KATE  RUSBY
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Kathryn Roberts & Kate Rusby
Introduction:

Rufus's Selected English Folk Singers is pleased to include Kate Rusby as the leading light of the younger generation of folk singers, even though she has a perfectly good web site of her own. ( www.purerecords.demon.co.uk)

The media got quite excited about the new blood, seeing them as heralding another folk-revival, as detailed by Dirty Linen at this URL.   Kathryn Roberts and Kate Rusby created the album that became Folkroots' Album of the Year in 1995, after they won the prestigious competition "The Young Tradition Award", arranged by BBC.

Kate joined The Poozies for the period 1996-1999, replacing founder member Sally Barker on guitar and vocals, and she also cut her solo album, Hour Glass. in 1997.

The second album, Sleepless won "Best Album" and Kate herself won "Best Folk Singer" in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards of 7th February 2000.

A third album was issued May 2001.

There is an unofficial home-page site at home.freeuk.com/vladimpaler/katerusby/katehome.htm which has video songs.

There is an email form available for you to comment on this page / this artist.
Albums

263 T I T L E             DATE LABEL REFERENCE TYPE
KATE RUSBY &
KATHRYN ROBERTS		 1995 Pure PRCD01 CD
01  0000 The Recruited Collier
02  0000 Ned On the Hill
03  0000 The Lorry Ride
04  0000 The Queen and the Soldier
05  0000 Courting Is A Pleasure
06  0000 The Constant Lovers
07  0000 Dark Eyed Sailor
08  0000 Hunting the Hare
09  0000 Plains of Waterloo
10  0000 Exile
Click song for more details — KEY : T = lyrics transcribed from album : C = Child ballad : M = midi available
With recent releases, and the Internet being what it is, you certainly get things hyped. This album certainly collected a rave review in Dirty Linen by Lahri Bond

Here is an extract:
Rarely has a debut album reached this level of near perfection. Kathryn Roberts won the 1994 Radio 2 Young Tradition Award for her exceptional fiddle playing and she and Kate Rusby have been touring extensively as a duo since 1993. Not only are they both outstanding vocalists, they also play a variety of instruments, with Rusby being equally dexterous on piano and guitar and Roberts adding piano, flute, clarinet and soprano sax to her fine fiddle playing.

Well, I like it, which is why it's on my site as being representative of the new young folkies. The girls are joined by John McCusker who also plays fiddle and cittern, while Allison Kinnard contributes cello, and Robin Morton adds bodhrán.

 

 


Kate Rusby
254 T I T L E             DATE LABEL REFERENCE TYPE
HOURGLASS
First solo album		 1997 Pure PRCD02 CD
01  0000 Sir Eglamore
02  0000 As I Roved Out
03  0000 Jolly Plough Boys
04  0083 Annan Water
05  0000 Stananivy / Jack & Jill
06  0000 A Rose In April
07  0000 Radio Sweethearts
08  0000 I Am Stretched On Your Grave
09  0000 Old Man Time
10  0644 The Drowned Lovers
11  0000 Bold Riley
Click song for more details — KEY : T = lyrics transcribed from album : C = Child ballad : M = midi available
Six truly traditional songs and two "in the style of".

 

305 T I T L E             DATE LABEL REFERENCE TYPE
INFINITE BLUE
The Poozies		 1998 PURE PRCD03 CD
01  0000 Come All Ye Lonely Lovers
02  0000 Si Morag
03  0000 Neptune
04  0000 Reels (instr)
05  0000 Ma Plaid
06  0000 Sorrows Away
07  0000 Tunes (instr)
08  0000 The Shepherds Wife
09  0000 Tunes (instr)
10  0000 The Maid Of Llanwellyn
Click song for more details — KEY : T = lyrics transcribed from album : C = Child ballad : M = midi available
See The Poozies  –  from Cutting Tweed site

 

343 T I T L E             DATE LABEL REFERENCE TYPE
SLEEPLESS
 1999 Pure PRCD06 CD
01  0000 The Cobbler's Daughter
02  0000 Wonder What Is Keeping My True Love
03  0000 Fairest Of All Yarrow
04  2292 Unquiet Grave
05  0000 Sho Heen
06  0000 Sweet Bride
07  0000 All Gods Angels
08  0000 The Wild Goose
09  0000 The Duke And The Tinker
10  0000 Own Town
11  0000 The Sleepless Sailor
Click song for more details — KEY : T = lyrics transcribed from album : C = Child ballad : M = midi available
Six more traditional songs, including a beautiful arrangement of the Wild Goose shanty (on which Dave Burland adds harmonies).

 

560 T I T L E             DATE LABEL REFERENCE TYPE
LITTLE LIGHTS
 2001 Pure PRCD07 CD
01  0000 Playing Of Ball
02  0000 I Courted A Sailor
03  0000 Withered And Died
04  2292 Merry Green Broom
05  0000 Let The Cold Wind Blow
06  0000 Canaan's Land
07  0000 Some Tyrant
08  0000 William And Davy
09  0000 Who Will Sing Me Lullabies
10  0000 Matt Hyland
11  0000 My Young Man
--  0000 The Big Ship Sails
Click song for more details — KEY : T = lyrics transcribed from album : C = Child ballad : M = midi available
Nice to see Matt Hyland surfacing again – sung beautifully, but sad, of course. Mostly sad tracks in fact, apart from the mysterious 2 minute silence on track 11.

 

RUFUS  RECOMMENDS

K RUSBY & K ROBERTS
vvvv Dark Eyed Sailor   (Trad)
Some solos, some harmonising. Dark Eyed Sailor is a gem. But The Queen and the Soldier is misplaced and wastes valuable CD space.
HOURGLASS
vvvv Bold Riley   (Trad)
Hourglass has splendid 'covers' of Nic Jones' settings of Annan Water and The Drowned Lovers, but it is a sad-ish album, with the aforementioned songs, plus the slowed-down Bold Riley and I Am Stretched On Your Grave. Ideal for making Tear-Water Tea.
SLEEPLESS
vvvv Wild Goose   (Trad)
This is a most beautiful ballad rendering of the Wild Goose sea shanty, tweaked by Kate to perfection.

 

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