As the daughter of folk legends Martin Carthy & Norma Waterson, Eliza grew up immersed in the world of traditional music and from an early age was championed by John Peel, Andy Kershaw and Billy Bragg. 

Beloved of staunch traditionalists and iconoclasts alike, Eliza’s music effortlessly crosses boundaries of genre and style. Whether solo or fronting a big band, performing a centuries-old ballad or a self-written song, her powerful, nuanced voice, fiercely beautiful fiddle-playing, and mesmerizing performances have influenced a whole generation of young musicians. 

Twice nominated for the Mercury Prize, and winner of innumerable other accolades over her thirty-year career, Eliza has performed and recorded around the world with a diverse array of artists including, Paul Weller, Rufus & Martha Wainwright, Patrick Wolf, and Jarvis Cocker. 

Describing herself simply as a modern English musician, she is one of the most impressive, engaging, and important performers of her generation. 

Support - Jenn Reid 

She works across academia, folk performance, heritage consultation and media to bring industrial history back to the people. - www.jenniferballads.com. 

‘Unarguably the queen of English Folk’ The Observer

‘Not the Messiah, but a very naughty girl’ Stewart Lee

A hithau'n ferch i gewri’r byd gwerin, Martin Carthy a Norma Waterson, cafodd Eliza ei magu wedi'i throchi ym myd cerddoriaeth draddodiadol ac o oedran cynnar cafodd ei hyrwyddo gan John Peel, Andy Kershaw a Billy Bragg.  

Yn boblogaidd gyda thraddodiadwyr cadarn ac eiconoclastiaid fel ei gilydd, mae cerddoriaeth Eliza'n croesi ffiniau genre ac arddull. Boed yn canu ar ei phen ei hun neu o flaen band mawr, yn canu baled o ganrifoedd yn ôl neu un o'i chyfansoddiadau ei hun, mae ei llais pwerus a chynnil, ei ffordd hyfryd ac angerddol o ganu'r ffidil a'i pherfformiadau gwefreiddiol wedi dylanwadu ar genhedlaeth gyfan o gerddorion ifanc. 

Wedi'i henwebu ddwywaith am Wobr Mercury a chan ennill gwobrau di-rif eraill yn ystod ei gyrfa 30 mlynedd, mae Eliza wedi perfformio a recordio ledled y byd gydag ystod amrywiol o artistiaid, gan gynnwys Paul Weller, Rufus a Martha Wainwright, Patrick Wolf a Jarvis Cocker. 

Gan ddisgrifio ei hun yn syml fel cerddor modern Saesneg, mae hi'n un o berfformwyr mwyaf dawnus, gafaelgar a phwysig ei chenhedlaeth. 

Cefnogaeth - Jenn Reid

Mae hi'n gweithio mewn sawl maes - y byd academaidd, canu gwerin, ymgynghori ar dreftadaeth a'r cyfryngau - i ddod â hanes diwydiannol yn ôl i'r werin bobl. - www.jenniferballads.com.

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