Heat Light & Sound Cd

Eliza Carthy's solo debut followed a collaboration with Nancy Kerr and an album with her band, The Kings Of Calicutt. The latter remained on the shelf until after the 1996 release of HEAT LIGHT & SOUND. All the featured tunes are English, something that doubtless pleased her parents Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson, as both were champions of the genre at a time when it was overshadowed by Celtic music.

This delightful set, which is entirely traditional save for one tentative original, includes a jaunty tale of deception, Cold, Wet & Rainy Night, and a fine version of 10,000 Miles appended by a morris jig. Other highlights are remarkably assured deliveries of two of the great Child ballads, Sheath & Knife and Clark Saunders, the latter sung unaccompanied.