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KATHRYN ROBERTS
Kathryn Roberts & Kate Rusby
Introduction:

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.

Rufus's Selected English Folk Singers held details on Kate Rusby on this page when she wasn't famous. Her 5-CD discography (as then was) is archived here.

Her official web site may be found at www.purerecords.demon.co.uk. You can order her albums and T-shirts on-line there.

I'll try and do a discography for Cara Dillon. Like Kate Rusby, she was once a member of the group Equation and now she has produced a solo album. She and Sam Lakeman have teamed up and have reverted to an almost exclusive repertoire of traditional songs.

Albums

263 T I T L E             DATE LABEL REFERENCE TYPE
KATHRYN ROBERTS
& KATE RUSBY		 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.

 

 

CARA DILLON
Albums

254 T I T L E             DATE LABEL REFERENCE TYPE
CARA DILLON
First solo album		 2001 Rough Trade RTRADECE019 CD
01  0000 Black Is The Colour
02  0000 Donald Of Glencoe
03  0000 Craigie Hill
04  0083 Green Grows The Laurel
05  0000 Lark In The Clear Air
06  0000 The Lonesome Scenes Of Winter
07  0000 Blue Mountain River
08  0000 I Wish I Was
09  0000 The Maid Of Culmore
10  0644 She's Like The Swallow
11  0000 I Am A Youth That's Inclined To Ramble
Click song for more details — KEY : T = lyrics transcribed from album : C = Child ballad : M = midi available
A charming collection of mostly traditional tracks, with lyrics printed in the CD inlay booklet.

 

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