Waterson:Carthy's formation in the mid-'90s marked a new era for two well-established icons of British folk music. As the eldest sibling of the legendary family vocal group the Watersons, Norma Waterson made an indelible mark on traditional music in the 1960s, and her subsequent marriage to influential guitarist and singer Martin Carthy forged one of folk music's great dynasties. Carthy joined the Watersons as well and the two continued making music together into the early '90s when they launched Waterson:Carthy, a new venture including their daughter, singer and fiddler Eliza Carthy. The group recorded a series of acclaimed folk records together culminating in 2006's Holy Heathens and the Old Green Man. The members continued playing together in various formats until Norma's death in 2022.