Kate Rusby discography

The discography of Kate Rusby, an English folk singer, consists of twenty solo albums, four albums as part of a duo or group, four extended plays (EPs), two video albums, fourteen singles, and seven music videos. Rusby's debut was Intuition, an album recorded in collaboration with five other female singers from Yorkshire, which was released on a small label in 1993.[1] Her breakthrough came with an eponymous album recorded with Kathryn Roberts, another of the singers featured on Intuition. This album, which was named as the best of the year by Folk Roots magazine,[2] was the first release on Pure Records, a label set up by Rusby's father on which all her subsequent solo recordings have been released.[3] Rusby and Roberts also formed the band the Equation in conjunction with the Lakeman Brothers, but Rusby left the group after their debut EP.[1] In 1996 she joined the all-female folk group the Poozies, with whom she released one EP and one full-length album.[4]

Kate Rusby discography
Singer Kate Rusby holding a microphone and a cup of tea
Rusby on stage at the Underneath the Stars Festival
Studio albums24
Music videos7
EPs4
Singles14

In 1997 Rusby released her first solo album, Hourglass, and two years later followed it with Sleepless, which was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.[5][6] Two years later, Little Lights became Rusby's first release to enter the Top 100 of the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 75. Her highest placing on this chart came with 2012's 20, which reached number 22.[7] In 2006 she provided guest vocals on the single "All Over Again" by Irish pop singer Ronan Keating, which reached number six on the UK Singles Chart. Rusby has also made guest appearances on albums by artists such as Show of Hands, Battlefield Band, Roddy Woomble, Ella Edmondson and John McCusker.

Albums edit

Solo albums edit

Year Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[7]
US World
[8]
1998 Hourglass
  • Released: 18 August 1998
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
1999 Sleepless
  • Released: 17 August 1999
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
2001 Little Lights
  • Released: 12 June 2001
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
75
2002 10
  • Released: 7 January 2003
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
2003 Underneath the Stars
  • Released: 11 August 2003
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
78 10
2005 The Girl Who Couldn't Fly
  • Released: 11 October 2005
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
45
2007 Awkward Annie
  • Released: 14 August 2007
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
32
2008 Sweet Bells
  • Released: 15 December 2008
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
91
2010 Make the Light
  • Released: 22 November 2010
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
99
2011 While Mortals Sleep
  • Released: 22 November 2011
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
91
2012 20
  • Released: 22 October 2012
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
22
2014 Ghost
  • Released: 4 August 2014
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
2015 The Frost Is All Over
  • Released: 27 November 2015
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
2016 Life in a Paper Boat
  • Released: 7 October 2016
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
98
2017 Angels & Men
  • Released: 24 November 2017
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
40
2019 Philosophers, Poets & Kings
  • Released: 31 May 2019
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
Holly Head
  • Released: 2019
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
2020 Hand Me Down
  • Released: 2020
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
12
2022 30: Happy Returns
  • Released: 6 May 2022[9]
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD, download
97
2023 Light Years
  • Released: 1 December 2023[10]
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD, download
76
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Collaborative albums edit

Year Album details
1993 Intuition
(with Kathleen Deighton, Rosalie Deighton,
Julie Matthews, Kathryn Roberts and Pat Shaw)
1995 Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts
(with Kathryn Roberts)
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD, cassette[12]
1999 Infinite Blue
(as a member of The Poozies)
  • Released: 19 January 1999[13][14]
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
2004 Heartlands
(with John McCusker)
  • Released: 18 October 2004[15]
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

Extended plays edit

Year Title Notes
1995 In Session
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Crapstone[1]
  • Format: CD
As a member of the Equation[1]
1997 Come Raise Your Head
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Pure
  • Format: CD
As a member of the Poozies[5]
1999 Cowsong
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Pure
  • Format: CD
2004 Underneath the Stars
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Pure
  • Format: CD

Singles edit

Year Title UK
[7]
Album
2001 "Withered and Died" Little Lights
2004 "Underneath the Stars" Underneath the Stars
2005 "No Names" The Girl Who Couldn't Fly
"You Belong to Me"
"Little Jack Frost"
2006 "All Over Again" (duet with Ronan Keating) 6 Bring You Home
2007 "Planets" Awkward Annie
"The Village Green Preservation Society"
2008 "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" non-album single
2019 "Jenny" Philosophers, Poets & Kings
2020 "Manic Monday" Hand Me Down
"Friday I'm In Love"
"Shake It Off"
2023 "Glorious"[16] Light Years

Video albums edit

Year Video information Notes
2004 Live From Leeds
  • Released: 29 June 2004[17]
  • Label: Pure
  • Director: Janet Fraser Crook[18]
Recorded live at the Leeds City Varieties
Originally broadcast on BBC Four[19]
2013 Live at Christmas
  • Released: 28 October 2013[20]
  • Label: Pure
  • Director: not credited
Recorded live at the Royal Hall, Harrogate

Music videos edit

Year Title Director
2006 "All Over Again" Simon Levene[21]
2016 "Big Brave Bill" unknown
2017 "Big Brave Bill Saves Christmas" Jay Sillence
2019 "Jenny" unknown
2020 "Manic Monday" Kate Rusby and Damien O'Kane
"Shake It Off"
2019 "Glorious"[16] unknown

Other appearances edit

Soundtracks edit

Year Song Album
1996 "The Collier Recruit"
"Broken-Hearted I Will Wander"
Over the Hills & Far Away: The Music of Sharpe[22]

Compilation albums edit

  • Only otherwise unreleased material included on compilation albums is listed
Year Song Album/Single
1999 "The Cobbler's Daughter" Cambridge Folk Festival: A Celebration of Roots Music 1998-99
2004 "I Wonder What's Keeping My True Love Tonight?" Folk Festival: A Celebration of Music Recorded at the Sidmouth International Festival
2006 "It's Curtains" The Song of Steel
"Underneath the Stars" Cool as Folk
2011 "Butterfly" Davy Steele: Steele the Show
"Awkward Annie"
"The Mocking Bird"
"The Blind Harper"
Cambridge Folk Festival 2011 (DVD)

Guest appearances edit

Year Artist Album Credit Track(s)
1995 Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley Last Night's Fun Vocals "The Roseville Fair/The Concert Reel"
"Starry Night"[23]
1997 Battlefield Band Across the Borders Vocals[24] "The Green and the Blue"[25]
Roy Bailey New Directions in the Old Vocals "Light Years Away"
1999 Show of Hands Dark Fields Vocals[26] "High Germany/Molly Oxford"[27]
2000 Gibb Todd Connected Harmony vocals, box[28] The Final Trawl
Will Ye No Come Back Again
John McCusker Yella Hoose Vocals[29] "Night Visiting Song"[30]
2001 Cathie Ryan Somewhere Along the Road Vocals "Somewhere Along the Road"
2002 Linda Thompson Fashionably Late Guitar, harmony vocals[31] "Miss Murray"
"No Telling"[32]
2003 John McCusker Goodnight Ginger Vocals[33] "The Bold Privateer"[34]
2005 John Doyle Wayward Son Vocals[35] "Bitter the Parting"[36]
Cherish the Ladies Woman of the House Vocals[37] "Bogie's Bonnie Belle"[38]
2006 Kris Drever Black Water Harmony vocals[39] "Braw Sailin' on the Sea"
"Green Grows the Laurel"
"Navigator"[40]
Roddy Woomble My Secret is My Silence Vocals[41] "I Came in from the Mountain"
"Act IV"
"From the Drifter to the Drake"
"Waverley Steps"
"Play Me Something"
2007 Various artists Ballads of the Book Vocals[42] "The Weight of Years"
(by Idlewild and Edwin Morgan)[43]
Martin Simpson Prodigal Son Vocals[44] "Never Any Good"[45]
2009 Maura O'Connell Naked with Friends Harmony vocals[46] "The Bright Blue Rose"[47]
Ella Edmondson Hold Your Horses Vocals[48] not specified
2010 Damien O'Kane Summer Hill Vocals "Summer Hill"
"Raven's Wing"
"The Sun is Burning"
2014 West of Eden Songs from Twisting River Vocals "The Bee That Stung"
2015 Damien O'Kane Areas of High Traffic Vocals "Banks of the Bann"
2017 Damien O'Kane Avenging & Bright Vocals "Lately"

References edit

General
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