Kate Rusby

Kate Anna Rusby (born 4 December 1973) is an English folk singer-songwriter from Penistone, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Sometimes called the "Barnsley Nightingale", she has headlined various British folk festivals, and is one of the best known contemporary English folk singers. In 2001 The Guardian described her as "a superstar of the British acoustic scene." 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.

20 Christmas Is Merry - 2025-12-05T00:00:00.000000Z

TWENTY - 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000000Z

When They All Looked Up - 2025-04-25T00:00:00.000000Z

PAUL BRADY ARCHIVE SAMPLER - 2025-03-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Light Years - 2023-12-01T00:00:00.000000Z

10 - 2022-10-28T00:00:00.000000Z

30 : Happy Returns - 2022-05-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Hand Me Down - 2020-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Philosophers, Poets and Kings - 2019-05-17T00:00:00.000000Z

The Great Irish Songbook - 2019-04-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Holly Head - 2019-02-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Philosophers, Poets & Kings - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Angels and Men - 2017-11-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Life in a Paper Boat - 2016-10-07T00:00:00.000000Z

The Frost Is All Over - 2015-11-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Ghost - 2014-08-04T00:00:00.000000Z

20 - 2012-10-20T00:00:00.000000Z

While Mortals Sleep - 2011-11-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Make the Light - 2010-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Sweet Bells - 2008-12-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Awkward Annie - 2007-09-03T00:00:00.000000Z

The Girl Who Couldn't Fly - 2005-02-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Underneath the Stars - 2003-08-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Little Lights - 2001-06-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Sleepless - 1999-05-10T00:00:00.000000Z

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