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NAME: Kate Rusby

D.O.B: 01.12.1973

Description: A popular modern folk singer. She has headlined various United Kingdom national folk festivals.

NAME: Kate Rusby

D.O.B: 01.12.1973

Description: is a popular modern folk singer. She has headlined various United Kingdom national folk festivals.

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Kate Rusby's warmth and authenticity have won her fans beyond the folk scene. Despite frequent comparisons with other young female folk musicians such as Eliza Carthy, she scorns the catch-all label of "folk babe'. Rusby's genre-defying popularity is due in great part to her distinctive clarity and maturity as a singer. Growing up in a musical family, Rusby sang and played fiddle and guitar with her sister and parents in their own ceilidh band, making her solo debut at the age of fifteen at the Holmfirth Festival. After a stint with Kathryn Roberts which produced 1995's self-titled award-winning album of duets and their brief collaboration with folk boy band the Equation, Rusby left to pursue her own direction with a commitment to keep her particular brand of music uncommercial and authentic. The result was 1997"s bestselling Hourglass, produced on her own label Pure Records, which she manages together with her parents. The album featured Rusby's own compositions, such as "A Rose In April", as well as uncluttered renditions of classics such as "As I Roved Out" and "Drowned Lovers". Mentor Dave Burland provided guest vocals.
Rusby combined her solo work with membership of acclaimed female quartet, the Poozies, appearing on their 1998 release Infinite Blue and touring with them until October 1999.

Further evidence of her songwriting talent came the same year with the follow-up album Sleepless, which included her song "The Sleepless Sailor" and a cover version of Iris DeMent's "Our Town". Throughout, Rusby's unselfconscious Yorkshire accent combined with a stark simplicity of style and confirmed her status as a unique talent. Admirable support was provided by her backing band, which includes regulars John McCusker (fiddle), Ian Carr (guitar), Michael McGoldrick (flute, whistle) and Conrad Ivitsky (double bass). The album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. Little Lights confirmed Rusby as one of the UK's leading folk artists, with the album's emotional climax "My Young Man" employing a brass choir to great effect. The following year's 10 compiled live and studio tracks in a celebration of Rusby's decade long involvement in folk music.

(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Rusby)

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