Los Angeles Times

Waterson:Carthy Fed by English Roots

Martin Carthy began the English folk quartet Waterson:Carthy’s show at McCabe’s with an old, comical caution against marriage and family titled “Bald Headed End of the Broom.” Of course, the ...
NPR

Norma Waterson of English folk royalty has died at 82

With earthy and arresting harmonies, The Watersons from Hull – originally Norma Waterson and her siblings, Lal and Mike Waterson and their cousin John — revived old English folk songs beginning in the ...
Los Angeles Times

A Folkie Like Her Parents (OK, Not Exactly Like Them)

“Stop biting your nails,” Martin Carthy scolds his daughter, Eliza, as they and Eliza’s mother, Norma Waterson, pose for a family photo at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica. The daughter rolls her ...
The Washington Post

Waterson:Carthy, Most:Enjoyable

The Kennedy Center's UK-KC Festival presented a free and thoroughly entertaining concert by the renowned British folk music family Waterson:Carthy at the Millennium Stage Tuesday night. Norma Waterson ...
LAist

Norma Waterson of English folk royalty has died at 82

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