Kate Rusby discography

The discography of Kate Rusby, an English folk singer, consists of eighteen solo albums, four albums as part of a duo or group, four extended plays (EPs), two video albums, thirteen singles, and six 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
Rusby on stage at the Underneath the Stars Festiva
Studio albums	22
Music videos	6
EPs	4
Singles	13

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

Solo albums

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	—	—
2004	Underneath the Stars Released: 13 January 2004 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	—	—
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	—
	"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Collaborative albums

Year	Album details
1993	Intuition (with Kathleen Deighton, Rosalie Deighton, Julie Matthews, Kathryn Roberts and Pat Shaw) Released: 1993[1] Label: Fat Cat Formats: CD, cassette[9]
1995	Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts (with Kathryn Roberts) Released: 1995 Label: Pure Formats: CD, cassette[10]
1999	Infinite Blue (as a member of The Poozies) Released: 19 January 1999[11][12] Label: Pure Formats: CD
2004	Heartlands (with John McCusker) Released: 18 October 2004[13] Label: Pure Formats: CD

Extended plays

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

Year	Title	UK	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[7]	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"	—

Video albums

Year	Video information	Notes
2004	Live From Leeds Released: 29 June 2004[14] Label: Pure Director: Janet Fraser Crook[15]	Recorded live at the Leeds City Varieties Originally broadcast on BBC Four[16]
2013	Live at Christmas Released: 28 October 2013[17] Label: Pure Director: not credited	Recorded live at the Royal Hall, Harrogate

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
2006	"All Over Again"	Simon Levene[18]
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 (homemade due to COVID-19 pandemic)
	"Shake It Off"

Other appearances

Soundtracks

Year	Song	Album
1996	"The Collier Recruit" "Broken-Hearted I Will Wander"	Over the Hills & Far Away: The Music of Sharpe[19]

Compilation albums

• 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

Year	Artist	Album	Credit	Track(s)
1995	Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley	Last Night's Fun	Vocals	"The Roseville Fair/The Concert Reel" "Starry Night"[20]
1997	Battlefield Band	Across the Borders	Vocals[21]	"The Green and the Blue"[22]
	Roy Bailey	New Directions in the Old	Vocals	"Light Years Away"
1999	Show of Hands	Dark Fields	Vocals[23]	"High Germany/Molly Oxford"[24]
2000	Gibb Todd	Connected	Harmony vocals, box[25]	The Final Trawl Will Ye No Come Back Again
	John McCusker	Yella Hoose	Vocals[26]	"Night Visiting Song"[27]
2001	Cathie Ryan	Somewhere Along the Road	Vocals	"Somewhere Along the Road"
2002	Linda Thompson	Fashionably Late	Guitar, harmony vocals[28]	"Miss Murray" "No Telling"[29]
2003	John McCusker	Goodnight Ginger	Vocals[30]	"The Bold Privateer"[31]
2005	John Doyle	Wayward Son	Vocals[32]	"Bitter the Parting"[33]
	Cherish the Ladies	Woman of the House	Vocals[34]	"Bogie's Bonnie Belle"[35]
2006	Kris Drever	Black Water	Harmony vocals[36]	"Braw Sailin' on the Sea" "Green Grows the Laurel" "Navigator"[37]
	Roddy Woomble	My Secret is My Silence	Vocals[38]	"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[39]	"The Weight of Years" (by Idlewild and Edwin Morgan)[40]
	Martin Simpson	Prodigal Son	Vocals[41]	"Never Any Good"[42]
2009	Maura O'Connell	Naked with Friends	Harmony vocals[43]	"The Bright Blue Rose"[44]
	Ella Edmondson	Hold Your Horses	Vocals[45]	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

General

• "Catalogue". Pure Records. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
• "Kate Rusby Discography". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 January 2010.

Specific

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External links

• Official website