folk singer

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As a world-renowned musician, she needed her sleep - working long hours touring while caring for her 84-year-old father, legendary folk singer and 2025 Mercury Prize nominee Martin Carthy.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

Sylvia Tyson, a folk singer, agreed: “He literally remembers everything he’s ever heard or seen.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Welsh folk singer Dafydd Iwan says he has received "very personal" and "nasty" comments after urging organisers of a right-wing protest to stop using his song Yma o Hyd.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

Founded in 1992 to rival the Brit Awards, which take place in March, Thursday's Mercury contenders also featured the oldest ever artist to be nominated, 84-year-old folk singer and guitarist Martin Carthy.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

With his wide face, gray goatee, and merry smile, he resembled, for the moment, an aging folk singer.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann