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Martin Carthy

Martin Carthy is a person from the UK, active since 1941.

Person GB since 1941 folk folk rock celtic
TOTAL PLAYS
90
SONGS PLAYED
59
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2009-01-13 04:42 · 6 Music — "The January Man"
LAST PLAYED
4 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "Unfortunate Tailor (John Peel, Radio 1, 7th September 1976)"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2009 — 2026
20 15 10 5 0
'09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 68 76%
Radio 2 22 24%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 20:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 The Bedmaking 5 2024-05-15
2 Long John (Radio 1 Session, 18 Apr 1983) 4 2020-06-18
3 Ye Mariners All 3 2025-10-14
4 Scarborough Fair 3 2025-05-21
5 Tarry Trousers (Radio 1 Session, 18 Apr 1983) 3 2022-10-12
6 Lady Dysie (Radio 1 Session, 18 Apr 1983) 3 2021-10-27
7 The Devil and the Feathery Wife (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 Apr 1983) 3 2021-10-27
8 Lady Dysie - BBC Session 18/04/1983 3 2014-03-03
9 Georgie 2 2026-01-28
10 High Germany 2 2025-05-21
11 I Sowed Some Seeds (BBC Session, 18 Apr 1983) 2 2022-10-12
12 The Wind That Shakes The Barley 2 2021-05-19
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-19 20:52 Unfortunate Tailor (John Peel, Radio 1, 7th September 1976) Radio 2
2026-05-03 21:29 Rigs of the time 6 Music
2026-01-28 21:11 Georgie Radio 2
2025-10-16 20:42 Scarborough Fair (Mercury Prize 2025) 6 Music
2025-10-14 22:44 A-Begging I will Go 6 Music
2025-10-14 22:36 Eighteenth of June 6 Music
2025-10-14 22:32 Ye Mariners All 6 Music
2025-10-01 21:37 Hommage a Roche Proulx (BBC Session, 9 Jul 1987) 6 Music
2025-09-30 21:39 Company Policy (BBC Session, 9 Jul 1987) 6 Music
2025-09-29 21:38 When I Was Young (BBC Session, 1987) 6 Music
2025-09-10 20:33 The Handsome Cabin Boy Radio 2
2025-09-10 10:13 Ye Mariners All 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

59 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Stitch In Time — 1 ▶
A-Begging I will Go — 1 ▶
Banks of Sweet Primroses (feat. Dave Swarbrick) — 1 ▶
Bonnets So Blue (John Peel session 7th Dec 1977) — 1 ▶
Company Policy (Andy Kershaw Session 17.9.1987) — 1 ▶
Company Policy (BBC Session, 9 Jul 1987) — 1 ▶
Eighteenth of June — 1 ▶
Famous Flower Of Serving Men — 1 ▶
Geordie (feat. Dave Swarbrick) — 1 ▶
Georgie — 2 ▶
harry lime theme — 2 ▶
High Germany — 2 ▶
Hommage A Roche Proulx (Andy Kershaw Session 17.9.1987) — 1 ▶
Hommage a Roche Proulx (BBC Session, 9 Jul 1987) — 1 ▶
Hommage à Roche Proulx — 1 ▶
I Sowed Some Seeds (BBC Session, 18 Apr 1983) — 2 ▶
I Soweed Some Seeds (John Peel session 18th April 1983) — 1 ▶
I Soweed Some Seeds (Radio 1 Session, 18 Apr 1983) — 1 ▶
I Soweed Some Seeds - BBC Session 18/04/1983 — 2 ▶
I Was A Young Man — 2 ▶
I'm Champion At Keeping Them Rolling — 1 ▶
January Man — 1 ▶
Jim Jones in Botany Bay - Houses of Parliament, 31 March 2014 — 1 ▶
King Henry (John Peel session 30.05.72) — 1 ▶
Lady Dysie (Radio 1 Session, 18 Apr 1983) — 3 ▶
Lady Dysie - BBC Session 18/04/1983 — 3 ▶
Long John (Radio 1 Session, 18 Apr 1983) — 4 ▶
Long John - BBC Session 18/04/1983 — 2 ▶
Lord Franklin — 1 ▶
Molly oxford — 1 ▶
Nothing Rhymed — 1 ▶
Prince Heathen (feat. Dave Swarbrick) — 1 ▶
Rigs of the time — 1 ▶
Rufford Park Poachers (Andy Kershaw Session 17.9.1987) — 1 ▶
Scarborough Fair — 3 ▶
Scarborough Fair (Mercury Prize 2025) — 1 ▶
Seven Yellow Gypsies — 1 ▶
Siege Of Delhi — 1 ▶
Skewbald — 2 ▶
Tarry Trousers ( John Peel session 18th April 1983) — 2 ▶
Tarry Trousers (Radio 1 Session, 18 Apr 1983) — 3 ▶
The Bedmaking — 5 ▶
The Devil And Feathery Wife (John Peel session 18th April 1983) — 1 ▶
The Devil And Feathery Wife - BBC Session 18/04/1983 — 1 ▶
The Devil and the Feathery Wife (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 Apr 1983) — 3 ▶
The False Lover Won Back (John Peel session 30.05.72) — 1 ▶
The Handsome Cabin Boy — 1 ▶
The Handsome Cabin Boy (feat. Eliza Carthy) — 1 ▶
The Harry Lime Theme (Third Man Theme) — 1 ▶
The January Man — 2 ▶
The Row In The Town (Live) — 1 ▶
The Wind That Shakes The Barley — 2 ▶
Three Jolly Sneaksmen (John Peel session 7th Dec 1977) — 1 ▶
Trimdon Grange (John Peel session 30.05.72) — 2 ▶
Unfortunate Tailor (John Peel, Radio 1, 7th September 1976) — 1 ▶
When I Was Young (Andy Kershaw Session 17.9.1987) — 1 ▶
When I Was Young (BBC Session, 1987) — 1 ▶
William Taylor the Poacher (John Peel session 7th Dec 1977) — 1 ▶
Ye Mariners All — 3 ▶