Sleepless (Kate Rusby album)
| Sleepless | ||||
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| Released | 10 May 1999 | |||
| Genre | English folk | |||
| Length | 43:41 | |||
| Label | Pure Records | |||
| Producer | John McCusker[1] | |||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
Sleepless is an album by the English folk musician Kate Rusby, released in 1999.[3][4] It was nominated for the Mercury Prize the same year.[5][6] It won the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award 2000 for best album.[7]
Critical reception
[edit]The Washington Post wrote that Rusby "often creates ... ambience at the cost of blurring her melodies and stories; her vowels frequently flood the music until the consonants and rhythms are submerged in a tide of poignancy."[1]
Track listing
[edit]- "The Cobbler's Daughter" (Kate Rusby/Traditional)
- "I Wonder What is keeping my True Love This Night" (Traditional)
- "The Fairest of all Yarrow" (Kate Rusby/Traditional)
- "The Unquiet Grave" (Kate Rusby/Traditional)
- "Sho Heen" (Kate Rusby)
- "Sweet Bride" (Kate Rusby)
- "All God's Angels" (Kate Rusby)
- "The Wild Goose" (Traditional)
- "The Duke and the Tinker" (Kate Rusby/Traditional)
- "Our Town" (Iris DeMent)
- "The Sleepless Sailor" (Kate Rusby)
- "Cowsong"
- "Botany Bay" (Kate Rusby/Traditional)
Personnel
[edit]- Kate Rusby - vocals, piano, guitar
- Dave Burland - vocals
- Ian Carr - guitar
- Andy Cutting - diatonic accordion
- Donald Hay - percussion
- Conrad Ivitsky - double bass
- John McCusker - fiddle, banjo
- Michael McGoldrick - whistle, flute
- Francis Macdonald - percussion
- Tim O'Brien - vocals, mandolin
- Darrell Scott - guitar
- Andy Seward - double bass
- Roger Wilson - vocals, guitar
References
[edit]- ^ a b "KATE RUSBY 'Sleepless' Compass". The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ Rick Anderson. "AllMusic review". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ "Kate Rusby Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ Dorian, Frederick; Duane, Orla; McConnachie, James (21 September 1999). "World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
- ^ "Mercury Prize–Previous winners and shortlists". Mercury Prize. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ "Local girl made good". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Radio 2 Folk Awards 2006: Previous Winners" BBC.co.uk (Retrieved: 19 July 2009)
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