A famous father is to step into the breach to replace his sick daughter at a music concert.

Singer and fiddle player Eliza Carthy was due to perform on Friday at Ashford’s Norton Knatchbull School as a part of the Equator music series.

Unfortunately Eliza has had to cancel her whole tour due to severe throat problems.

But her father Martin Carthy, a figurehead of English folk music, will take her place on stage.

For more than 40 years Martin has been one of folk music’s greatest innovators and is a renowned ballad singer and acoustic and electric-guitarist.

Tickets for the Eliza Carthy event can be used for entry to see Martin Carthy. A refund is available if preferred via the route of booking (Ashford Tourist Information Centre or email shivanova@aol.com if booked via ShivaNova).

Tickets are also still on sale for the Martin Carthy event at www.shivanova.com or from Ashford Tourist Information Centre, 18 The Churchyard, Ashford, telephone 01233 629165.