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Biography
Use dmy dates|date=December 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Kate Rusby| image = Kate Rusby live.jpg| caption =| image_size = 220px | background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| Born = Birth date and age|1973|12|4|df=ycite news|last=Freeman |first= Sarah |url= http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/highlights? articleid=3115718 |title=Can we really trust Wikipedia? |work = Yorkshire Post |date = 16 August 2007 |accessdate = 19 July 2009 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070928170801/ http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/highlights? articleid=3115718 |archivedate = 28 September 2007| death_date =| origin = Penistone , South Yorkshire , England | instrument = Guitar , Singing|vocals | genre = English folk music | occupation = Singer-Songwriter | years_active = 1995present| label = Pure Records | associated_acts = Damien O'Kane , The Poozies | website = URL| http://www.katerusby.com/| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Kate Anna Rusby (born 4 December 1973 http://www.katerusby.com/biography/kate-rusby/ "KateRusby.com: Biography" KateRusby.com (Retrieved: 19 July 2009)) is an English people|English English folk music|folk singer and songwriter from Penistone , South Yorkshire . Sometimes known as The Barnsley Nightingale , she has headlined various United Kingdom|British national folk festivals, and is regarded as one of the most famous English folk singers of contemporary times. In 2001 The Guardian described her as "a superstar of the British acoustic scene."Denselow, Robin; http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2001/jun/28/artsfeatures2 "Kate Rusby Queen Elizabeth Hall, London" The Guardian| Guardian.co.uk , 28 June 2001 (Retrieved: 19 July 2009) In 2007 the BBC website described her as "The first lady of young folkies". She is one of the few folk singers to have been nominated for the Mercury Prize .Wilson, Sue; http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/kate-rusby-queens-hall-edinburgh-674564.html "Lost love and other heartbreaks" The Independent| Independent.co.uk , 18 June 2001 (Retrieved: 19 July 2009) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/440503.stm "No sure bets for Mercury" news.BBC.co.uk , 7 September 1999 (Retrieved: 19 July 2009)
Career
Rusby was born into a family of musicians in 1973 in Sheffield , England . After learning to play the guitar, the fiddle, and the piano, as well as to sing, she played in many local folk festivals as a child and adolescent, before joining (and becoming the lead vocalist of) the all-female Celtic folk band The Poozies . Her break-through album came in 1995. A collaboration with her friend and fellow Barnsley folk singer Kathryn Roberts was simply titled Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts . In 1997, with the help of her family, she recorded and released her first solo album, Hourglass . Since then she has gone on to receive acclaim in her home country and abroad, and her family continues to help her with all aspects of her professional career.
Rusby was also a member of the folk group Equation, later to be replaced by Cara Dillon . The early line-up also featured Rusby's erstwhile performing partner Kathryn Roberts and Mercury-nominated artist Seth Lakeman . Their demo CD, In Session , had a small commercial release.
The previously unreleased song "Wandering Soul" was Rusby's contribution to the soundtrack for '' Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand , an eight-part BBC television documentary series originally broadcast in November 2004.
A collaboration with Ronan Keating saw Rusby riding high in the UK Singles Chart ; their duet "All Over Again" peaked at #6 in June 2006. She also made a vocal contribution to the successful debut solo album of Roddy Woomble , the lead singer of Idlewild (band)|Idlewild . In the same year her cover version|cover of The Kinks ' "The Village Green Preservation Society" was used as the theme tune to the BBC One television sitcom Jam & Jerusalem . Rusby has written several new songs for the latest series of Jam & Jerusalem , and is credited as responsible for the show's music.
Launched at the 2007 Cambridge Folk Festival , the album Awkward Annie was released on 3 September 2007. "The Village Green Preservation Society" is included as a bonus track.
2008 saw the release of Sweet Bells , an album of traditional Christmas songs interpreted by Rusby.
In 2010, Rusby released the album Make The Light , a collection of self-penned songs, and in 2011 issued a second collection of Christmas songs titled While Mortals Sleep .
Personal life
In August 2001, Rusby married Scottish fiddler and fellow band member John McCusker (formerly of the Battlefield Band ), who produced most of her recordings up to '' The Girl Who Couldn't Fly . They have since divorced.
Rusby lives with her husband Damien O'Kane and her dog Doris, herself a mainstay feature of Rusby's banter during gigs and appearing on her merchandise.cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/content/articles/2009/07/08/kate_rusby_feature.shtml | last = Dexter | first = Zoe | title = An Evening with Kate Rusby and Friends | publisher = BBC | date = 7 August 2009 | accessdate = 16 August 2009 Their first child, a daughter, was born on 15 September 2009.cite web|url = http://www.katerusby.com/|title = The Official Website | accessdate = 16 September 2009 Kate and Damien were married on 12 June 2010.
Underneath the Stars (album)|Underneath the Stars (2003)
'' The Girl Who Couldn't Fly (2005)cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2005/09/15/021005_kate_rusby_event_feature.shtml | title = Safe as Folk | publisher = BBC | date = 15 September 2005 | accessdate = 19 July 2009
2000: Folk Singer of the Year winner http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/folkawards2006/previouswinners.shtml "Radio 2 Folk Awards 2006: Previous Winners" BBC.co.uk (Retrieved: 19 July 2009)
2000: Best Album: Sleepless (Kate Rusby album)|Sleepless winner
2002: Best Original Song: "Who Will Sing Me Lullabies" winner
2006: Best Original Song: "No Names" (with Roddy Woomble from Idlewild (band)|Idlewild ) nominated
2006: Best Album: '' The Girl Who Couldn't Fly nominated
2006: Best Live Act winner http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/folkawards2006/winners06.shtml "Radio 2 Folk Awards 2006: Winners" BBC.co.uk (Retrieved: 19 July 2009)
Quotation
copy section to Wikiquotequote|All the kids at school would be wearing their headphones listening to rock or a heavy metal band and I'd be listening to some fiddle music.cite book| first= Paul | last= Du Noyer | year= 2003 | title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music | edition= 1st | publisher= Flame Tree Publishing | location= Fulham, London | isbn= 1-904041-96-5 | page= 239
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External links
official| http://www.katerusby.com/
http://www.purerecords.net/artists/katerusby/index.htm Artists: Kate Rusby PureRecords.net
Kate Rusby Persondata | NAME = Rusby, Kate | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 4 December 1973 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Sheffield , South Yorkshire , England | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Rusby, Kate Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:English female singers Category:English folk musicians Category:English folk singers Category:People from Penistone
