Kate Rusby
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Kate Rusby

Kate Rusby grew up in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, where she first heard folk music at home. Her voice has a clear, unadorned quality that suits traditional...

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Kate Rusby's clear voice and Barnsley folk roots

A singer from South Yorkshire who moves between traditional songs and her own writing.

For a sense of her range, try "The Wite Cockade" for the traditional side and "A Rose In April" for her own writing.

Her voice has that unadorned quality that fits old material like "The Wite Cockade," but she also writes her own songs, such as "Bring Me a Boat." After a vocal cord hemorrhage in 2007, she recovered and kept recording, with albums like Hourglass and Hand Me Down. The arrangements stay spare, letting the songs and her voice do the work.

She grew up in Barnsley hearing folk music at home. Her early albums include Hourglass from 1997 and Little Lights from 2001, and she's kept going with more recent work like Hand Me Down from 2019.

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Kate Rusby grew up in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, where she first heard folk music at home. Her voice has a clear, unadorned quality that suits traditional material like "The Wite Cockade" and "Night Visiting Song," but she also writes her own songs, such as "Bring Me a Boat" and "A Rose In April."

In 2007, Rusby had a vocal cord hemorrhage that forced her to stop singing for a while. She recovered and returned to recording and performing. Her albums include Hourglass from 1997, Little Lights from 2001, and more recent work like Hand Me Down from 2019.

She often works with a group of musicians including Damien O'Kane on bouzouki and guitar, Neil Yates on fiddle, and John McCusker on fiddle and pipes. The arrangements are spare, letting the songs and her voice carry the weight.

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