Eliza Carthy

Eliza Carthy, the English folk musician, brings the album Frenemies to Komedia in Bath. The new record was made with the long-standing band The Restitution.

Eliza Carthy is an English folk musician born in Scarborough in 1975. Active since 1987, Carthy released the first album, Eliza Carthy and Nancy Kerr, in 1993, and that debut is now more than three decades old.

Frenemies was made with the band The Restitution, which has worked with Carthy for a long time, and was co-written and co-produced with Ben Seal. Its songs blend wit with a folk foundation and a punk edge, touching on motherhood, betrayal, forgiveness, complicated relationships, support for the LGBTQIA+ community and the condition of the modern world.

Komedia is a concert and performance venue in Bath, and this evening brings the new album to its stage. The programme suits listeners interested in Carthy's folk roots as they appear in a record with a sharper, more topical outlook.