Kate Rusby

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Kate Rusby is one of the most popular young folk singers of traditional English folk songs. She was at the centre of the folk revival in the 1990s which occurred with the coming of age of the children of those who were part of the 60s folk revival.

Rusby first came to the attention of the folk scene through her duets with Kathryn Roberts, which lead to her becoming a founding member of the group Equation, which has included Seth Lakeman and Cara Dillon. Rusby left Equation to follow a more traditional direction and, in 1997, released her debut solo album Hourglass produced by Scottish fiddler John McCusker (who Rusby was married to for some time).

After a stint with all female folk group The Poozies, Rusby recorded Sleepless which earned her a Mercury Music Prize nomination and the BBC Folk Award for Best Album and Best Folk Singer.

Rusby continues to release albums mixing traditional and self-penned songs on her own Pure Records, winning fans as diverse as Graham Coxon (who provided the illustration for her album The Girl Who Couldn’t Fly) and collaborator Ronan Keating.

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2	Here We Come A-Wassailing	138
3	Sweet Bells	110
4	The Holly and the Ivy	95
5	Poor Old Horse	87
5	Hail Chime On	87
7	Candlemas Eve	85
8	Hark The Herald	83
9	Serving Girl's Holiday	79
10	Hark, Hark, What News	71
11	Awake, Arise Good Christians	66
12	Awkward Annie	52
13	Planets	44
13	No Names	44
15	Bitter boy	41

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jeh0753 wrote:
last month

Her biggest hit isn't the Cobbler's Daughter?! Its so much catchier than alll this other stuff! She's awesome all around though...

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tennessee4 wrote:
last month

listen to "planets"! what a beautiful song.

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qrobur wrote:
last month

>> I love the song that she did for the BBC show Jam & Jerusalem. << That was The Kinks' 'Village Green Preservation Society'. Rusby did it well but her own stuff suits her better.

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annieie wrote:
October 2009

god damn i love kate rusby

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geachie wrote:
August 2009

Put up a fan page here, http://www.squidoo.com/kate_rusby Visit and add a shoutout for Kate!

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geachie wrote:
August 2009

Kate Rusby is simply the best!

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Biscuit1978 wrote:
June 2009

I love the song that she did for the BBC show Jam & Jerusalem.

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Sunzy wrote:
June 2009

amazing vocalist

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BlownoutBarbour wrote:
May 2009

Rusby's voice is as soft as lambskin with butter on it placed over a Bose stereo with just the right amount of treble and bass!

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Duplex-Ache wrote:
April 2009

I like the song ' No Names' for the first time at last.fm. Have been listening once a day at least. Thank you for singing ;-)

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PussycatLiLi wrote:
March 2009

http://www.last.fm/group/I%27m+From+Yorkshire ... join this group if you are from Yorkshire

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absoluteradio wrote:
March 2009

Absolute Radio have tickets up for grabs to see Kate Rusby at the TCT Concerts: http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/events/tct_concert/comp.html

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TCTConcert wrote:
February 2009

Kate Rusby is supporting Teenage Cancer Trust's annual concert at Royal Albert Hall and will perform on Wednesday 25 March along with Fairport Convention and Seth Lakeman. A host of other acts are also confirmed to play from 24-29 March. Tickets are available now - so give us a shout and let us know if you're coming!

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RussSargeant wrote:
January 2009

Wow... watch a 'my music' program on Sky Arts re Kate Rusby. Incredible voice and beautiful songs. You have a new fan Kate!

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aearon wrote:
December 2008

Somehow listening to Here We Come A-Wassailing and Little Jack Frost makes me infinitely happy. Thank you for the love that you put into the songs, Kate. This is just inexplicable.

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devonrod wrote:
December 2008

Kate Rusby, I have Photos on Flickr and videos on youtube I would put them on here but I cant see how?

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Kutkonijn wrote:
December 2008

Like it, like it!!

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tinwhistler wrote:
December 2008

Such a pretty voice.

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Sessions_please wrote:
October 2008

Lovely-

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yolimiguel wrote:
October 2008

Muy bonitoooo. Dan ganas de escucharla horas y horas. Que buena voz y que sensible guitarra. Esto es Arte.

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