the honour of an Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her significant contributions to folk music in the Queen's Birthday Honours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSimilar artists to Eliza Carthy include *Martin Carthy*, *June Tabor*, *Waterson:Carthy*, *Norma Waterson*, *Show Of Hands*, *Martin Simpson*, *Spiers \u0026amp; Boden*, *The Imagined Village*, *Jon Boden*, *Silly Sisters*, *The Watersons*, *Jackie Oates*, *Kris Drever*, *Karine Polwart*,*Bella Hardy,* Bellowhead,* Jim Moray,* Seth Lakeman,* Maddy Prior,* and Nic Jones.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"glad-christmas-comes","title":"Glad Christmas Comes","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristmas in the Carthy and Boden households is a serious business. Comfort is sacrificed to ramming them chock-full of as much greenery \/ bling \/ tat as is humanly possible. Often our respective children are forced to camp outside for the duration so that their bedrooms can be given over to mechanical nodding reindeer, life size inflatable Santas and industrial mince pie production facilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOfficial carol-singing season chez Carthy and chez Boden is, of course, Sep 1st to Feb 1st and within that timeframe any other material is frowned upon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are some who believe that the full weight of the human need to mark the passing of the seasons with a series of regular customs throughout the year, has been overly focused in modern times upon the single folk custom of Christmas to the great detriment of the broader customary calendar and leading to the cultural overburdening of the Christmas ritual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo this we say.... baubles. Bring it on. The more Christmas the better. In fact having launched (due to Covid rescheduling) our Christmas show in July at the Union Chapel Islington, we strongly urge the adoption of a second \"hot\" Christmas so that all artificial constraints can be removed and life can at last become one long Yuletide bonanza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith this in mind we decided that we should try to translate our Christmas obsessions to disc form. 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Bring it on. The more Christmas, the better. In fact, having launched (due to Covid rescheduling) our Christmas show in July at the Union Chapel Islington, we strongly urge the adoption of a second \"hot\" Christmas so that all artificial constraints can be removed and life can at last become one long Yuletide bonanza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith this in mind, we decided that we should try to translate our Christmas obsessions to disc form. 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