Kate Rusby

Kate and Damien are proud to announce baby no. 2 will be making an appearance at the end of April/early May. Exciting news for all but this does mean that Kate will have to restrict her concerts for the first half of the year to just the three booked in February. Have no fear she will be busy working at home writing, recording and planning so lots more to come later in the year, not to mention a sprinkling of festivals/concerts in late Summer/Autumn.

Thought you would like to know Kate will be appearing as a guest in Stephen Mangan’s ‘First Love’ to be shown on Sky Arts 1 channel on Tuesday 31st January at 8pm.

Not to be left out we thought we would have a sale too.

To wish everyone a happy new year we want to offer our remaining 2012 calendars at delivery cost only to all Kate’s fans so we have reduced the lovely calendars to just £2.00 including postage.

Also we have a limited supply of our 2011 tour t-shirts, with Autumn tour dates on the back, and are selling them off at a bargain price of £5.00.

The Cambridge Folk Festival DVD with highlights from the 2011 festival featuring a selection of songs from Kate’s performance will be available from Amazon and Propermusic.com from 16th January.

A big thank you for all who turned out on a cold evening to come and see us. We have had a fantastic time entertaining you all and can’t wait to do it again next year! Sorry to disappoint those who should have seen us in Wolverhampton and Scunthorpe but as these shows have been rescheduled for February it won’t be long before we can put that right!

While Mortals Sleep is out now!
PRCD34, While Mortals Sleep is Kate’s second album of South Yorkshire inspired songs and carols to be released 14/11/11. The cover image is another beautiful painting by Marie Mills.

Track List:

1. Cranbrook

2. Home

3. Kris Kringle

4. Little Town Of Bethlehem

5. Joy To The World

6. Holmfirth Anthem

7. Seven Good Joys

8. Rocking Carol

9. Shepherds Arise

10. First Tree In The Greenwood

11. Diadem

12. The Wren

Kate has decided on a Calendar for 2012 to celebrate the 20th year of her career in folk music.
The monthly pages follow Kate’s CD covers through the years starting with ‘Hourglass’ in January and finishing with ‘While Mortals Sleep’ in December.
This limited edition calendar is available on-line and on all the December tour dates.

We are pleased to report that the three outdoor concerts running over the August Bank Holiday weekend were amazing as ever. Friday evening’s rain showers did not dampen the fantastic time had by all dancing in the rain to a succession of Motown hits performed by Roy G Hemmings’ band. Kate’s concert on the Saturday night was blessed with clear skies and lots of stars (Underneath the Stars was a popular choice!) On the Sunday early evening Grimethorpe Colliery band rounded up the weekend’s events with a rousing performance enjoyed by all leaving everyone saying “Can’t wait for the next one!”

Kate has recently contributed a track, ‘Fare Thee Well’ to an album produced by 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. A percentage of profits will go to the Scots Guards Colonel’s Fund a charity to support wounded Scots Guardsmen and bereaved families. Although this is a re-recorded version, Kate first performed the song with the Scots Guards on Jules Holland’s Hootenanny and was delighted to be asked to contribute to the album. Full details available from www.arcmusic.co.uk

Kate’s music will be used in the Radio 4 drama called Lost Property which was written by Katie Hims (directed by Jessica Dromgoogle). Katie has written numerous works for radio in the past few years and prior to that was a writer on the TV series Casualty. There are three afternoon plays being broadcast on 3rd, 10th and 17th May at 2.15pm. Worth checking out!