Eliza Carthy

Eliza Carthy, an English folk musician, plays Kirkgate Community Centre in Shipley, a concert and performance venue on Kirkgate. The show is a stop on the tour for a new album.

Eliza Carthy is an English folk musician born in Scarborough in 1975 and active since 1987. Carthy grew up in a musical family: the mother, Norma, was one of The Watersons, and the father, Martin Carthy, is a singer and guitarist. Carthy's first album, Eliza Carthy and Nancy Kerr, appeared in 1993, and John Peel, Andy Kershaw and Billy Bragg were among early supporters during the folk scene's revival in the early 1990s.

Carthy's work ranges from unaccompanied traditional songs to original pieces drawing on many influences. Membership of The Imagined Village and The Wayward Band has been part of a career that includes collaborations with Paul Weller, Jools Holland, Patrick Wolf and Kae Tempest. Honours include an MBE, two Mercury Prize nominations and the presidency of the English Folk Dance & Song Society, taken up in 2021.

The current tour presents a new album released in 2026, performed with the Restitution. Kirkgate Community Centre, at 39A Kirkgate in Shipley, is a concert and performance venue.