BAMfest are delighted to announce that one of the UK's top traditional musicians, Martin Carthy, is coming to Bedale.

For nearly fifty years Martin Carthy has been one of the most persistent and dedicated practitioners of English traditional music. He has been an essential figure in most of the significant developments in folk music during that time. To chronicle his career is to discuss the rich and diverse history of the English folk song revival since the early 1960s.

His early work was an inspiration to both Bob Dylan and Paul Simon; Martin’s reading of Lord Franklin became the template for Bob Dylan’s Dream, whilst his arrangement of Scarborough Fair was the basis for the popular Simon & Garfunkel hit.

More recently his influence has been widely acknowledged by artists as diverse as Paul Weller, Johnny Marr, Richard Thompson, Martin Simpson and Fleet Foxes.

BAMfest 2014 takes place at Various Venues, Bedale, North Yorkshire between Fri 30th May to Sun 1st June 2014. Earlybird ticket offer expires on December 31st 2013.