Kate Rusby

Kate Rusby (born 1 December 1973) is a folk singer from Barnsley, England. She lives in the parish of Hunshelf, near Oxspring. She has headlined various United Kingdom national folk festivals, and is regarded as one of the most famous English folk singers of contemporary times.

Biography

Kate Rusby was born into a family of musicians. After learning to play the guitar 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. In 1997, with the help of her family, she would record and release her first solo album, Hourglass. Since then she has gone on to receive noted acclaim in her home country and abroad, and her family continues to help her with all aspects of her professional career as a musician.

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Kate Rusby has been married to the Scottish fiddler John McCusker (of the Battlefield Band) since August 2001, and lives in Yorkshire.

Related Topics:
John McCusker - Battlefield Band

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Kate was also a member of the folk-supergroup, the equation, later to be replaced by rival folk artist, the Irish-born Cara Dillon.

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