Gift (Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson album)

Gift
Studio album by
Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson
ReleasedJuly 13, 2010 (2010 -07-13)
GenreFolk
Length54:32
LanguageEnglish
LabelTopic Records
Producer
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Daily Telegraph[1]
The Financial Times[2]
The Guardian[3]

Gift is the first joint album released by mother-and-daughter English folk music duo Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson. It was the winner of the Best Album category of the 2011 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards,[4] where its opening track "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" also won Best Traditional Track.

Reception

The album received positive reviews. In a five-starred review for The Guardian, Robin Denselow described it as "both bravely straightforward and powerfully emotional" and "impressive, even by their standards".[3]

Writing for Bright Young Folk, Liz Osman said that Gift "is a simple non-showy album, and feels like a labour of love between mother and daughter. That warmth of purpose comes through in the delivery of every track, as well as the sleeve notes and album artwork. The calibre of each song, the arrangements and performance make Gift a wonderful collaborative album from two of the country’s best singers".[5]

Track listing

[6][7]

No.TitleLength
1."Poor Wayfaring Stranger"6:30
2."Pretty Grey Hawk"3:23
3."Boston Burglar"5:25
4."The Nightingale / For Kate"5:58
5."Bonaparte's Lament"3:21
6."The Rose and the Lily"6:18
7."Bunch of Thyme"5:52
8."Ukulele Lady / (If Paradise Is) Half as Nice"4:53
9."Psalm of Life"6:09
10."Prairie Lullaby"3:48
11."Shallow Brown"2:55
Total length:54:32

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Irwin, Colin (28 July 2010). "Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson: Gift, CD review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  2. ^ Honigmann, David (10 July 2010). "Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson: Gift". The Financial Times. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b Denselow, Robin (8 July 2010). "Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson: Gift". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Radio 2 Folk Awards". BBC Radio 2. BBC. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  5. ^ Osmen, Liz. "Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson - Gift". bright young folk. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson - Gift". Topic Records. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson: Gift". Mainly Norfolk. Retrieved 9 May 2021.