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Kate is breath of fresh air
5:50pm Friday 3rd October 2008
ONE of the UK’s leading folk musicians Kate Rusby will be at Cardiff’s St David’s Hall this month.
At 33 she is now 15 years into a career that has given British folk music a breath of fresh air.
Voted Best Live Act at the 2006 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Rusby is opening up folk music to a new generation.
From her Mercury-nominated 1999 album Sleepless to 2007’s acclaimed Awkward Annie, plus collaborations with Idelwind’s Roddy Woombie, Ronan Keating, Eddi Reader, Kris Drever et al, Rusby is a key figure in the folk scene.
She performs at St David’s Hall on Wednesday, October 15 at 7.30pm.
Tickets are £19 and are available from www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk or the box office on 029 2087 8444.
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