Yorkshire-born folk and traditional music superstar Kate Rusby talks to Tony Greenway about fame, family life, her musical inspirations — and why she would never want to be anywhere else but Barnsley
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'When we're doing gigs and I'm backstage getting me lippy on, I can hear the hum of the audience, and I have to pinch meself,' she admits in her broad Barnsley accent. ''Cos I'm thinking: 'Do they realise who they've come to see?'' 'It's nothing to do with me, I'm sure,' she says. 'But the folk scene has got so huge. When I first started playing there was a handful of young performers — the likes of me, Kathryn Tickell and Eliza Carthy — going 'round folk clubs playing to older audiences. Now you only have to go to a folk festival — any folk festival — to see people of all ages and from all walks of life sharing this amazing music.' She pauses.
On Kate's latest album — called 30: Many Happy Returns — she has re-recorded selected songs from her back catalogue with the help of her musical heroes. These include Nielsen Chapman, Richard Hawley , Darlingside, KT Tunstall, Sarah Jarosz, Sam Kelly, and Dan Tyminski . Most joyously, South African choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo open proceedings with the magnificent We Will Sing. 'They are sunshine in a bottle,' beams Kate.
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