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

Solo albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[7]
US World
[8]
1998Hourglass
  • Released: 18 August 1998
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
1999Sleepless
  • Released: 17 August 1999
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
2001Little Lights
  • Released: 12 June 2001
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
75
200210
  • Released: 7 January 2003
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
2003Underneath the Stars
  • Released: 11 August 2003
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
7810
2005The Girl Who Couldn't Fly
  • Released: 11 October 2005
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
45
2007Awkward Annie
  • Released: 14 August 2007
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
32
2008Sweet Bells
  • Released: 15 December 2008
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
91
2010Make the Light
  • Released: 22 November 2010
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
99
2011While Mortals Sleep
  • Released: 22 November 2011
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
91
201220
  • Released: 22 October 2012
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
22
2014Ghost
  • Released: 4 August 2014
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
2015The Frost Is All Over
  • Released: 27 November 2015
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
2016Life in a Paper Boat
  • Released: 7 October 2016
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
98
2017Angels & Men
  • Released: 24 November 2017
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
40
2019Philosophers, Poets & Kings
  • Released: 31 May 2019
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
Holly Head
  • Released: 2019
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
2020Hand Me Down
  • Released: 2020
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
12
202230: Happy Returns
  • Released: 6 May 2022[9]
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD, download
97
2023Light 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

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

Extended plays

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

Singles

YearTitleUK
[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)6Bring 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

YearVideo informationNotes
2004Live 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]
2013Live at Christmas
  • Released: 28 October 2013[20]
  • Label: Pure
  • Director: not credited
Recorded live at the Royal Hall, Harrogate

Music videos

YearTitleDirector
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

Soundtracks

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

Compilation albums

  • Only otherwise unreleased material included on compilation albums is listed
YearSongAlbum/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

YearArtistAlbumCreditTrack(s)
1995Chris Sherburn & Denny BartleyLast Night's FunVocals"The Roseville Fair/The Concert Reel"
"Starry Night"[23]
1997Battlefield BandAcross the BordersVocals[24]"The Green and the Blue"[25]
Roy BaileyNew Directions in the OldVocals"Light Years Away"
1999Show of HandsDark FieldsVocals[26]"High Germany/Molly Oxford"[27]
2000Gibb ToddConnectedHarmony vocals, box[28]The Final Trawl
Will Ye No Come Back Again
John McCuskerYella HooseVocals[29]"Night Visiting Song"[30]
2001Cathie RyanSomewhere Along the RoadVocals"Somewhere Along the Road"
2002Linda ThompsonFashionably LateGuitar, harmony vocals[31]"Miss Murray"
"No Telling"[32]
2003John McCuskerGoodnight GingerVocals[33]"The Bold Privateer"[34]
2005John DoyleWayward SonVocals[35]"Bitter the Parting"[36]
Cherish the LadiesWoman of the HouseVocals[37]"Bogie's Bonnie Belle"[38]
2006Kris DreverBlack WaterHarmony vocals[39]"Braw Sailin' on the Sea"
"Green Grows the Laurel"
"Navigator"[40]
Roddy WoombleMy Secret is My SilenceVocals[41]"I Came in from the Mountain"
"Act IV"
"From the Drifter to the Drake"
"Waverley Steps"
"Play Me Something"
2007Various artistsBallads of the BookVocals[42]"The Weight of Years"
(by Idlewild and Edwin Morgan)[43]
Martin SimpsonProdigal SonVocals[44]"Never Any Good"[45]
2009Maura O'ConnellNaked with FriendsHarmony vocals[46]"The Bright Blue Rose"[47]
Ella EdmondsonHold Your HorsesVocals[48]not specified
2010Damien O'KaneSummer HillVocals"Summer Hill"
"Raven's Wing"
"The Sun is Burning"
2014West of EdenSongs from Twisting RiverVocals"The Bee That Stung"
2015Damien O'KaneAreas of High TrafficVocals"Banks of the Bann"
2017Damien O'KaneAvenging & BrightVocals"Lately"

References

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

External links