Waterson:Carthy - Fishes & Fine Yellow Sand [CD]

Martin and Norma have been awarded MBE's for their services to English music. Martin, Norma and Eliza have each individually won the prestigious Singer Of The Year award on the BBC Radio Two Folk Awards. Eliza has also won the Album Of The Year and Traditional Track Of The Year awards for Anglicana and two separate Mercury Music Prize nominations. Tim Van Eyken won the Young Folk Musician Of The Year award. A truly impressive record. Fishes & Fine Yellow Sand, their fifth album for Topic, finds them in characteristically fine fettle with eclectic material ranging from a stunning performance of the historic song "Napoleon's Death" to the group's take on the Jerry Garcia/Grateful Dead classic "Black Muddy River". The album features several Eliza Carthy led songs, her first recordings since Anglicana.