Editing Kate Rusby (section)

==Career==
Rusby was born into a family of musicians in 1973 in [[Penistone]], Barnsley and grew up in nearby [[Cawthorne]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley|Barnsley]].<ref name="KR.comBiog">{{cite web|url=https://katerusby.com/about/ |title=About Kate |website=KateRusby.com |accessdate=24 December 2023 }}</ref> After learning to play the guitar, the fiddle 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 music|Celtic folk]] band [[the Poozies]]. 1995 saw the release of her breakthrough album, ''Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts'', a collaboration with her friend and fellow Barnsley folk singer [[Kathryn Roberts]]. In 1997, with the help of her family, Rusby recorded and released her first solo album, ''[[Hourglass (Kate Rusby album)|Hourglass]]''. Since then she has gone on to receive acclaim in her home country and abroad and her family continues to help her with all aspects of her professional career.

Rusby was also a member of the folk group [[Equation (band)|Equation]], later to be replaced by [[Cara Dillon]]. The early line-up also featured Rusby's erstwhile performing partner Kathryn Roberts and Mercury-nominated artist [[Seth Lakeman]], and his brother, [[Sean Lakeman]]. Their first EP, ''In Session'', had a small commercial release and led to them signing a major record deal with WEA.

The previously unreleased song "Wandering Soul" was Rusby's contribution to ''[[Billy Connolly's Musical Tour of New Zealand]]'', the soundtrack to [[Billy Connolly]]'s eight-part [[BBC One]] television documentary series ''World Tour of New Zealand'', originally broadcast in November 2004.

[[Image:KRusby Larmer08.jpg|thumb|Rusby at the [[Larmer Tree Festival]] 2008]]
A collaboration with [[Ronan Keating]] saw Rusby riding high in the [[UK Singles Chart]]; their duet "[[All Over Again (Ronan Keating and Kate Rusby song)|All Over Again]]" peaked at No. 6 in June 2006. She also made a vocal contribution to ''[[My Secret Is My Silence]]'', the successful debut solo album of [[Roddy Woomble]], the lead singer of [[Idlewild (band)|Idlewild]]. In the same year her [[cover version|cover]] of [[The Kinks]]' "[[The Village Green Preservation Society]]" was used as the theme tune to the BBC One television sitcom ''[[Jam & Jerusalem]]''. Rusby wrote several new songs for the series, and was credited as being responsible for the show's music.

Launched at the 2007 [[Cambridge Folk Festival]], the album ''[[Awkward Annie]]'' was released on 3 September 2007 and reached No. 2 on the [[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK indie charts]]. "The Village Green Preservation Society" is included as a bonus track.

2008 saw the release of ''[[Sweet Bells]]'', an album of traditional Christmas songs interpreted by Rusby. She has since released five<ref>{{cite web | url=https://katerusby.com/album/light-years/ | title=Light Years|website=Katerusby.com }}</ref> more Christmas albums: [[While Mortals Sleep (album)|''While Mortals Sleep'']] (2011), ''[[The Frost Is All Over]]'' (2015), ''Angels & Men'' (2017), ''Holly Head'' (2019) and ''Light Years'' (2023). Each December, Rusby embarks on a Christmas tour across the United Kingdom.

[[File:Portraits (Kate Rusby).jpg|thumb|right|Rusby with her daughter at her 2010 wedding to fellow musician [[Damien O'Kane]]]]
In 2010, Rusby released the album ''[[Make the Light]]'', a collection of self-penned songs. In 2014, she released the album ''[[Ghost (Kate Rusby album)|Ghost]]'', which featured traditional songs and three Rusby originals. Rusby's fourteenth solo album, ''[[Life in a Paper Boat]],'' was released in 2016 with a fourth Christmas album ''Angels and Men'', the following year. In May 2019, Rusby released another album entitled ''[[Philosophers, Poets & Kings]]'', her fifth Christmas album followed six months later.

Heading into the new decade, Rusby released a cover album of popular songs including "[[Shake It Off]]" ([[Taylor Swift]]), "[[Everglow (song)|Everglow]]" ([[Coldplay]]) and "[[Friday I'm in Love]]" ([[The Cure]]) plus many more. The album was produced in the height of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with Rusby saying "It was always the plan to make this album this year, lock-down just made it more intimate".{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} Her most recent work is called ''30: Happy Returns'' and marks 30 years of being a professional musician. The songs are newly recorded versions of favourites from across her career. It was released in May 2022.

In 2001 ''[[The Guardian]]'' described her as "a superstar of the British acoustic scene."<ref name="Guard280601">Denselow, Robin; [https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/jun/28/artsfeatures2 "Kate Rusby – Queen Elizabeth Hall, London"] [[The Guardian|''Guardian.co.uk'']], 28 June 2001 (Retrieved: 19 July 2009)</ref> 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]].<ref name="Ind180601">[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/kate-rusby-queens-hall-edinburgh-674564.html] {{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="BBC070999">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/440503.stm "No sure bets for Mercury"] ''News.bbc.co.uk'', 7 September 1999 (Retrieved: 19 July 2009)</ref>