The Waterson Family Live at Hull Truck

This unique home coming celebration combines Mike Waterson, Martin Carthy, Norma Waterson, Eliza Carthy and extended family members live on stage performing "Bright Phoebus", "Fine Horseman", "Some Old Salty", "Shallow Brown", "The Good Old Way" and many more. The film also includes exclusive interviews with the family at their home; creating a career retrospective, looking back over 50 years as the first family of English folk music.

The Waterson Family at Hull Truck Theatre, recorded in Auguest 2010, has already been acclaimed by BBC Radio 2's Mike Harding as the Folk Event of the Decade.

Feature length DVD on general release through Amazon, HMV, play and all good independent retailers from June 2011.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Watersons
• Waterson Family
• Waterson Carthy
• Eliza Carthy
• Martin Carthy
• Norma Waterson
• Mike Waterson
• Bright Phoebus
• Folk
• Folk Music
• English Folk Music

[Martinx55]

RIP Mike, storyteller, song-writer, wit and son of Hull. Another Hull poet with Marvell, Larkin, Dunn etc. Some OldSalty - the best song about Hull Fair there ever was.

[CookieOfTheHousie]

I think this is really beautiful, really touching. I hope the younger guys keep the tradition. RIP Mike and Lal

[blahblahblah85]

Mike, we will miss you.