kate rusby

Kate Rusby and her band led by Damien O’Kane provided an evening of top entertainment at Oxford’s Playhouse Theatre – surreal, hypnotic and wondrous…they did not disappoint.

We catch up with Kate Rusby, our Artist of the Month, before she heads out on Christmas tour – bringing a Merry Yorkshire Christmas to venues around the country. She also reveals plans for the coming year and we have her new video to share!

With her new album Kate Rubsy takes her own, beloved, Christmas traditions; adds some of that unique Rusby magic and provides her audience with a large helping of genuinely warm, heartfelt Christmas cheer.

Underneath the Stars Festival which is co-run by Kate Rusby and situated near Barnsley have put together a great line up. The festival is running for three full days this year and artists include Mary Chapin Carpenter, Eddi Reader, Martin Simpson, Bruce Molsky, Bob Fox, The Young’uns, Damien O’Kane, Keston Cobblers Club, Siobhan Miller, Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston, Luke Daniels and Jim Causley. Watch our video preview.

Kate Rusby works her magic once again at the Civic Theatre, Chelmsford – an invitation to step outside of your own world and to join hers for a brief moment, to become part of the great tradition that has seen songs passed to her from her parents and from her and Damien to their children. A superb evening that our reviewer Paul shares here.

In the first of our two part exclusive interview we take Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman back to their musical origins. They provide us with an exclusive and fascinating insight into their early days and folk supergroup Equation. Kathryn and Sean are our Artists of the Month for April.

The Mark Radcliffe Folk Sessions EP featuring Kate Rusby has been released via iTunes on which she performs songs from her album ‘Ghost’. Kate also kicks off her UK tour next month at The Sage, Gatehead on 15th April.

With the release of her stunning new album ‘Ghost’ FRUK talk to one of the most celebrated voices on the English folk scene – Kate Rusby. She looks back at her 20 and more years on the British folk scene.

Having passed the 20 year mark in her extraordinary career, Kate Rusby is busy as ever, with a brilliant new album Ghost, a UK tour and two young’uns to educate in the family’s musical tradition.

Swedish sextet West of Eden sound like a homegrown British folk band – produced by Damien O’Kane and feat. Kate Rusby and Michael McGoldrick this is really worth checking.

This years Garforth Arts Festival proved to be a a great day which included great performances from folk music favourites Lau, Kate Rusby and the perfect finale from Bellowhead.

The hugely talented multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and painter Barry Kerr has released a beautiful new single ‘The Leaving Song’ which is accompanied by a new video. Watch it now.

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