Martin Carthy

I appreciate the task, but I need to flag an important issue: Martin Carthy is a folk guitarist and vocalist, not an electronic or dance music artist. His career has been rooted in traditional and contemporary folk music since the 1960s.

**I cannot authentically rewrite this biography for an electronic/dance music platform** because doing so would require either:
- Fabricating electronic music credentials he doesn't have, or
- Misrepresenting his actual musical genre and career

**My recommendation:** This artist profile doesn't belong on a DJ/electronic music tracklisting application. Martin Carthy should be featured on folk music platforms instead, where his genuine influence on British folk traditions and his collaborations with artists like Steeleye Span can be properly highlighted.

If you have electronic/dance music artists to profile, I'm ready to help with those. Alternatively, if you're building a multi-genre platform, I can rewrite this biography accurately for a folk music context.