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Kate Rusby

Kate Rusby is a person from the UK, active since 1973.

Person GB since 1973 folk indie folk

TOTAL PLAYS

351

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2006-07-18 13:53 · Radio 2 — "Underneath the Stars"

LAST PLAYED

1 month ago · Radio 2 — "The Fairest of All Yarrow"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026

60 45 30 15 0

'06 '09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 284 81%

6 Music 67 19%

Radio 1 0 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 20:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 The Village Green Preservation Society 91 2019-08-18

2 Manic Monday 38 2026-03-08

3 Underneath The Stars 26 2026-02-15

4 Sweet Bells 18 2025-12-25

5 Here We Come A-Wassailing 13 2025-01-20

6 Winter Wonderland 11 2023-12-25

7 Underneath the Stars 10 2011-04-21

8 Who Knows Where the Time Goes? 7 2020-01-01

9 Our Town - BBC Session 11/01/1999 5 2022-06-23

10 Who Will Sing Me Lullabies 5 2021-10-21

11 I Wonder What's Keeping - BBC Session 11/01/1999 5 2021-09-07

12 I Courted a Sailor 5 2021-06-30

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-07-29 20:13 The Fairest of All Yarrow Radio 2

2026-03-08 22:56 Manic Monday Radio 2

2026-02-15 23:24 Underneath The Stars Radio 2

2026-01-23 12:19 Underneath The Stars Radio 2

2025-12-29 23:34 Don't Go Away Radio 2

2025-12-25 09:33 Sweet Bells Radio 2

2025-12-25 04:27 Sweet Bells Radio 2

2025-12-24 21:52 The Christmas Goose 6 Music

2025-12-14 22:39 Underneath The Stars Radio 2

2025-12-14 03:27 Sweet Bells Radio 2

2025-12-09 22:25 Cold Winter 6 Music

2025-12-03 21:14 the wren Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

88 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

All God's Angels —

1 2009-06-21 ▶

All God's Angels (feat. Paul Brady) —

1 2018-03-14 ▶

Arrest These Merry Gentlemen (Radio 2 Session, 13 December 2023) —

1 2023-12-13 ▶

As The Lights Go Out (BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019) —

1 2019-10-16 ▶

As The Lights Go Out (Live At The 2019 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards) —

1 2019-10-17 ▶

Awake, Arise Good Christians —

1 2018-12-25 ▶

Awkward Annie —

2 2017-10-11 ▶

Bells Of Paradise (Radio 2 Session, 11 December 2017) —

1 2017-12-11 ▶

Big Brave Bill —

4 2017-04-05 ▶

Candlemas Eve —

1 2014-12-29 ▶

Celestial Hearts —

1 2019-12-11 ▶

Cold Winter —

2 2025-12-09 ▶

Deck The Halls —

1 2017-12-17 ▶

Don't Go Away —

3 2025-12-29 ▶

Don't Go Away (Radio 2 Session, 19th October 2016) —

3 2017-08-10 ▶

Friday I'm In Love —

1 2020-07-01 ▶

Friday I'm In Love (Radio 2 Session, 11 December 2017) —

3 2017-12-16 ▶

Friday I'm In Love (Radio 2's Virtual Folk Festival) —

2 2020-08-05 ▶

Glorious —

2 2023-12-10 ▶

Halt the Wagons —

1 2019-05-08 ▶

Hark Hark —

1 2020-12-16 ▶

Hark Hark (Radio 2 Session, 11 December 2017) —

1 2017-12-11 ▶

Here We Come A-Wassailing —

13 2025-01-20 ▶

How The World Goes —

1 2025-07-09 ▶

Hunter Moon —

2 2016-11-16 ▶

Hunter Moon (Radio 2 Session, 19 Oct 2016) —

3 2020-07-07 ▶

Hunter Moon (Radio 2 Session, 19th October 2016) —

1 2017-08-10 ▶

I Am Stretched on Your Grave —

3 2024-11-02 ▶

I Courted a Sailor —

5 2021-06-30 ▶

I Courted a Sailor (BBC Session, 11 Jan 1999) —

2 2023-05-01 ▶

I Courted A Sailor (Live) —

1 2012-10-22 ▶

I Courted A Sailor - BBC Session 11/01/1999 —

2 2013-08-19 ▶

I Wonder What's Keeping —

1 2009-12-04 ▶

I Wonder What's Keeping - BBC Session 11/01/1999 —

5 2021-09-07 ▶

I'll Be Wise (Radio 2 Session, 19 Oct 2016) —

1 2020-07-07 ▶

Jenny —

2 2024-11-06 ▶

Jenny (Ordinary Remix) —

1 2019-05-08 ▶

Joseph (Radio 2 Session, 13 December 2023) —

1 2023-12-13 ▶

Joy to the World —

1 2012-12-13 ▶

Let Me Be —

1 2015-04-12 ▶

Let Your Light Shine —

2 2025-03-24 ▶

Life In A Paper Boat —

1 2016-11-16 ▶

Light Beyond The Lines —

3 2025-08-03 ▶

Light Beyond The Lines (Radio 2's 21st Century Folk) —

4 2025-09-27 ▶

Little Town of Bethlehem —

1 2013-12-24 ▶

Manic Monday —

38 2026-03-08 ▶

Manic Monday (Radio 2's Virtual Folk Festival) —

1 2020-08-01 ▶

My Young Man —

2 2015-04-05 ▶

No Names —

1 2014-04-02 ▶

Our Town —

1 2011-04-27 ▶

Our Town - BBC Session 11/01/1999 —

5 2022-06-23 ▶

Rolling Downward —

1 2017-12-20 ▶

Santa Never Brings Me A Banjo —

1 2020-12-19 ▶

Secret Keeper (feat. Royal Northern Sinfonia) —

2 2018-10-17 ▶

Shake It Off —

1 2020-09-05 ▶

SW Manic Monday —

1 2020-06-30 ▶

Sweet Bells —

18 2025-12-25 ▶

The Christmas Goose —

1 2025-12-24 ▶

The Cobbler's Daughter —

1 2017-03-01 ▶

The Fairest of All Yarrow —

1 2026-07-29 ▶

The Holly and the Ivy —

2 2014-12-23 ▶

The Ivy And The Holly —

1 2017-12-07 ▶

The Lark - RX 07/05/15 —

1 2015-12-28 ▶

The Mocking Bird —

1 2010-11-24 ▶

The Moon Shines Bright (Radio 2 Session, 13 December 2023) —

1 2023-12-13 ▶

The Outlandish Knight —

1 2014-08-06 ▶

The Outlandish Knight (Radio 2 Folk Awards, 22 Apr 2015) —

2 2015-04-22 ▶

The Squire and the Parson —

2 2019-05-08 ▶

The Village Green Preservation Society —

91 2019-08-18 ▶

The Wishing Wife (Radio 2 In Concert 50, 2012) —

1 2020-11-08 ▶

the wren —

1 2025-12-03 ▶

Three Little Birds —

2 2024-03-20 ▶

Today Again —

1 2025-05-07 ▶

Underneath The Stars —

26 2026-02-15 ▶

Underneath the Stars —

10 2011-04-21 ▶

Walk the Road —

2 2018-03-04 ▶

Wassailing —

1 2018-12-18 ▶

We Will Sing —

3 2023-09-13 ▶

We Will Sing (feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo) —

2 2022-05-04 ▶

We Will Song (feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo) —

1 2023-04-26 ▶

We'll Sing Hallelujah —

1 2023-12-31 ▶

Who Knows Where The Time Goes —

1 2008-06-05 ▶

Who Knows Where the Time Goes? —

7 2020-01-01 ▶

Who Will Sing Me Lullabies —

5 2021-10-21 ▶

Wild Goose (BBC Session, 11 Jan 1999) —

2 2023-05-01 ▶

Wild Goose - BBC Session 11/01/1999 —

2 2013-08-19 ▶

William and Davy —

3 2023-05-17 ▶

Winter Wonderland —

11 2023-12-25 ▶